{"id":58899,"date":"2024-03-29T15:05:58","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T06:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=58899"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:07:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:07:50","slug":"hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyesan street vendors struggle to make ends meet despite easing crackdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite the easing of crackdowns, street food vendors in Hyesan are struggling these days because they make so little money, Daily NK has learned.<\/p>\n

“Business people in Hyesan who cook noodles at home to sell are desperate because they make so little money these days,” a source in Yanggang Province told Daily NK on Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity. “It’s hard for them to sell just one cup of noodles each day.”<\/p>\n

North Korea intensified its crackdown on private food sales since the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, people caught in the crackdown paid fines or performed forced labor, as the restrictions were ostensibly based on quarantine regulations. As a result, many people gave up selling food.<\/p>\n

With the recent easing of the crackdown, some people who used to sell food have resumed their businesses. But the source said they still have a hard time making a living because there are so few customers.<\/p>\n

“People can’t afford to eat food that costs more than a kilogram of rice, so with a bowl of noodles costing more than KPW 5,000 – and more than KPW 6,000 if you add an egg – no one buys it,” the source said.<\/p>\n

A bowl of noodles costs more or less what it used to, but people now find the price a burden as they have become poorer in recent years due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n

“Food merchants miss the days before COVID-19, when they were busy and sweating because they had so many customers,” the source said. “But no one knows when those days will return, so they barely make it from day to day.”<\/p>\n

People who sell food to market and street vendors are also suffering from slow business, the source said.<\/p>\n

“Food sold to market stall merchants is a little cheaper than food sold to ordinary people, so you have to sell as much as you can to make money,” the source said.<\/p>\n

“However, market vendors often skip meals these days because they don’t make money, so the people who sell them food are also suffering.”<\/p>\n

Translated by David Black. Edited by Robert Lauler.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Daily NK works with a network of sources living in North Korea, China, and elsewhere. Their identities remain anonymous for security reasons. For more information about Daily NK\u2019s network of reporting partners and information-gathering activities, please visit our FAQ page\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Please send any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite the easing of crackdowns, street food vendors in Hyesan are struggling these days because they make so little money, Daily NK has learned. “Business people in Hyesan who cook noodles at home to sell are desperate because they make so little money these days,” a source in Yanggang Province told Daily NK on Wednesday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":40825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,645],"tags":[100,271,735,738,763,767,972,1124],"class_list":["post-58899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-economy","tag-markets","tag-ryanggang-province","tag-trade","tag-hyesan","tag-covid-19","tag-food","tag-finance","tag-crackdowns"],"yoast_head":"\nHyesan street vendors struggle to make ends meet despite easing crackdowns - North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Despite the easing of crackdowns, street food vendors in Hyesan are struggling these days because they make so little money.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hyesan street vendors struggle to make ends meet despite easing crackdowns\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Despite the easing of crackdowns, street food vendors in Hyesan are struggling these days because they make so little money.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-29T06:05:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-06T05:07:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/2019-\ubd81\ub18d\ucd0c_3-\uc0b4\ub9bc\uc9d1-\uc21c\ucc9c-\uc7a5\ub9c8\ub2f9-\uc7a5\uc0ac\uafbc-\uc790\uc804\uac70-\uc804\uc790-\uc800\uc6b8.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lee Chae Eun\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lee Chae Eun\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lee Chae Eun\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6c9f40b0a89c4a5354607f43756dbbe0\"},\"headline\":\"Hyesan street vendors struggle to make ends meet despite easing crackdowns\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-29T06:05:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-06T05:07:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":421,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/2019-\ubd81\ub18d\ucd0c_3-\uc0b4\ub9bc\uc9d1-\uc21c\ucc9c-\uc7a5\ub9c8\ub2f9-\uc7a5\uc0ac\uafbc-\uc790\uc804\uac70-\uc804\uc790-\uc800\uc6b8.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"markets\",\"Ryanggang province\",\"trade\",\"hyesan\",\"covid-19\",\"food\",\"finance\",\"crackdowns\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hyesan street vendors struggle to make ends meet despite easing crackdowns - North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/2019-\ubd81\ub18d\ucd0c_3-\uc0b4\ub9bc\uc9d1-\uc21c\ucc9c-\uc7a5\ub9c8\ub2f9-\uc7a5\uc0ac\uafbc-\uc790\uc804\uac70-\uc804\uc790-\uc800\uc6b8.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-29T06:05:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-06T05:07:50+00:00\",\"description\":\"Despite the easing of crackdowns, street food vendors in Hyesan are struggling these days because they make so little money.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/2019-\ubd81\ub18d\ucd0c_3-\uc0b4\ub9bc\uc9d1-\uc21c\ucc9c-\uc7a5\ub9c8\ub2f9-\uc7a5\uc0ac\uafbc-\uc790\uc804\uac70-\uc804\uc790-\uc800\uc6b8.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/2019-\ubd81\ub18d\ucd0c_3-\uc0b4\ub9bc\uc9d1-\uc21c\ucc9c-\uc7a5\ub9c8\ub2f9-\uc7a5\uc0ac\uafbc-\uc790\uc804\uac70-\uc804\uc790-\uc800\uc6b8.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"FILE PHOTO: North Korean sellers peddle goods on the fringes of a market in Sunchon, South Pyongan Province, in October 2018. (The Daily NK)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hyesan street vendors struggle to make ends meet despite easing crackdowns\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/\",\"name\":\"North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Daily NK English\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/top_logo@1x.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/top_logo@1x.png\",\"width\":272,\"height\":90,\"caption\":\"Daily NK English\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"description\":\"An independent online news organization based in Seoul, South Korea, reporting on internal North Korean affairs through a network of in-country sources and defector journalists. Part of the Unification Media Group (UMG) consortium.\",\"email\":\"dailynkenglish@uni-media.net\",\"telephone\":\"82-2-732-6998\",\"legalName\":\"DailyNK\",\"foundingDate\":\"2004-12-01\",\"numberOfEmployees\":{\"@type\":\"QuantitativeValue\",\"minValue\":\"1\",\"maxValue\":\"10\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6c9f40b0a89c4a5354607f43756dbbe0\",\"name\":\"Lee Chae Eun\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/9f4cf0f24b376077a2fcdab2e85c3584-150x150.webp\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/9f4cf0f24b376077a2fcdab2e85c3584-150x150.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/9f4cf0f24b376077a2fcdab2e85c3584-150x150.webp\",\"caption\":\"Lee Chae Eun\"},\"description\":\"Lee Chae Eun covers trade and market trends, as well as the North Korean government's surveillance and control of its citizens. She also closely follows the situation of North Korean defectors living in China. Further details about her identity cannot be made public for security reasons. Questions about her articles can be directed to dailynkenglish(at)uni-media.net.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/author\\\/lee-chea-un\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hyesan street vendors struggle to make ends meet despite easing crackdowns - North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026","description":"Despite the easing of crackdowns, street food vendors in Hyesan are struggling these days because they make so little money.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hyesan street vendors struggle to make ends meet despite easing crackdowns","og_description":"Despite the easing of crackdowns, street food vendors in Hyesan are struggling these days because they make so little money.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\/","og_site_name":"North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026","article_published_time":"2024-03-29T06:05:58+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-06T05:07:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/2019-\ubd81\ub18d\ucd0c_3-\uc0b4\ub9bc\uc9d1-\uc21c\ucc9c-\uc7a5\ub9c8\ub2f9-\uc7a5\uc0ac\uafbc-\uc790\uc804\uac70-\uc804\uc790-\uc800\uc6b8.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lee Chae Eun","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lee Chae Eun","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\/"},"author":{"name":"Lee Chae Eun","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/6c9f40b0a89c4a5354607f43756dbbe0"},"headline":"Hyesan street vendors struggle to make ends meet despite easing crackdowns","datePublished":"2024-03-29T06:05:58+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-06T05:07:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\/"},"wordCount":421,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/2019-\ubd81\ub18d\ucd0c_3-\uc0b4\ub9bc\uc9d1-\uc21c\ucc9c-\uc7a5\ub9c8\ub2f9-\uc7a5\uc0ac\uafbc-\uc790\uc804\uac70-\uc804\uc790-\uc800\uc6b8.jpg","keywords":["markets","Ryanggang province","trade","hyesan","covid-19","food","finance","crackdowns"],"articleSection":["News","Economy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\/","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\/","name":"Hyesan street vendors struggle to make ends meet despite easing crackdowns - North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/2019-\ubd81\ub18d\ucd0c_3-\uc0b4\ub9bc\uc9d1-\uc21c\ucc9c-\uc7a5\ub9c8\ub2f9-\uc7a5\uc0ac\uafbc-\uc790\uc804\uac70-\uc804\uc790-\uc800\uc6b8.jpg","datePublished":"2024-03-29T06:05:58+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-06T05:07:50+00:00","description":"Despite the easing of crackdowns, street food vendors in Hyesan are struggling these days because they make so little money.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/2019-\ubd81\ub18d\ucd0c_3-\uc0b4\ub9bc\uc9d1-\uc21c\ucc9c-\uc7a5\ub9c8\ub2f9-\uc7a5\uc0ac\uafbc-\uc790\uc804\uac70-\uc804\uc790-\uc800\uc6b8.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/2019-\ubd81\ub18d\ucd0c_3-\uc0b4\ub9bc\uc9d1-\uc21c\ucc9c-\uc7a5\ub9c8\ub2f9-\uc7a5\uc0ac\uafbc-\uc790\uc804\uac70-\uc804\uc790-\uc800\uc6b8.jpg","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"FILE PHOTO: North Korean sellers peddle goods on the fringes of a market in Sunchon, South Pyongan Province, in October 2018. (The Daily NK)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/hyesan-street-vendors-struggle-make-ends-meet-despite-easing-crackdowns\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hyesan street vendors struggle to make ends meet despite easing crackdowns"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/","name":"North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#organization","name":"Daily NK English","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/top_logo@1x.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/top_logo@1x.png","width":272,"height":90,"caption":"Daily NK English"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"description":"An independent online news organization based in Seoul, South Korea, reporting on internal North Korean affairs through a network of in-country sources and defector journalists. Part of the Unification Media Group (UMG) consortium.","email":"dailynkenglish@uni-media.net","telephone":"82-2-732-6998","legalName":"DailyNK","foundingDate":"2004-12-01","numberOfEmployees":{"@type":"QuantitativeValue","minValue":"1","maxValue":"10"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/6c9f40b0a89c4a5354607f43756dbbe0","name":"Lee Chae Eun","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/9f4cf0f24b376077a2fcdab2e85c3584-150x150.webp","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/9f4cf0f24b376077a2fcdab2e85c3584-150x150.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/9f4cf0f24b376077a2fcdab2e85c3584-150x150.webp","caption":"Lee Chae Eun"},"description":"Lee Chae Eun covers trade and market trends, as well as the North Korean government's surveillance and control of its citizens. She also closely follows the situation of North Korean defectors living in China. Further details about her identity cannot be made public for security reasons. Questions about her articles can be directed to dailynkenglish(at)uni-media.net.","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/author\/lee-chea-un\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58899"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58901,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58899\/revisions\/58901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}