Be the First Investor to Eat Crabs in North Korea: Tips for Bilateral Investment Treaties
Journal: The Journal of World Investment & Trade
Year: 2021

Abstract As the last economic frontier in Northeast Asia, North Korea is a promising land but at the same time a risky land for foreign investment. The ‘dual-track’ policy of advancing both the political stability and economic development promoted by the present leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, has prompted the outside world to speculate that he is determined to gradually open the doors to the economy of North Korea to attract foreign investment as initial capital to mobilise domestic economi