N.Korea privatizing illicit economic activity: US group
Washington (AFP) April 15, 2014 - A growing black market economy in North Korea is increasingly allowing private citizens to engage in illicit activity that funnels hard currency to the regime, a US-based group said Tuesday. In a new report, the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) pointed to mounting evidence that Pyongyang's notorious monopoly on such activity is loosening. And while the activities are stil ... more

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