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https://www.dailynk.com/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2010/01/DNKF00005922_List.jpg14093Changchun, China — The North Korean authorities continue to crack down on the private economy following the currency redenomination, as exchange rate instability and rising prices continue. Predictably, this has led to extremely high rates of inflation and forced the authorities to ramp up their reign of terror. A Daily NK reporter met with two […]