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(Democratic People's Republic of Korea)

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Background Notes on Countries of the World: North Korea in Business Source Premier [ About ] BU logo
Published by the U.S. government and includes facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, foreign relations and travel/business information.

North Korea: A Country Study
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/kptoc.html

North Korea Country Review in Business Source Premier [ About ] BU logo
Published annually by CountryWatch, these in-depth reports provide demographic, political, economic, business, cultural and environmental data. Includes key sector production, consumption and net exports, maps, country flag, Freedom Rankings for political rights and civil liberties, Human Development Index measuring quality of life and investment climate basic infrastructure information.

Finance, Trade & Commerce

EIU: Economist Intelligence Unit: North Korea [About]BU logo (works only with Firefox)
Indepth reports such as Country Finance, Country Commerce, Country Forecast, Country Monitor, etc which include economic indicators, political and business environment analysis, country risk assessment and financial and operating conditions for companies doing business globally.  Type of reports vary country by country.

Global Edge: North Korea
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/countryintro.asp?CountryID=32
Created by the Center for International Business Education and Research at Michigan State University ( MSU-CIBER ), globalEDGE contains country specific news, statistics, history, economics, and government data.

Index of Economic Freedom: North Korea
http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/country.cfm?id=KoreaNorth
A Web resource evaluating the following areas: Trade policy, fiscal burden of government, government intervention in the economy, monetary policy, capital flows and foreign investment, banking and finance, wages and prices, property rights, regulation, and black market.

North Korea Economic Competitiveness in Business Source Premier [About]bu logo
From the Icon Group, using vertical analysis or common-sized statements, provides estimates of the financial performance and labor productivity of countries compared to global benchmarks.  Financial analysis includes asset, liability and income structure, ratios, profitability ratios and key percentile rankings.  Labor productivity analysis includes asset-labor, liability-labor, and income-labor ratios.

NTC's Dictionary of Korea's Business and Cultural Code Wordstinybook
Pardee Reference Collection - General Business Section
Pardee Reference X DS 904 D43 1998

Passport Korea: Your Pocket Guide to Korean Business, Customs & Etiquette tinybook
Pardee HF 5389 K43 1998

Statistics & Government Resources

Selected Internet Resources: North Korea - Portals to the World
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/asian/northkorea/northkorea.html
"Links to electronic resources selected by Library of Congress subject experts."

 

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