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Three-Year NSTC Grant to Study North Korean Regional Economy

Aerial view of a North Korean industrial complex during an outdoor ceremony.

· By Jacob Reidhead

Taiwan's NSTC awarded the lab a three-year grant supporting research on North Korea's regional economy.

Research Team

Overview

In June 2025, Taiwan's NSTC awarded our lab a project grant to study North Korea's regional economy. The three-year grant will support our ongoing collection and curation of data on North Korean enterprises. It will also support new analyses comparing centrally and regionally administered enterprises.

Our first project manuscript is on its way out the door, with a second in the queue. We look forward to sharing our findings about North Korea's rapidly changing regional economies and to collaborating with researchers working on the North Korean political economy.