Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) NK Brief No. 11-01-11 (1/11/2011) On January 7, the Korean Workers’ Party newspaper Rodong Sinmun ran an article introducing the Huichon Ryonha Machine Complex, which manufactures Computer Numerical Control (CNC) systems. The article appeared just before Kim Jong Un’s birthday, and the CNC system appears to be attributed to … Continue reading DPRK focuses on CNC in 2011: Kim Jong-un’s birthday passes quietly