{"id":52964,"date":"2022-10-11T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T01:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=52964"},"modified":"2023-02-03T09:54:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T00:54:52","slug":"hyesan-authorities-confiscate-stalls-market-sellers-with-two-more-booths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/hyesan-authorities-confiscate-stalls-market-sellers-with-two-more-booths\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyesan authorities confiscate stalls from market sellers with two or more booths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities in Hyesan are investigating how many booths marketplace sellers are operating and confiscating stalls from business people who own more than two, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A source in Yanggang Province told Daily NK on Tuesday that the commercial bureau of the provincial people\u2019s committee began an investigation in late September focused on how many booths business people in Hyesan\u2019s marketplaces are operating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf merchants in Hyesan\u2019s marketplaces have two booths, they have to give one up,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, the authorities are conducting the investigation with the goal of taken away booths of business people operating two or more stalls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business people with multiple booths are expressing concern that the investigation is being conducted not by market management offices, but by the commercial bureau of the provincial people\u2019s committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, officials from the commercial bureau of the provincial people\u2019s committee are focusing their attention on the booths that sell the highest priced goods, like those peddling manufactured products.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result of the investigation, some merchants are scrambling to dispose of their excess booths.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having purchased several booths with their own money, these business people are trying to sell their extra booths before the authorities use the investigation to confiscate them without compensation. Few people want to buy the stalls, however, which has led to a fall in their sale price.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe provincial people\u2019s committee plans to give the confiscated booths to the people of Hyesan, distributing them for free to households struggling the most,\u201d said the source. \u201cThis was decided during a meeting of the provincial party committee that discussed measures and plans to help households in need.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the source said the provincial party committee\u2019s decision is facing considerable backlash since many merchants in Hyesan\u2019s markets operate two or more booths.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, he said business people are bitterly complaining that the state should formulate measures to help struggling households. They ask, \u201cWhy are [the authorities] confiscating booths individuals bought with their own money without compensation and in a coercive way?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMerchants with several booths have relationships with powerful market management offices. Technically, it\u2019s illegal to run multiple booths, but sellers don\u2019t even realize if it\u2019s illegal or not because the authorities have never really cracked down on or restricted it,&#8221; the source said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[The authorities] say it\u2019s an investigation, but really, they&#8217;re just forcibly taking booths from rich, powerful merchants,\u201d he said. \u201cSellers cannot hide their dismay that the authorities confiscating booths the business people bought with their own money.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20221004-5\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean authorities in Hyesan are investigating how many booths marketplace sellers are operating and confiscating stalls from business people who own more than two, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0 A source in Yanggang Province told Daily NK on Tuesday that the commercial bureau of the provincial people\u2019s committee began an investigation in late September focused [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":41618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[645,67],"tags":[738,100],"class_list":["post-52964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","category-news","tag-hyesan","tag-markets"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - 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