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![How Does North Korea Survive? How Does North Korea Survive?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-09-06_22-58-17.jpg)
How Does North Korea Survive?
By Rob Edens
A closer look at Pyongyang's modus operandi.
![Byungjin in Play? North Korea's Top Economic Officials Meet for First Time Since 2006 Byungjin in Play? North Korea's Top Economic Officials Meet for First Time Since 2006](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-09-06_22-58-17.jpg)
Byungjin in Play? North Korea's Top Economic Officials Meet for First Time Since 2006
By Ankit Panda
News from North Korea continues to suggest that Kim Jong-un is serious about making byungjin work.
![When 'Sunshine' Ruled on the Korean Peninsula When 'Sunshine' Ruled on the Korean Peninsula](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-07-11_15-17-22.jpg)
When 'Sunshine' Ruled on the Korean Peninsula
By Felix Abt
Remembering a period of unprecedented cooperation between the two Koreas, despite being technically still at war.
![When Capitalism Came to North Korea When Capitalism Came to North Korea](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-06-10_12-10-06.jpg)
When Capitalism Came to North Korea
By Felix Abt
How a Chinese businessman helped spark North Korea’s pharmaceutical industry.
![It's Official: China Is Cracking Down on North Korean Trade It's Official: China Is Cracking Down on North Korean Trade](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-26_14-32-37.jpg)
It's Official: China Is Cracking Down on North Korean Trade
By Shannon Tiezzi
China's Commerce Ministry announces bans on imports of gold, coal, and iron from North Korea.
![The Other Side of Corruption in North Korea The Other Side of Corruption in North Korea](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-10_13-37-24.jpg)
The Other Side of Corruption in North Korea
By Jonathan Corrado
It could be argued that more pervasive corruption is leading to new freedoms.
![North Korea’s H-Bomb Test: The (Impossible) Economic Context North Korea’s H-Bomb Test: The (Impossible) Economic Context](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-01-07_17-21-15.jpg)
North Korea’s H-Bomb Test: The (Impossible) Economic Context
By Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein
Kim Jong-un wants to both build a hydrogen bomb and develop North Korea’s economy. It won’t work.
![How Is North Korea's Economy Doing? How Is North Korea's Economy Doing?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-01-30_20-09-17.jpg)
How Is North Korea's Economy Doing?
By John Power
A recent report suggests North Korea's economy is making progress. Can we know for sure?
![Can Capitalism Take Off in North Korea? Can Capitalism Take Off in North Korea?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-04-14_07-34-34.jpg)
Can Capitalism Take Off in North Korea?
By Hy-sang Lee
Flirtations with capitalism need to overcome a rigid ideology.
![Kim Jong-un’s North Korea Kim Jong-un’s North Korea](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-09-12_07-47-01.jpg)
Kim Jong-un’s North Korea
By Daniel Mendez
Life under the youthful leader has been marked by only modest change.
![North Korea Slams Xi Jinping and the Chinese Dream North Korea Slams Xi Jinping and the Chinese Dream](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-06-16_21-23-40.jpg)
North Korea Slams Xi Jinping and the Chinese Dream
By Zachary Keck
Reports suggest that North Korea continues to distance itself from China under Xi Jinping.
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North Korea’s Resource Headache
North Korea has trillions of dollars worth of natural resources by some estimates. But could that be a curse?
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