Andrei Lankov with the lecture “North Korea: From Socialism to Capitalism — and a Little Bit Back”

Schedule

Sun Nov 16 2025 at 04:30 pm to 06:30 pm

UTC+04:00

Location

The Fridge Warehouse, Alserkal Avenue | Dubai, DU

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The Fridge Warehouse, No 5, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz 1, Dubai North Korea is not just “the last Stalinist state.” It is a laboratory of survival, where a spontaneous market coexists with total control. The old socialist system collapsed in the 1990s — from its ruins emerged a black market, then a semi-legal one, and now an almost official system of domestic capitalism. Why do the Kims tolerate this? How does this hybrid economy function? And why is that “little step back” also part of the strategy?  
Andrei Lankov is one of the world’s leading experts on North Korea, a professor at Kookmin University in Seoul, and the author of numerous books, academic studies, and a regular commentator for Western media. In his lecture, he will explain how North Korea balances between chaos and control, how its economy really works — and why things there are far from what they seem.
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The Fridge Warehouse, Alserkal Avenue, #5 Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz 1 Dubai - Dubai - United Arab Emirates, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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