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＜Inside N. Korea＞ Confusion over rising food prices continues with government forcing lower prices. Vendors counter by refusing to sell.
2021.07.24
(Photo) The two encountered a police crackdown on their way to take grain they had purchased in a farming village to the market. Photographed by Zhang Zheng-ji on the outskirts of Pyongyang City in August 2008 (ASIAPRESS).
It has been more than a month since the market’s food prices soared in June. Grain prices have been swinging wildly across North Korea, and the market is still in turmoil. The authorities, fed up with the situation, began to take draconian measures by forcing dealers to sell their products at lower prices and confiscating them if they do not comply. It is said that vendors who have rebelled against the unreasonable price controls have stopped selling. The authorities strong control seems to have little effect on price stability