• Illicit Economic Activities of the North Korean Government

    Excluded from most international economic activities by numerous sanctions and its own policies, the North Korean regime has enabled--and sometimes directly participated in–illicit economic activities to earn hard currency that it needs for regime survival. These activities include the production and distribution of narcotics and counterfeit currency, the smuggling of a range of illicit goods, […]

  • Korea Club with Hye-Won Ko

      Korea Club with Hye-Won Ko   Tuesday, April 15, 2014 6:30 pm–9:00 pm   Woo Lae Oak Korean Restaurant 8240 Leesburg Pike Vienna, VA 22182 Hye-Won Ko is the Senior Research Fellow (former Director of Center for the Evaluation of Skills Development Policy ) in the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training (KRIVET) […]

  • Korea Club with Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt

      Korea Club with Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt Wednesday | May 7, 2014 6:30 pm–9:00 pm   Is the DPRK A 'Special Case?' North Korean Economic Performance in International Perspective Guest […]