Research Reports
A Study on North Korean Agricultural Law
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AuthorKim, Younghoon
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Publication Date2011.11.30
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Recent developments in North Korea have begun to shed greater light on provisions related to agriculture in the North Korean legal framework. This has two major implications. Firstly, such developments form the necessary foundation by which to promote further research on North Korean agricultural law. Secondly, they provide an opportunity to supplement prior research on the institutional dimensions of North Korean agriculture from a legal perspective.
To date, research on North Korean agriculture as it relates to North Korean law has been relatively scarce due to a lack of information on the greater North Korean legal framework. As more information has become available, we recognize the need to update and improve research materials reflecting the realities of North Korean agriculture, including recent legal developments. In addition, analysis of North Korean agricultural laws is also an important task in preparation for North-South unification.
The purpose of this research is threefold. By analyzing North Korean agricultural law we hope to complement the current understanding of the realities of North Korean agricultural organization and management. We also draw conclusions about the current legal framework’s implications for the future reform of regional agriculture in North Korea. Lastly, we hope to improve the general understanding of North Korean agriculture and its legal framework through discussion of North Korea’s most important agricultural laws.
This research is largely divided into three sections. The first section is a legal examination of the North Korean agricultural sector’s organization and management system. The second section examines the legal realities of land ownership and management, while the third section introduces and discusses the most important laws pertaining to agriculture.
In the first and second section we make reference to the following North Korean laws: laws and regulations about land reform(1946), regulations about state farm(1949), strengthening measures of agricultural cooperative farms(1954), standard regulations of agricultural cooperative farms(1958), business organization of agricultural cooperative farms(1961), Socialist Agricultural Thesis(1964), Land Law(1977,1999), Civil Law(1999), Socialist Commercial Law(1994), Public Economy Planning Law(1999), Finance Act(2004), Labor Law(2009), Agricultural Law(2009), Farm Bill(2009), Food Policy Law(2009), foreign investment laws (1984-2009).
The discussion of major laws relating to agriculture focuses on the purposes and special characteristics of each law, their important clauses, stipulations, provisions, and revisions and how these relate to North Korean agricultural government organs, agricultural policy, and future unification. This discussion includes the following laws: draft standard regulations of agricultural cooperative farms, Farm Bill, Socialist Agricultural Thesis, Agricultural Law, Forest Law, Public Economy Planning Law, Socialist Commercial Law, Food Policy Law, Land Law, property right regulations on Constitutional Law, Civil Law, foreign investment laws of the DPRK.
Researchers: Young-Hoo Kim, Min-Ji Nam
E-mail address: kyhoon@krei.re.kr
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