ABSTRACT
There are various estimates of per capita income in North Korea: In 1994 per capita GDP was $11,270 in South Korea and $920 in North Korea
(IHT, 5 March 1997, p. 6). In 1995 per capita income in North Korea stood at $957, compared with
$10,076 in South Korea (FEER, 27 June 1996, p. 71). In early February 1997 North Korea claimed a per capita income of $790
(IHT, 4 February 1997, p. 1). In 1996 per capita GDP in South Korea was $10,800. ‘The official North Korean government figure for per capita GDP is $790, but the actual figure is only a fraction of that amount’ (IHT, 1 September 1997, p. 22).
