The North Korean Economy: Leverage and Policy Analysis.

URL: http://opencrs.com/document/RL32493. Source: Congressional Research Service.

This report notes that North Korea’s dire economic straits provides one of the few levers to move the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) or North Korea to cooperate in attempts by the United States, China, South Korea, Japan, and Russia to halt and dismantle its nuclear program.