North Korean authorities recently installed a toll system on the Pyongyang-Wonsan tourist highway and will soon require all road users to pay to use the nationwide highway network, information gathered by NK News since Saturday shows.
The roll-out of the toll network - which appears to be the country's first - will provide authorities with a new source of revenue at a time of increasing financial hardship for the North.
North Korean authorities recently installed a toll system on the Pyongyang-Wonsan tourist highway and will soon require all road users to pay to use the nationwide highway network, information gathered by NK News since Saturday shows.
The roll-out of the toll network - which appears to be the country's first - will provide authorities with a new source of revenue at a time of increasing financial hardship for the North.
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