| recent
reforms: an overview of the DPRK's financial and management
reforms of July 2002 |
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| economic
data: GNP and international and Inter-Korean trade figures
and graphs |
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| investment
environment: DPRK efforts to attrack foreign direct investment |
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energy:
the energy sector crisis: thermal, hydroelectric, and nuclear
power
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| pipelines:
plans to bring Siberian natural gas to South Korea through the
North |
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| oil
and gas: exploration for hydrocarbon reserves in the DPRK
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| waterway:
a national construction project for gravity-fed irrigation |
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| rezoning:
Kim Jong Il's dream to change the landscape |
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| groups:
economic conglomerates in the DPRK |
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| Kaesong:
industrial park just north of DMZ to attract South Korean companies
with cheap labour |
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| Kumgang:
mountain tourism resort managed by South Korea's Hyundai Asan
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| Sinuiju:
latest economic project for a Special Administrative Region
on the Chinese border |
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| Rajin-Sonbong:
oldest Special Economic Zone on Russian-Chinese border |
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| Pyonghwa
companies: Reverend Moon's Unification Church has excellent
connections in Pyongyang |
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| economic
blockade: US economic sanctions since the Korean war |
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| KPW
currency: the North Korean Won is a rather volatile currency,
officially US$1~KPW150 |
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| IT
industry: the DPRK steps into the technology age, software
development and national intranet |
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| IFI:
the DPRK makes efforts to enter international financial institutions
such as WB, IMF, and ADB |
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| Juche:
the national ideology of self-reliance |
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| PITF:
annual international trade fairs in Pyongyang |
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| economy
ARCHIVE: chronology of key events since Nov 2002 |
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| Tumen
map: map of Rajin-Sonbong region |
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| opinion:
Pyongyang Square's analysis and opinion of the DPRK economy
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