Event Summary
As North Korea once again faces famine, the Institute hosted an event April 30, 2008, to release two new papers by senior fellow Marcus Noland and collaborators based on a pathbreaking survey of more than 1,300 North Korean refugees in China. North Korean refugees Kim Seung Min, Kang Su Jin, and Kim Young-il spoke at the event. Deputy director and senior fellow Adam S. Posen was the moderator. Sin-U Nam, vice chairman of the North Korean Freedom Coalition, provided translation for the Korean speakers.
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Event Materials
News Release: North Korea Again Headed Toward Outright Famine [pdf]
Policy Brief 08-6: North Korea on the Precipice of Famine
Stephan Haggard, Marcus Noland, and Erik Weeks
Working Paper 08-1: Exit Polls: Refugee Assessments of North Korea's Transition
Yoonok Chang, Stephan Haggard, and Marcus Noland
Working Paper 08-4: Migration Experiences of North Korean Refugees: Survey Evidence from China
Yoonok Chang, Stephan Haggard, and Marcus Noland
Working Paper 07-7: North Korea's External Economic Relations
Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland
Book: Korea after Kim Jong-il
Marcus Noland
January 2004
Book: Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform
Marcus Noland and Stephan Haggard
March 2007
Book: Avoiding the Apocalypse: The Future of the Two Koreas
Marcus Noland
June 2000
Policy Brief 08-4: A Security and Peace Mechanism for Northeast Asia: The Economic Dimension
Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland
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