Shopping in Pyongyang
February 18, 2019 1:58 PM Subscribe
When I was a kid I thought the "black market" was a single, physical, open-air market with booths where you could buy nuclear warheads, stolen Rembrandts, etc. I was very let down when I discovered that was not the case.
posted by brundlefly at 5:14 PM on February 18, 2019 [10 favorites]
posted by brundlefly at 5:14 PM on February 18, 2019 [10 favorites]
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This part of the article was new to me: In Communist Korea, Worker pays Job to Not Work! The system is discussed a bit more in this book. The fee they pay is 7x their wages! What a strange form of indenture.
posted by Nelson at 3:39 PM on February 18, 2019 [2 favorites]