North Korea’s Troubled Economy: The Real Challenges

• Main Authors: Hinata-Yamaguchi, Ryo, Lee, Yeongseob
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Country and Region Studies; East Asia and Asia Pacific; Conflict and Stability
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80568; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40708
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

For the first time since 1980, North Korea recently held the Seventh Workers’ Party Congress, further bolstering Kim Jong-un’s rule, and claiming its status as a “responsible nuclear power”. Yet another important take-away from the congress was the Five-Year Economic Development Strategy aiming to r...