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Fruit and vegetables fill North Korea’s markets as prices climb
North Korean markets are stocked with more imported fruit and greenhouse-grown produce than they have been in years, but soaring prices are leaving many shoppers priced out even as the displays look more abundant than ever. According to a Daily NK source in North Hamgyong province, markets in Hoeryong and other cities have recently seen []
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· Jul 2, 2026
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· Jun 28, 2026
Asian vendors grapple with soaring costs of plastics amid Mideast war
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Daily NK English
· Jun 26, 2026
Soaring fuel costs are pushing North Koreans toward electric bikes and motorcycles
Imports of Chinese-made electric bicycles and motorcycles are rising at border crossings in North Korea in 2026, driven by surging fuel prices that have made gas-powered vehicles increasingly costly to run. Demand has grown to the point that even wealthy North Koreans who previously considered electric bikes beneath them are now buying them. A source []
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Related coverage for "Fruit and vegetables fill North Korea’s markets as prices climb": NK News — North Korea tightens control of local market prices since pandemic: report. KoreaTechDesk — Why Korea’s Healthy HMR Market May Depend on Trust, Not Marketing Claims. Korea Times News — Vietnam essential to K-food's ASEAN expansion. Borneo Bulletin — Vietnam’s fruit, vegetable exports surge 17.8 per cent. Daily Sabah — Asian vendors grapple with soaring costs of plastics amid Mideast war. Daily NK English — Soaring fuel costs are pushing North Koreans toward electric bikes and motorcycles