As North Korea begins to loosen its pandemic restrictions, assessing the current status of major tourism projects may provide some indication of its near-term expectations for resuming tourism.
Without substantive investments, such as developing better transport networks or improving energy provision, North Korea’s Komdok mining region will remain underperforming.
Press declarations of North Korea’s cement-related modernization efforts and successes often do not match observable markers of modernization or success on imagery
Analysis by Peter Makowsky, Jenny Town and Samantha Pitz Background At first glance, North Korea’s mountainous terrain and numerous riverine systems would seem ideal for hydroelectric power production, and it was the vision of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong …
In an attempt to address the country’s electrical energy needs, the DPRK is placing greater emphasis on the construction and utilization of both hydroelectric and coal-powered, thermal-electric power plants. To date, most of that observed growth has be …
Analysis by Peter Makowsky, Jenny Town and Samantha Pitz Background Coal and hydropower are the two main sources of power in North Korea, however, hydropower accounts for the majority of the country’s actual electricity production.[1] During the K …
Analysis by Peter Makowsky, Jenny Town and Samantha Pitz Based on an initial look at North Korea’s coal industry, the country’s larger coal mines have remained active despite the increasing restrictions on the North’s coal exports. Part I of this …
Stimson Center’s 38 North project, in partnership with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), has created a snapshot of the DPRK’s coal industry published on Tearline, the NGA’s open source publishing platform. The platform was created …