This study examines the current status of North Korea's IT industry and the structural problems embedded in its IT sector. Although North Korea's IT industry, in general, is still in the infancy stage, North Korea has made considerable progress in the IT industry since the late 1990's. North...

Introduction: The development-geopolitics nexus in North Korea -- State building and late development in North Korea -- Post-war reconstruction and catch-up industrialisation -- Geopolitical contestation and the challenge to North Korean development -- Economic decline and the crisis of the...