Publication

23 Feb 2010

In this publication, the author notes that in North Korea's surprise confiscatory currency reform in November 2009, enormous limits were placed on North Korean's ability to convert cash holdings, in effect wiping out considerable household savings and the working capital of many private entrepreneurs.

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Author Marcus Noland
Series East-West Center Asia Pacific Bulletin
Issue 49
Publisher East-West Center (EWC)
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