North Korea Market Prices Update: October 14, 2019
All prices shown in KPW and current as of October 14, 2019.
Data: Daily NK
North Koreans throw increasingly lavish wedding celebrations
With the growth of the market economy and the middle class in North Korea, wedding expenses have risen dramatically in a short period of...
Luxury bags slip by UN sanctions, adding to economic disparities
North Korea’s economy is stagnating, but the country’s elite continue to flamboyantly display their wealth and merchants selling luxury items to the elite are ceaselessly targeting...
North Korea Market Prices Update: September 30, 2019
All prices shown in KPW and current as of September 30, 2019.
Data: Daily NK
North Korea loosens rules on motorcycle ownership registration
The Ministry of People’s Safety (MPS) recently began permitting North Koreans to register ownership of motorcycles under their own names, Daily NK has learned.
While...
North Korea Market Prices Update: September 11, 2019
All prices shown in KPW and current as of September 11, 2019.
Data: Daily NK
Plant and fruit-based alcohol gain popularity
North Korean food and beverage factories have ramped up production of alcoholic beverages using medicinal plants and fruits, Daily NK has learned.
“There’s a wider...
North Korea intensifies prostitution crackdown
Prostitution has been on the rise in tandem with increasing economic difficulties in North Korea. The government is now taking wider steps to crackdown...
North Korea ramps up honey production
The number of beekeepers producing honey and beeswax in North Korea is being ramped up across the country, including near major cities such as...
Foreign expert notes flaws in North Korea’s medical system
Training for mid- to high-level managers at hospitals in Ryanggang Province to discuss the region’s medical system included participation by a foreign expert, Daily...
