All posts tagged: North Korean currency

Crimes and Misdemeanors in Yanji

February 8, 2010
by Adam Cathcart
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China / North Korean border region / Sino-North Korean relations / Yanbian

In the endeavor to put some meat on the bones of the Chinese side of the Robert Park story (e.g., What was Park doing in Yanbian and what was the Chinese police response?), a recent commenter on this site pointed my attention to the website of the Yanbian Public Security Bureau.  Sure, its posts about cops sharing some grains with local households are just standard P.R., but in fact there are some wickedly interesting police […]

Further Evidence China is Displeased with North Korean Currency Reform

December 12, 2009
by Adam Cathcart
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Chinese nationalism / North Korea / North Korean border region / Sino-North Korean relations

On December 8, the Huanqiu Shibao carried an item headlined “South Korean Media Reports that Two North Korean Citizens Illegally Trading Currency Were Executed [韩媒称两名朝鲜居民因非法兑换货币被枪决],” marking the first time in my memory that China has drawn such explicit attention to North Korea’s arbitrary system of justice. Not only does the appearance of this news further reinforcing that China is displeased, it indicates that Xinhua isn’t above quoting from sources like Open Radio North Korea when […]