Posts Tagged With: economy

Lankov On Why The North Korean Economy Is Improving

» by GI Korea December 30th, 2011 at 11:58 pm » Comments (2)

Andrei Lankov has an article posted over at 3WM that explains why North Korea has seen a small amount of economic growth over the past decade despite the increased sanctions ...more »

Congress Looks To Act On The Unemployment Rate of Young Veterans

» by GI Korea October 10th, 2011 at 3:24 am » Comments (10)

Here we go again with the unemployment rate of young veterans in the United States: Democrats and Republicans rarely agree on anything in the nation's capital, but there's a growing bipartisan ...more »

What Is the Minimum Wage In South Korea?

» by GI Korea September 15th, 2011 at 10:45 pm » Comments (5)

Have you wondered what the Korean minimum wage is? Well the Korea Economic Reader provides an answer: On August 1, the Ministry of Employment and Labor finally confirmed and announced the ...more »

US Has A Generational Balance Crisis Not A Debt Crisis

» by GI Korea August 12th, 2011 at 3:23 am » Comments (23)

Here is an interesting article about the debt crisis via the Korea Economic Reader that makes a good point that the US doesn't need a balanced budget, it needs generational ...more »

Picture of the Day: KOSPI Feels Effects of US Economic Crisis

» by GI Korea August 9th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (7)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="499" caption="A signboard at the trading room of Korea Exchange Bank's headquarters in Seoul shows the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) falling 68.10 points, or ...more »

PBS Looks at the Economic Problems Facing US Veterans

» by GI Korea April 7th, 2011 at 6:12 am » Comments (10)

Kushibo has a link up over at his site from a PBS Newhour segment about the economic challenges facing US veterans. You can view video of the interview over at ...more »

North Korean Business Ventures Face Economic Problems

» by GI Korea September 8th, 2010 at 11:41 pm » Comments (7)

Via a reader tip comes this story about the hardships North Korean businesses are having lately due to the economic climate and financial sanctions: Bureau 39 has been dubbed Kim’s own ...more »

North Korean Official Says Private Markets Must Go

» by GI Korea April 3rd, 2010 at 10:36 am » Comments (11)

What has long been suspected is pretty much now proven to be true that the North Korean regime felt threatened by the private markets and the currency re-evaluation was an ...more »

North Korea Apologizes for Currency Reform Debacle

» by GI Korea February 11th, 2010 at 8:19 am » Comments (6)

If this is true, than the unrest in North Korea after the currency reform that confiscated what little money many North Koreans had, must have been as bad as advertised: The ...more »

North Korea Supposedly Relaxes Market Restrictions

» by GI Korea February 4th, 2010 at 5:45 am » Comments (4)

As with anything with North Korea it is hard to say with certainty if this is true or not, but allegedly the North Korean government is backing down from their ...more »