North Korea intensifies jangmadang crackdown, seizing household goods for state stores

2026-03-09 - 18:44

North Korean authorities have sharply escalated inspections of jangmadang markets in Hamhung city, seizing domestically produced household goods from vendors and routing them into the state-run commercial network, a source inside the country told Daily NK on Monday. “Since the beginning of this month, there has been a noticeably stronger push in Hamhung to investigate and take control of the... Source