[imText1]North Korean high authority has issued domestic instructions to \u201cremove all Japanese products from Pyongyang and every other city within 3 years.\u201d A source in North Korea reported that the prohibition includes the trade and circulation of Japanese cars, bicycles, electronic goods, and groceries. The Kim Jong Il regime seeks to punish Japan for the attitude it displayed in the recent six party talks and for its decision to continue sanctions against North Korea for an additional 6 months.<\/p>\n
As a result, reliance on Chinese and South Korean products such as refrigerated vans and trucks is increasing according to a custom house officer in the Chinese border city Dandung. There, \u201c10 Yuan stores\u201d offer South Korean goods whose main consumers are North Korean traders, according to the source. Hot items include plates, lunch boxes, shoes and clothes, and a South Korean electronic rice-cooker, the \u201cCuckoo.\u201d The cooker is one of the most popular devices among North Korea\u2019s elite who have spurred the import boom. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[imText1]North Korean high authority has issued domestic instructions to \u201cremove all Japanese products from Pyongyang and every other city within 3 years.\u201d A source in North Korea reported that the prohibition includes the trade and circulation of Japanese cars, bicycles, electronic goods, and groceries. The Kim Jong Il regime seeks to punish Japan for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":169,"featured_media":4038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[645],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy"],"yoast_head":"\n