North Korean Review is the first academic journal in North America or Europe to focus exclusively on North Korea. The purpose of NKR is to provide readers with an improved understanding of the country’s complexities and the threat it presents to global stability.
International and interdisciplinary, NKR is a refereed journal published twice a year. Topics include culture, history, economics, business, religion, politics and international relations, among others.
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Suk Hi Kim, a professor of international finance, is the coordinator of finance and international business at the University of Detroit Mercy. He is the editor of North Korean Review and the founding editor of Multinational Business Review. He lives in Plymouth, Michigan. Send editorial correspondence to Suk Kim, College of Business Administration, University of Detroit Mercy, 4001 W. McNichols Road, Detroit MI 48221, tel (313) 993-1264, fax (313) 993-1673, ink@udmercy.edu. (Other correspondence to McFarland.)

Edited by Suk Kim
Format: softcover (7 x 10), back issue
Pages: 120
Bibliographic Info:
Copyright Date: 2006
ISSN 1551-2789
Imprint: McFarland

EDITORIAL COMMENTS
Death Sentence for North Korea’s Principle of Self-Reliance?     3

ARTICLES

Market-Enhancing Governance on the Korean Peninsula: The Role of Credibility and Transitional Institutions     5

North Korea’s Foreign Trade: An Indicator of Political Dynamics     27

Developments and Prospects of the North Korean Economic Policies since 1990     3
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The Effectiveness of Economic Sanctions: The Case of North Korea     50

North Korea’s Move to a Market Economy: Is Reunification with South Korea Necessary?     66

Between Peace and War: The Proliferation Security Initiative and North Korea     75

The North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004     80

The North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004: More Rhetoric or a New U.S. Policy Statement?     89

Getting Around Pyongyang’s Hard-Liners     99

FEATURES

Chronologies     103

North Korean Economic Data     113

Call for Papers     118

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