Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) NK Brief No. 11-02-08 2011-02-08 In last month’s New Year’s Joint Editorial, North Korean authorities reaffirmed the national drive to strongly develop the country’s light industrial sector by 2012, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Kim Il Sung. On February 2, the Choson Sinbo, the newspaper of the … Continue reading DPRK to distribute light industrial goods to the people by April 2012