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The Unknown North Korea.(Brief Article)
Nicholas Eberstadt, "Disparities in Socioeconomic Development in Divided Korea: Indications and Implications," in Asian Survey (November/December 2000), University of California Press, 2000 Center Street #303, Berkeley, California 94704.
In June 2000, the heads of North and South Korea met for the first time since the nation split in 1945. This may be a signal that the two nations will unify in the near future. Before this happens, argues American Enterprise Institute scholar Eberstadt, it's important to know what shape North Korea's economy and population are in. Little data is available, but Eberstadt says the trends we can discern show North Korea to be one of the world's poorest nations.
There are formidable problems in understanding North Korean demography. The nation has never published official demographic statistics, and its economic statistics are suspect. But some outside agencies have conducted limited surveys, and economic information can be gathered by"mirror statistics"--data other nations have compiled about imports from and exports to North Korea.
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