01.01.2026
Power and Market Commerce in the DPRK: From Prohibition to Recognition
Yet the North Korean ruling elite remains wary and hostile towards private trade. Trade in the conventional sense has been and still is seen, throughout most of the DPRK’s history, as a forced emergency measure. Such an approach is economically detrimental, but can hardly be overcome in the foreseeable future.
Andrei N. Lankov
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