North Korea's Wealthy Defy Ban on South Korean Appliances

North Korea's wealthy defy ban on South Korean appliances

Despite intensifying crackdowns on South Korean goods, North Korea’s wealthy elite continue to use Cuckoo brand electric rice cookers, treating the South Korean appliances as status symbols even at the risk of legal punishment. A Daily NK source in North Hamgyong province said Monday that in Hoeryong and Chongjin, most households belonging to the donju — North Korea’s private merchant class, whose name roughly translates as “money masters” — coo…

North Korea’s wealthy keep using South Korean rice cookers despite crackdowns - The Press United

Despite intensifying crackdowns on South Korean goods, North Korea’s wealthy elite continue to use Cuckoo brand electric rice cookers, treating the South Korean appliances as status symbols even at the risk of legal punishment. A Daily NK source in North Hamgyong province said Monday that in Hoeryong and Chongjin, most households belonging to the donju […] The post North Korea’s wealthy keep using South Korean rice cookers despite crackdowns app…