SEOUL, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- North Korea's major economic initiatives under the current leader Kim Jong Un bear much resemblance to those implemented in the early stages of economic growth and reform in China and Vietnam, according to a South Korean analyst at a forum Wednesday.
Professor Yang Mun-su of the Seoul-based University of North Korean Studies said some of Kim's economic initiatives are much more reformative than his predecessor at an international symposium on North Korea, hosted by South Korean media outlet Hankyoreh, on Wednesday in the southern port city of Busan.