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2011.
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| Summary/Abstract |
This report discusses the history, current status, and potential future of the DPRK
energy sector. The authors, drawing on the Nautilus Institute's decades of work
on North Korea, describes the history of the DPRK energy sector, in particular
changes in the sector since 1990. The study then looks at the current status and
supply and demand balance of North Korea's energy sector noting the vulnerabilities and critical needs of that sector. The report also explores options for the
rehabilitation of the DPRK energy sector that could be used in negotiations with
North Korea as part of a "roadmap" to denuclearization and legitimate energy
needs if negotiations are not successful and the DPRK either collapses (due to an
internal coup, succession crisis, or war) or continues to stagnate. The report concludes by identifying the robust strategies that are important in both engagement
and non-engagement (collapse or stagnation) scenarios.
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