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2017.06.28
| Won | Pyongyang | Sinuiju | Hyesan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exchange Rate | 8,070 | 8,050 | 8,095 |
| Rice Price | 5,800 | 6,000 | 5,900 |
Daily NK has learned that, in keeping with regulations imposed domestically, the North Korean authorities have ordered all students living in China to observe prohibitions against such things as the drinking of alcohol during the mourning period for Kim Jong Il, which ends tomorrow. However, they have not been ordered to return to North Korea to attend official events.
A source based in the border city of Dandong reported the news on Sunday, saying, “They ordered the students not to go out in the evenings, nor to drink alcohol or engage in amusements. They were particularly careful to order them not to go to South Korean restaurants or areas where larger numbers of South Koreans go.”
The 3rd Street area of Dandong, a place where North Korean students can ordinarily be found with ease, has turned into something of a ghost town, the source said, with the National Security Agency patrolling to ensure that rules are not violated.
However, the DPRK Consulate in the city has set up an incense altar for people to pay their condolences, and “there are students there giving out information to would-be condolers,” the source noted, adding, “There are a lot of Chinese traders currently working with North Korea or hoping to do so in future coming to pay their respects, so maybe that is why students haven’t been told to return home for this.”
Conversely, all North Korean traders and family visit permit-holders appear to have returned to the country for the mourning events. “There are almost no traders left in town as far as I can see,” the source commented. “But none of the students left.”
Elsewhere, the customs house on the Chinese side of the border has closed today since that on the North Korean side has been ordered not to open. All North Korean restaurants in the city are also closed.
In other news, the source also reported on recent instructions from Pyongyang urging North Korean students to join Chinese trade firms and learn how to do business from them directly, rather than returning straight to North Korea following the culmination of their studies.
A source based in the border city of Dandong reported the news on Sunday, saying, “They ordered the students not to go out in the evenings, nor to drink alcohol or engage in amusements. They were particularly careful to order them not to go to South Korean restaurants or areas where larger numbers of South Koreans go.”
The 3rd Street area of Dandong, a place where North Korean students can ordinarily be found with ease, has turned into something of a ghost town, the source said, with the National Security Agency patrolling to ensure that rules are not violated.
However, the DPRK Consulate in the city has set up an incense altar for people to pay their condolences, and “there are students there giving out information to would-be condolers,” the source noted, adding, “There are a lot of Chinese traders currently working with North Korea or hoping to do so in future coming to pay their respects, so maybe that is why students haven’t been told to return home for this.”
Conversely, all North Korean traders and family visit permit-holders appear to have returned to the country for the mourning events. “There are almost no traders left in town as far as I can see,” the source commented. “But none of the students left.”
Elsewhere, the customs house on the Chinese side of the border has closed today since that on the North Korean side has been ordered not to open. All North Korean restaurants in the city are also closed.
In other news, the source also reported on recent instructions from Pyongyang urging North Korean students to join Chinese trade firms and learn how to do business from them directly, rather than returning straight to North Korea following the culmination of their studies.
