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You are here: Home / Archives for Impoverished North Korea

NKorean farmers can make profit growing food for first time

June 8, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press HAMHUNG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean farmers knee deep in muddy paddies across the country have a new incentive during this year’s crucial rice planting season: possible bonuses that are part of an economic shift echoing ally China’s steps three decades ago toward embracing capitalism.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, AP, Beijing, Central Committee, China, Chinese, HAMHUNG, Impoverished North Korea, John Delury, Kim Jong Jin, Kim Jong-un, North Koreans, Pak Pong Ju, Ralph Cossa, South Korea, Vol 32 No 24 | June 8 - June 14, Yonsei University

Miss. boy returns from visit to North Korea

August 26, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — A 13-year-old Mississippi boy who made a rare visit to Pyongyang says officials there welcomed his idea for a “children’s peace forest”

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Beijing, DMZ, Impoverished North Korea, Jonathan Lee, Kim Jong-il, Korean War, Melissa Lee, North Korean, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, United Nations, United States, Vol 29 No 35 | August 28 - September 3, letter

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