A diplomat’s life: Navigating Pyongyang’s byzantine payment system
Foreigners may pay in one currency and receive change in others, while converting back and forth into virtual money
NK News (file) | Foreign currency exchange rates for the Korean won
The following article is the third in a multipart series by Taylor Darby, a pseudonym for a foreign diplomat that worked in Pyongyang for an extended period of time before being forced to leave in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Views expressed in columns are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.
The following article is the third in a multipart series by Taylor Darby, a pseudonym for a foreign diplomat that worked in Pyongyang for an extended period of time before being forced to leave in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Views expressed in columns are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.
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