North Korea’s Shadow Economy: A Force for Authoritarian Resilience or Corrosion?
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عنوان ژورنال: Europe-Asia Studies
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0966-8136,1465-3427
DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2016.1154137