Contents: I. North Korea's economic opening-up policies: past records and future prospects / Kyuryoon Kim
II. South Korea's policies towards North Korea: continuities and changes / Hun-bum Cho
III. Economic relations between South and North Korea: present status and future scenarios for development / Hyeong-jung Park
IV. South Korea's economic policies towards North Korea: alternatives for promoting North Korea's economic opening-up / Kang-taeg Lim
V. Economic relations between China and North Korea: current status and future prospects / Zhe Jin
VI. Recent economic relations between Japan and North Korea / Mitsuhiro Mimura
VII. Economic relations between Russia and North Korea / Alexey Yu. Starichkov and Kyuryoon Kim
VIII. North Korea's external economic relations: past, present, and future / Kyuryoon Kim.