Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) Nk Brief No. 09-1-23-1 1/23/2009 Following the recent North Korean New Year’s Joint Editorial and its calls for economic measures, on January 5, more than 100,000 people attended a rally in Pyongyang at which customized economic tasks were presented for each of the North’s provinces, taking into account each … Continue reading DPRK outlines region-specific economic growth plans