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North Korea's Nascent Consumerism

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Mar 20, 2012
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North Korea appears to be making a few tentative moves towards becoming a consumer society according to a February report by the Samsung Economic Research Institute, which says that “a new energy is flowing through the country although assessments of the economy contrast sharply.”

(For a look at attempts to resuscitate North Korea’s major Special Enterpr…

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