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North Korean street food finds market across the border in China
Ethnic Chinese residents of North Korea are carrying Chongjin-made soy meat and fried tofu across the border into China and selling them there, turning...
North Korea market prices surge again as grain and fuel costs...
North Korea's market prices surged again in May 2026, reversing a brief lull and deepening economic hardship for ordinary North Koreans across the country.
According...
North Korean traders race to read the market ahead of summer...
Traders in the North Korean border city of Hyesan are scouring Chinese markets for summer clothing and footwear samples ahead of the import season,...
Chongjin households work through the night on wigs and eyelashes to...
Wig and eyelash assembly work has taken off as a cottage industry in Chongjin, North Korea's third-largest city, as intensifying market controls and rising...
North Korea’s donju go dark as post-congress crackdown spreads fear
North Korean donju — the wealthy private traders who form the backbone of the country's informal market economy — are going dark. Amid a...
North Pyongan procurement officers ramp up activity in sign of North...
North Korea's foreign currency earning operations in North Pyongan province have stepped up activity in April, with raw materials procurement officers fanning out across...
North Korea fuel hoarding spreads as Middle East conflict drives up...
Fuel hoarding has spread across parts of North Korea in April as rising global oil prices driven by the ongoing Middle East conflict push...
North Korea food factory contaminants erode public trust in state-made goods
North Korean food factories are producing confectionery products riddled with contaminants, including hair and thin metal wire, fueling a growing public health controversy and...
North Korea’s black market dollar rate breaks all-time record as China...
North Korea's black market exchange rate for the U.S. dollar broke 70,000 North Korean won for the first time in recorded history in April...
North Korean farmers ditch food crops for cash crops as market...
North Korean farmers in parts of North Pyongan province are increasingly abandoning staple food crops on their private plots in favor of higher-value cash...
