HKH Foundation Supports Nautilus with a $50,000 Grant The HKH Foundation, which funds organizations that seek to change the terms of debate and work to address the source of a problem rather than ameliorating its symptoms, donated $50,000 to the Nautilus Institute to support its general program work. The HKH Foundation South Korea’s Blueprint for […]
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North Korea’s State Ration System
Bong Dae Choi and Kab Woo Koo, researchers at Kyungnam University, write: “The mid- to late-80s saw the sidelining of farmers’ markets due to government regulations while at the same time, saw the emergence of black markets increase their importance. The presiding factors over the sideline activities and reemergence of farmers’ markets were the physical change in the state distribution system and the binding power of the intangible anti-market sentiment? We will have to wait and see how the latest reversal in policy is seen by the marketeers of North Korea.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, November 03, 2005
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, November 03, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, November 03, 2005 I. NAPSnet 1. Six Party Talks 2. DPRK on Six Party Talks 3. US on DPRK Nuclear Program 4. Inter-Korean Relations 5. Inter-Korean Economic Aid 6. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 7. Inter-Korean Athletic Cooperation 8. DPRK-Japanese Relations 9. APEC Discuss DPRK Economy […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, November 02, 2005
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, November 02, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, November 02, 2005 I. NAPSnet 1. US on DPRK Peace Treaty 2. APEC Role in DPRK Nuclear Accord 3. Inter-Korean Relations 4. Inter-Korean Cooperation 5. DPRK-US Relations 6. DPRK-Japanese Bilateral Talks 7. DPRK Humanitarian Aid 8. DPRK Human Rights 9. DPRK Defections 10. EU […]
South Korea’s Blueprint for Economic Cooperation with the DPRK
The Institute of Far Eastern Studies at Kyungnam University released this report on inter-Korean economic cooperation. The report states: “As a joint agreement founded on the goal of resolving the North Korean nuclear issues has been adopted, in South Korea, the spotlight will now largely shine on South Korea’s plans for developing inter-Korean economic cooperation.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, November 01, 2005
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, November 01, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, November 01, 2005 I. NAPSnet 1. Japan and Six Party Talks 2. Russia on DPRK Nuclear Program 3. Pro-North Group Emerges in ROK 4. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 5. Inter-Korean Economic Aid 6. Inter-Korean Athletic Cooperation 7. DPRK-PRC Economic Cooperation 8. DPRK-PRC Relations 9. DPRK-Japanese […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, October 31, 2005
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, October 31, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, October 31, 2005 I. NAPSnet 1. Six Party Talks 2. DPRK on Six Party Talks 3. ROK, PRC on Six Party Talks 4. PRC on Six Party Talks 5. DPRK Discussion at APEC Summit 6. DPRK on Nuclear Program 7. US on DPRK Nuclear […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, October 27, 2005
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, October 27, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, October 27, 2005 I. NAPSnet 1. ROK on DPRK Nuclear Program 2. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 3. Inter-Korean Cooperation 4. Inter-Korean Athletic Cooperation 5. DPRK Human Rights 6. DPRK Refugees 7. Japanese Abductees in DPRK 8. DPRK Food Rations 9. DPRK-Italian Relations 10. DPRK-Norwegian Relations […]
DPRK 2004 Nutrition Assessment Report of Survey Results
The Central Bureau of Statistics, Institute of Child Nutrition of the DPRK in collaboration with UNICEF and WFP, released this report on nutrition in the DPRK. The report states:” The most common source of staple foods was the PDC rations or Farmers rations, but a quarter of the households reported WFP foods as a source of their staple food. The most common sources of beans were farmer’s rations, self production, markets, kin support and WFP foods. The sources of fruits and vegetables were state shops, markets, self production and farmer’s rations. WFP foods were not a source of these foods.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, October 26, 2005
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, October 26, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, October 26, 2005 I. NAPSnet 1. USFK on DPRK Nuclear Program 2. Korean Reunification 3. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 4. Inter-Korean Tourism 5. Red Cross Reunion Centre in DPRK 6. DPRK-US Relations 7. DPRK-Japanese Bilateral Talks 8. DPRK Human Rights 9. DPRK Defectors 10. DPRK […]