In North Korea, the government establishes housing plans, and only organizations designated by the government can execute construction projects. Additionally, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea: hereinafter, called DPRK) strictly prohibits housing exchange, leasing, and trading (hereinafter marketisation of housing) for private interest. The purpose of this study is to clarify how the marketisation of housing is possible under such a social system.

In this study, as the background of marketisation of housing, we considered the lack of housing supply, the activation of jangmadang (local markets and black markets), the birth of Donju (nouveau riches), changes of constructors, the alteration of consciousness, the investment in real estates, and the deterioration of housing. This study examined whether housing marketisation has become normal through surveying North Korean defectors. Finally, we investigated the mechanisms of housing marketisation by dividing the mechanisms into ‘construction by ordering organizations and private investors’ and ‘construction by private investors.

Although housing marketisation is illegal in the DPRK, authorities connive the marketisation in order to accomplish the target of controlling the national housing supply utilizing private capital. Additionally, we found that lobbying activities and bribery accompany every stage of the construction in the construction by ordering organizations and private investors and in the construction by private investors.

Due to such an abnormal system, irregularities and corruption are prevalent in the construction process and cause serious side-effects including poor construction quality and problems in safety control. Housing marketisation is an inevitable phenomenon in the DPRK. It seems that the DPRK should introduce a system of housing marketisation across the board for the establishment of a sound social infrastructure in the country and the promotion of foreign investment.

在朝鲜，政府制定住房计划，只有政府指定的组织才能执行建设项目。此外，朝鲜民主主义人民共和国（朝鲜：以下简称 DPRK）严格禁止以私人利益为目的的住房交换、租赁和交易（以下简称住房市场化）。本研究的目的是阐明在这样的社会制度下住房市场化如何成为可能。

在本研究中，作为住房市场化的背景，我们考虑了住房供应不足、jangmadang（当地市场和黑市）的激活、Donju（暴发户）的诞生、建设者的变化、意识的转变、房地产投资和住房恶化。本研究通过对脱北者的调查来检验住房市场化是否已成为常态。最后，我们将住房市场化的机制划分为“委托组织和私人投资者建造”和“私人投资者建造”。

虽然住房市场化在朝鲜是非法的，但当局纵容市场化是为了实现利用私人资本控制全国住房供应的目标。此外，我们发现游说活动和贿赂伴随着命令组织和私人投资者的建设以及私人投资者的建设的每个建设阶段。

由于这种不正常的制度，施工过程中的违规和腐败现象普遍存在，并造成严重的副作用，包括施工质量差和安全控制问题。住房市场化是朝鲜不可避免的现象。朝鲜似乎应该全面引入住房市场化制度，以在该国建立健全的社会基础设施并促进外国投资。