Pork prices near record 160,000 won per kilogram in North Korea

Pork has become one of the most expensive staples in North Korea since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, with prices now so high that ordinary North Korean people can rarely afford to eat it even once a year. According to Daily NK’s regular survey of North Korean market prices, one kilogram of pork sold […]

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