Witness to Transformation: Refugee Insights Into North Korea

by Marcus Noland and Stephan Haggard

Book Overview

Despite its nuclear capability, in certain respects North Korea resembles a failed state sitting uneasily atop a shifting internal foundation. This instability is due in part to the devastating famine of the 1990s and the state's inability to fulfill the economic obligations that it had assumed, forcing institutions, enterprises, and households to cope with the ensuing challenges of maintaining stability with limited cooperation between the Korean...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881324388
• ISBN13: 9780881324389
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"