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This Is How Kim Jong Un's Regime Makes Money. "They Feel Like They're in a Foreign movie."

A new type of entertainment has been available in North Korea for several months now: luxury cruises on sightseeing boats equipped with barbecue grills and offering rides on the Taedong River with food and drink included. However, this luxury comes at a steep price, and only in hard foreign currency. For Kim Jong-un's regime, it's an opportunity to enrich the country's budget with dollars, reports Daily NK.
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A new type of entertainment has been available in North Korea for several months now: luxury cruises on sightseeing boats equipped with barbecue grills and offering rides on the Taedong River with food and drink included. However, this luxury comes at a steep price, and only in hard foreign currency. For Kim Jong-un's regime, it's an opportunity to enrich the country's budget with dollars, reports Daily NK.

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Business Insider (Poland) broke the news in on Tuesday, September 2, 2025.
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