Lectures - Center for Korean Economy and K-Academics at SNU

North Korean Agriculture

•Instructor : Sung Nam Kim
•Year : Year 2(2022-2023)
•Difficulty : Advanced
•Target : Universal
•Field : Economy and Society
•Type : Ordinary
•Week : 6 Weeks
•Keywords
North Korean agriculture, Land reform, Ag. cooperative movement, Inter-Korea ag. cooperation

Summary

The course examines the development process and status of North Korean agriculture and explores prospects for inter-Korean agricultural cooperation. Tracing the historical development of North Korean agriculture from the land reform and agricultural cooperative movement, the course then studies its current state, focusing on statistical data. Finally, on the premise of North Korea's future reforms and opening up, it discusses the specific forms of cooperation that could be possible if inter-Korean agricultural projects are fully launched in the future.

Instructor

Sung Nam Kim
1. Affiliation: Nonghyup Economic Research Institute
2. Education: B.A. in Economics, Seoul National University
M.A. in Economics, Seoul National University
Ph.D. in Economics, Seoul National University
3. Selected Publications
“Recent Trends and Actual Conditions of the Livestock Industry in North Korea,” Nonghyup Quarterly Journal of Research and Studies 1, 2020 (Kor.); “Trends in the Age at First Marriage of Koreans, Focusing on the War Period,” Review of Economic History 54, 2013 (Kor.). et al.

Guidebooks

week01.pdf (2 MB)

week02.pdf (2 MB)

week03.pdf (2 MB)

week04.pdf (2 MB)

week05.pdf (2 MB)

week06.pdf (2 MB)

exam.pdf (485 KB)

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