Tag: market
North Korea Market Price Update: May 30, 2022
All prices shown in KPW and current as of May 30, 2022.
Data: Daily NK
North Korea Market Price Update: November 15, 2020
All prices shown in KPW and current as of November 15, 2020.
Data: Daily NK
Authorities in locked down Hyesan sell rice to hungry families
North Korean authorities supplied rice to each household in Hyesan earlier this month amid the city's lockdown for 20 days following an incident involving...
North Korea Market Price Update: September 29, 2020
All prices shown in KPW and current as of September 29, 2020.
Data: Daily NK
Ryanggang Province is in the midst of berry-picking season
Despite COVID-19 social distancing restrictions, an increasing number of North Koreans in Ryanggang Province is picking berries on nearby mountains, Daily NK has learned.
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North Korea Market Price Update: May 23, 2020
All prices shown in KPW and current as of May 23, 2020.
Data: Daily NK
N. Korea uses market forces to avoid face mask scarcity
North Korea suffered a brief shortage of face masks in early February but rebounded quickly to provide an abundant supply of masks, Daily NK...
N. Korea orders major organizations to fend for themselves
North Korea has ordered major provincial organizations, military-run factories and other facilities to prepare a months' worth of food, signalling that the state is...
North Korea Market Prices Update: Feb. 18, 2020
All prices shown in KPW and current as of February 18, 2020.
Data: Daily NK