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Mike Hay, who worked at Pyongyang's Hay, Kalb and Associates and is now with with HMP Law in Seoul, discusses the legal and business environment in North Korea. Photo: Andrew Salmon / Asia Times

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Getting to grips with law and business in high-risk North Korea

by Andrew Salmon December 3, 2018February 18, 2020

At the epicenter of economically thriving Northeast Asia squats a black hole for commerce: North Korea. Globally vilified, massively sanctioned, poorly understood, it is Asia’s last true frontier market. Mike Hay, 57, probably knows more about business in North Korea than any non-native. A member of the New York bar, the Anglo-French native of Stirling […]