North Korea Market Prices Update: August 20, 2019
All prices shown in KPW and current as of August 20, 2019. Data: Daily NK
International sanctions not a concern for some market vendors in North...
North Korea’s markets continue to face stagnation despite a steady stream of market goers and products being sold. Market vendors, however, say that sales...
Dog meat remains top option among North Koreans to beat summer...
As the Korean Peninsula experiences the last, intense vestiges of summer, protesters in Seoul have staged demonstrations opposing the consumption of dog meat in...
International sanctions not a concern for some market vendors in North...
North Korea’s markets continue to face stagnation despite a steady stream of market goers and products being sold. Market vendors, however, say that sales...
UMG releases 200-person survey on North Korea’s shifting media landscape
Since gaining power in 2012, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has strengthened the country's crackdowns on “foreign information.” Recently, however, the Unification Media...
New missile launches put Pyongyang citizens in harm’s way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffXpe1AY6mk Early on the morning of Saturday August 10, North Korea fired another round of missiles from the Hamhung area towards the East Sea. The...
North Korea’s provocations dim tourism prospects with the South
https://youtu.be/aO4CpZC01G4 Early in the morning of August 6, North Korea launched several short-range missiles from a western base in South Hwanghae Province overland towards the...
Update : 19-08-20
| Won | Pyongyang | Sinuiju | Hyesan |
| Exchange Rate | 8,400 | 8,520 | 8,460 |
| Rice Price | 4,550 | 4,690 | 5,000 |
