Personal feud with watch leader triggers Hyesan brewing crackdown

A resident of Hyesan, in North Korea’s Ryanggang province, lost their only source of income in 2026 after a neighborhood watch leader reported their illegal liquor-making operation to police. The report capped off a dispute that had begun over a mandatory labor assignment. The individual had run a home distillery for more than a decade, […]

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