North Korea's new capitalists and their workers: Business practice and labor relations

Over the last two decades, North Korea has gone through a remarkable, though incomplete, transformation. Markets have proliferated and have largely supplanted the moribund state economy. This article discusses labor relations in North Korea's nascent private sector. It is based on interviews wi...

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Published in:Communist and post-communist studies 2017-09, Vol.50 (3), p.157-167
Main Authors: Lankov, Andrei, Ward, Peter, Yoo, Ho-yeol, Kim, Ji-young
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Capitalism
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Labor relations
Labour
Management
Markets
North Korea
Private sector
Recruitment
Transformation
Transition economy
Workers
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Summary:Over the last two decades, North Korea has gone through a remarkable, though incomplete, transformation. Markets have proliferated and have largely supplanted the moribund state economy. This article discusses labor relations in North Korea's nascent private sector. It is based on interviews with a number of North Korean entrepreneurs who now reside in the South.
ISSN:0967-067X
1873-6920
DOI:10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.06.001