Tag: wealthy
North Korea’s soaring exchange rates crush small merchants while enriching the...
Small-scale merchants in North Korean markets who conduct business in local currency say life has become "exhausting" as the country's internal exchange rates have...
N. Korea boosts company creation before party anniversary
North Korea's Cabinet has ordered people's committees in major cities—including Nampo, Rason, Sinuiju and Wonsan—to dramatically increase the number of approved companies ahead of...
N. Korean youth delay marriage as housing crisis deepens
Housing has become the primary obstacle preventing young people from getting married, not just in South Korea, but across the border in North Korea...
N. Korea children’s camp excludes poor students due to high costs
Songdowon International Children's Camp supposedly provides mental and physical training to children and teenagers while promoting their welfare, but critics say it's becoming a...
Wonder drugs no more: N. Korea’s health supplement market turns to...
A health supplement revolution is quietly taking hold among North Korea's elite. Disillusioned with counterfeit "medicines from Ponghwa" that people mockingly call "rabbit dung,"...
Why N. Koreans prefer a Chinese TV series over their own...
The North Korean art house film "A Life Full of Ups and Downs" has been a television staple for years. Yet North Korean audiences...
North Korea’s luxury resort becomes playground for the wealthy elite
Without international tourists to fill its rooms, North Korea's showcase Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area has quietly transformed into an exclusive destination for the...
N. Korean farming community erupts over unequal treatment of workers
The families of young farmers recently sent to a forced labor camp for skipping work are complaining, pointing to the relatives of farm officials...
N. Korean military officials’ wives help choose official drivers
North Korean military officials have begun involving their wives in choosing military drivers for official vehicles as soldiers graduate from the driver's school at...
Pyongyang police crackdown on teen mobile payments
Police in Pyongyang have started an emergency crackdown after discovering that high school students in the capital's central districts made over 150 mobile payments...
