Imported Livestock Prices Stabilize, Vegetable Prices Surge in February
Coyner’s Comment: This may not be the most exciting news item, but reading between the lines, it says a great deal. First, only the escalating costs of housing, especially rent, tick off Korean cabbies...
View ArticlePotent mix: Jasmine, beef and reform
Coyner’s Comment: Beneath South Korea’s prosperity, there are latent elements for social unrest that could have significant economic and political consequences in the next national elections and...
View ArticleThe North Korea Food Aid Debate
Coyner’s Comment: The below criteria spelled out by Amb. King, while refreshingly original and seemingly appropriate,is likely to fail given Pyongyang’s neurotic anxiety about opening any review about...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s Economic Dependence on China Deepens
Coyner’s Comment: Below are some interesting, updated economic statistics on North Korea. How accurate they may be is anyone’s guess, of course. But the figures may give in aggregate a rough...
View ArticleEngaging North Korea: The Role of Economic Statecraft / North Korea sinks any...
Coyner’s Comment: Today’s headlines underscore the premise made in the monograph* released by Marcus Noland and Stephan Haggard just yesterday. Ironically, the monograph’s opening paragraph...
View ArticleDenuclearization: Korea’s Red Herring
The real issue is that the North cannot bring itself to recognize the legitimacy of another government on the Korean Peninsula. by Tom Coyner Korea JoongAng Daily August 08, 2011 During the past couple...
View ArticleCrisis Grips North Korean Rice Bowl
Coyner’s Comment: The economic horror is human terms is likely to be true, but the timing of this latest set of pleas from a government that refuses to take correctional actions is suspicious....
View ArticleRegionalism takes toll on F&B sales
Coyner’s Comment: From betrothals to presidential elections, Korea’s regionalism has been a major factor in Koreans’ decision making. But this is one of the first articles I have come across how...
View Article
