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		Dec. 2, 2009   [Hoeryong] ¡à At November 30, 11 AM, currency change announced¡¦ Tofu price rise by 20 times at Hoer   [Sinuiju] On November 30, 11 AM currency change announced¡¦ new currency denominations composed of 1       October 22, 2009   Stores are Crowded in Hyesan and Gapsan Jangmadang   Bukchong-Sinpo Jangmadang: most popular business are grain, fruits and miscellaneous goods   Wonsan Sinheung Jangmadang Filled with Porters/ Pyongsong General Market is Replaced with People¡¯s   Crimes Continue in Hyesan       August 20, 2009   Basic Commodity Prices in Pyongyang   Market Related-Trend in Commodity Price in Pyongyang   Cell phone subscription status   Pyongyang¡¯s 150 Days Battle   Testimony conflicts over Pyongsung market closure   Drug usage by Pyongyang residents       July 6, 2009   Pyongsung Wholesale Market closed?...Temporary measure for 7 to 10 days   No Measure to Transform to Farmers¡¯ Market Nationwide   People¡¯s reaction to conversion and closure measure of market       June 19, 2009   [Incidents] Most Wanted- First Secretary of Hyesan City Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League   [Electricity] Electricity in Pyongyang, 1 or 2 hours every day   Suicides continued in Pyongyang and Deokcheon   [Market Price] Pyongyang, Hyesan price status       May 29, 2009   Successor   Two male publicly executed at Hyongjesan district, Pyongyang   Accidents: At Pyongyang¡¯s April 15 Ceremony, remote control and detonation cap for fireworks were l   Price Index   Market Situation in Pyongyang, Hyesan and Hamheung   Food Situation   Strong Nation and the 150-days Battle       May 6, 2009   [Economy Policy] North Korean residents show ambivalent attitude toward national   Public Execution continued   80,000 NK won required to charge cell phones¡¦ security agency officials can use cell phones   [Transportation] Taxi drivers pay 1000 USD to companies   Another rumor around succession; Kim Jong Woon ranked Major General at National Security Agency   [Commodity Prices] Pyongyang is stable with public distribution not working       April 14, 2009   [Military] Enlistment after early graduation of secondary school for six graders (age 17)   [Election] Anti-election graffiti results in investigation¡¦mail-in vote conducted   [Communication] Cell phone is available in suburban Pyongyang, but not in border area or Kaesong   No Anti-market measures in Pyongyang, Tong-Il Street Market is run well   [Public Distribution] limited but continued¡¦food sold to dependent family members   [Successor] Local Party officials, party secretaries at companies and managers are educated       March 25, 2009   Resistance against election sporadic but continued¡¦ spelling of ¡®election¡¯ sign changed   Kim Jong Woon ¡®A New Young General   No Anti-Market Measure yet, while South Korean products are persecuted   Dissatisfaction over Missile Threats   News Briefing       March 2, 2009   Southern front of North Korea, Sinchon County (South Hwanghae)   Market News : Sinchon   Food condition of Sinchon farmers   Sinuiju news- customs inspection, expected to continue until the end of the election   News from Hoiryeong : while hawkish propaganda is stronger, people care only about food       February 19, 2009   Emergency Mobilization becomes frequent   A child of the central Party missing   (Market News) No market regulation measure, due to popular attitude, while South Korean products are   News Briefing       February 2, 2009   Popular private business in market is ¡®bean oil¡¯   Commodity prices change from Dec. 10, 2008 to Jan. 6, 2009   Transformation of private market to public one is almost failed   Study group and public lectures encouraged everywhere (Pyongyang)   Pyongyang Briefing       January 13, 2009   Rumor says ¡°Kim Jong Nam predicted to be the heir apparent¡¦¡¦Jang Sung Taek leading the initiative   North Korean authorities unable to launch ¡®Once-Every-Ten-Days Market¡¯ policy due to popular unres   Rice crop yield is high, corn shows normal crop   ¡®When the Tumen River freezes, bean smugglers go rampant¡¯   Public execution taken place in Pyongayng¡¯s Seonkyo district in mid-November       December 19, 2008   Special Report: ¡®Study Materials¡¯ for North Korean officials obtained and analyzed   ¡®On keeping secret with high alert against the enemy¡¯    ¡®What are the main arguments of Our Party¡¯s agricultural revolution policy?¡¯   ¡®What are the important aspects of popular policies of the Party and State?¡¯   South Pyongan Province: 1st place with 114% of grain production   Buy a South Korean DVD and get a porn for free?   Most popular vacation destination for North Korean rich, ¡®Kosung Spa Facilities¡¯   Current commodity prices       November 20, 2008   Rumor on what happened in Pyongyang on Sep. 9, ¡°Anti-gov¡¯t graffiti and leaflets found¡±   ¡°Strict regulation of Jangmadangs anticipated next year¡± vs ¡°Not so easy to do that¡±   Jangmadangs not yet show peculiarity while normal operation is on   Hoiryeong disturbed over ¡®retaliatory murder¡¯; border and roads blocked to catch the killer   In Hyesan, 400 houses forcibly demolished   ¡°North Korea at War on Rice¡±   [Interview with North Koreans 1] ¡°Mere 20 out of 132 factory employees come to work¡±   [Interview with North Koreans 2] An employee at Musan mine says, ¡°(the mine) stopped due to shortag   Commodity prices (in NK won)       November 11   Leaflets flying over suburban Pyongyang, forcing NK authorities on alert   Excerpts from the lecture ¡®On strengthening secrecy and demolishing the enemy¡¯s anti-Korean activi   North Korean authorities spread rumor ¡°Leaflets have radioactivity, those who see will get blinded¡   NK Authorities, ¡°Secure rice provisions for military, fill the Second Silo¡±   Fifteen-year old sentenced to seven years for watching S. Korean CD   As Arirang Mass Game did poor job, residents are forced to pay and watch   Train fare from Pyongyang to Sinuiju, ¡°10,000 won at black market, 20,000 as penalty¡±   Import regulation still ongoing at Sinuiju, suspicion over all-out control of market from next year   Commodity prices on October 30, 2008, Kangdong County, Pyongyang       October 20, 2008   [Special Interview] Former Officer Defector Says ¡°There Is No Hope in NK¡±   ¡°Thirteen Years of Army Service Left Me without Job and Food Distribution¡±   Army Officer Salary, 2800 won, ¡°Only Worth a Piece of Tofu and a Bottle of Liquor or Two¡±   Even Soldiers Are Desperate because of Difficult Life, and It Becomes Increasingly Hard to Control T   Disgruntled Soldiers ¡°Don¡¯t Want to Go back to North Korea¡±       October 8, 2008   Commodity prices in major North Korean cities   Only Two Months-worth of Potato Ration Given in Ryanggang Province   Bureaucrats, Officials Act like Masters, Plundering Potato Crop; even farm officials hide from them   [Interview ¨ç] ¡°Average Ration about 100kg. It Is Hard to Live without Private Farm¡±   [Interview ¨è] Running Small Private Farms, ¡®Relationship with Administrators Is Crucial¡¯   [Interview ¨é] Monthly Expenses, ¡°Forty to Fifty Thousand Won for Farmers¡± , but more than one mil   North Korean Authorities ¡°Visitors to Chinese Relatives Must Come Back¡±   Why Low Returning Rate?   Illegal Border Crossing Fee Exceeded Five Thousand RMB       September 23, 2008   North Korean people¡¯s responses to the rumors of Kim Jong-Il¡¯s illness   Border scene- Stability and no signs of disturbance; Sino-Korean trade operating normally   ¡°If a rumor spreads in North Korea, ethnic Chinese become suspects¡±   ¡°Many people listen to South Korean radio these days, so rumor spreads faster¡±   ¡°I am stunned. It¡¯s completely impossible to have opinions on Kim Jong Il¡±   A professor of the Yanbian University: unexpected chaos can occur due to the great shock of citizens   North Korean overseas¡¯ students spend a great deal of money       September 4, 2008   Prices of some major commodities in August 2008   Now, It Is Possible to Buy USB Memory Drive at Market   One out of Three North Korean Middle and High School Students Own MP3 Player   Bicycles Are Outdated   Four Hundred Thousand Won Profit from Bean Farming   Orders Sent to Produce ¡®Weed Manure¡¯ to Solve the Problem of Lack of Fertilizer   Visit to Relatives in China Will Resume Soon, ¡°Officials Want It More Than People Do¡±   A Sex Scandal in Hamheung, Causing Officials Expelled from Job   [Publisher¡¯s Remarks] Hope to Get Closer to the Real North Korea