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Korea may move to issue public bonds for the first time in 17 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the first time in 17 years, North Korean authorities may be planning to issue public bonds to alleviate the shortage of foreign currency in the country, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High-level government officials recently gathered to discuss the issuance of bonds, according to Daily NK sources on Apr. 8.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK sources reported that a move to issue public bonds stems from the country\u2019s lack of money to finance major national projects, such as the building of the Pyongyang General Hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABSORBING FOREIGN CURRENCY<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last time North Korea floated bonds was in 2003 following the implementation of the July 1 Measures. The country\u2019s flotation of bonds at the time achieved some success in securing funds for the regime and was largely aimed at individuals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The planned issuance of bonds this time around is largely aimed at collecting as much foreign currency circulating in the country as possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBonds will be issued to organizations that require funds and they will use the bonds to pay for things they need,\u201d a source told Daily NK.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, if Construction Bureau 8, which is leading the construction of the Pyongyang General Hospital, requests approval to the Cabinet\u2019s Planning Committee for the use of state funds to purchase cement, the organization can take a government-issued document to the Central Bank of the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea to receive a public bond receipt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bureau can then take that receipt to a cement factory and use it to pay for production costs. The bonds are essentially a way for organizations short on cash to pay for things they need instead of using cash.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Daily NK sources, 60% of the public bonds issued will be given to organizations in need of funds, while the remaining 40% will be purchased in foreign currency by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">donju <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">running private businesses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ultimately, what this could mean is that North Korea\u2019s financial authorities will only issue business permits to the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">donju <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">if they purchase public bonds. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Donju <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who buy up mass amounts of bonds or purchase materials needed for their businesses using dollars may also be given special commendations by the government for their \u201cloyalty.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the bonds are issued, they are expected to make up at least 60% of the country\u2019s overall budget.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">POTENTIAL OBSTACLES<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Donju<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, however, may not go along with the government\u2019s plan because of uncertainty surrounding whether the government will be able to pay back their original investment on the bonds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK sources speculated that small-scale businesses will suffer the most from the government\u2019s plan to issue bonds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBusiness people are worried that issuing public bonds could worsen the already difficult financial circumstances manufacturers are in, and could even disrupt consumption and distribution in the country,\u201d one source said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High-level government officials aware of the plans to issue public bonds are reportedly gathering up as much dollars they can through \u201ccurrency brokers\u201d due to worries that the dollar currency rate could spike if public bonds are made official at the Supreme People\u2019s Assembly meeting on Apr. 10.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea announced that it was issuing public bonds in 2003, but this may not be the case this time around. Daily NK sources suggested that because the public bonds are only for businesses and the wealthy with large amounts of foreign currency, this might mean that the regime could refrain from publicly announcing it at meeting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>*Translated by Jason Bartlett<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%EB%8B%A8%EB%8F%85-%E5%8C%97-17%EB%85%84-%EB%A7%8C%EC%97%90-%EA%B3%B5%EC%B1%84-%EB%B0%9C%ED%96%89-%EC%B9%B4%EB%93%9C-%EA%BA%BC%EB%82%B4%EB%82%98-%EC%9E%90%EA%B8%88%EB%82%9C-%EC%8B%AC%EA%B0%81\/\"><em>Read in Korean<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in 17 years, North Korean authorities may be planning to issue public bonds to alleviate the shortage of foreign currency in the country, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0 High-level government officials recently gathered to discuss the issuance of bonds, according to Daily NK sources on Apr. 8.\u00a0 Daily NK sources reported that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":44448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,645],"tags":[714,930,972],"class_list":["post-44447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-economy","tag-economy","tag-foreign-currency","tag-finance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>N. 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