{"id":27922,"date":"2014-08-01T12:07:33","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T03:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=27922"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:27:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:27:23","slug":"nk-caught-off-guard-by-disappearan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/nk-caught-off-guard-by-disappearan\/","title":{"rendered":"NK Caught Off Guard by Disappearance of Kim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n <o:DocumentProperties>\n  <o:Revision>0<\/o:Revision>\n  <o:TotalTime>0<\/o:TotalTime>\n  <o:Pages>1<\/o:Pages>\n  <o:Words>88<\/o:Words>\n  <o:Characters>503<\/o:Characters>\n  <o:Company>DailyNK<\/o:Company>\n  <o:Lines>4<\/o:Lines>\n  <o:Paragraphs>1<\/o:Paragraphs>\n  <o:CharactersWithSpaces>590<\/o:CharactersWithSpaces>\n  <o:Version>14.0<\/o:Version>\n <\/o:DocumentProperties>\n <o:OfficeDocumentSettings>\n  <o:AllowPNG\/>\n <\/o:OfficeDocumentSettings>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 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This means that, for the time being, Kim Il Sung&#8217;s image has disappeared from North Korean money completely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language:EN-GB\">A source in North Hamkyung Province told Daily<br \/>\nNK early on August 1st, \u201cFrom this morning, Chosun Central Bank branches in every region started exchanging<br \/>\nthe new 5000 bill.\u201d He went on, \u201cWhen we got the new ones we were surprised to<br \/>\nsee that the <i>Suryong <\/i>does not appear.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The front of the new 5000 won bill does not feature the benevolent image of Kim Il Sung of the previous version, introduced in 2009. Instead, there is an image of the house at Mankyungdae in Pyongyang that is propagandized as being Kim\u2019s birthplace. In other words, the previous rear side of the bill has become the front.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The rear of the new bill features an image of the International Friendship Exhibition at Mt. Myohang, where gifts given to Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il by figures in the international community are stored and displayed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">The design of the new bill is contrary to official directives released in the last week, since news of the upcoming switch started to leak. 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