70 percent of North Korean bicycle is produced by the joint venture between Chinese and North Korean company.

70 percent of North Korean bicycle is produced by the joint ventures between Chinese and North Korean company.

Is good the quality of bicycles produced in North Korea?
Bicycles are so popular in North Korea.

Why?

I think they are short of oil.

http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2015/08/20/0200000000AKR20150820022300014.HTML

How to help rescue North Korea refugees and how to help North Korean defectors' resettlement in the USA

How to help rescue North Korea refugees.
How to help North Korean defectors' resettlement in the USA.



AmazonSmile

Every time you purchase at AmazonSmile, you can help North Korean refugees.



How?
It is very simple.



Have you heard of AmazonSmile?

smile.amazon.com



Firstly, search "North Korean Refugees in the United States" at amazon smile.
Pick your own charitable organizations: "North Korean refugees in the United States"
And Search




Select "North Korean Refugees in the United States"




Then, your donations will be automatically submitted to help North Korean refugees every time you shop at AmazonSmile.




Isn't it simple?

NKinUSA (North Korean refugees in the United States) in a non-profit organization, based in Washington, DC, which aims to help North Korean refugees escape safely from North Korea through China, assist with the resettlement of refugees currently living in the United States, and spread awareness about the persecution and severe human rights crisis of the North Korean people.

T-Shirts

25 Dollar shirt will make a miracle to rescue North Korean refugees.

If you buy a 25 dollar T-shirt, then all funds raised will go directly to save North Korean refugees in the United States of America.

You can buy the shirt at the following website.
The size of T-Shirts are Small, Medium, Large, and X Large.

www.nkinusa.org



Paypal or Check

NKinUSA (North Korean Refugees in the United States) hosts musical concerts in the Spring every year to raise funds for North Korean refugees. The music concert is called "Hope of Spring". Through the musical concerts, NKinUSA is raising a fund to rescue North Korean refugees safely from North Korea.

NKinUSA was founded by former North Korean defectors so that they know what kinds of pains and persecution North Koreans have been going through and what North Korean refugees and defectors really need.

NKinUSA is organizing many kinds of fundraising events. Even if you are unable to attend such various kinds of fundraising events, you can help North Korean refugees.



If you want to support North Korean refugees and defectors in the United States, then you can send money directly to NKinUSA by "Paypal" or checks to NKinUSA.

NKinUSA
2020 Pennsylvania Ave NW #168
Washington DC, 20006

info@nkinusa.org
202-670-6587

www.nkinusa.org/how-you-can-help/fundraising/

North Korean domestic produces is occupying 50% of the market in North Korea.

North Korean domestic produces is occupying 50% of the market in North Korea.
Because of the sanctions from the United States and the UN, North Korean products lost its overseas markets.

Some of these products are produced by Kim Jong Un's enterprises to generate more income for his regime. Private companies in North Korea have started to lower their prices to compete with Kim Jong Un's enterprises.

http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?num=14751&cataId=nk01500

40.5 percent of North Koreans still use traditional toilets

40.5 percent of North Koreans still use traditional toilets (squat toilets) by digging a hole in the ground.

30 percent of residents in Pyongyang use traditional toilets. The sanitation of toilets is below average.
Some people cannot use western toilets because the pressure of water is too low. Those who are living in the higher level of apartments use plastic bags to discard excrement.

What they need?

• High pressure of water
• Western toilets

Top class hotels in North Korea issue hand-written receipts to guests

Top class hotels in North Korea issue hand-written receipts to guests when they leave hotels.

Facilities of the top class hotels in North Korea might meet the international standard, but when you look into the hotels in detail, they are still far behind the international standard.

http://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0002218843

Amusement parks in Pyongyang need repairing and their facilities are too rusty.

Amusement parks in Pyongyang need repairing and their facilities are too rusty. The facilities in the amusement parks need repairing. Staffs were checking the facilities with hammers.

The restrooms in the amusements park are so dirty.

I hope Disneyland will open its new amusement park in North Korea after the unification of Korea as a symbol of peace and harmony.

http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/10/30/2011103000726.html

The price to get access to the internet at hotels in Pyongyang, North Korea is USD 5 per 30 minutes.

Internet access in North Korea is allowed only to foreign travelers and high-rank officials.

How much do foreign travelers have to pay to get access to internet?
The price to get access to the internet at hotels in Pyongyang, North Korea is USD 5 per 30 minutes.

The price decreased since 2012. The number of hotels who allow internet access is increasing in North Korea.

After the unification of Korea, ordinary North Koreans will be surprised when they realize that they can get any information from Google.

https://www.voakorea.com/a/2414861.html

What are the top 10 exports from North Korea?

What are the top 10 exports from North Korea?

1. Mineral fuels including oil
2. Clothing, accessories
3. Ores, Slag, Ash
4. Fish
5. Knit or Crochet clothing
6. Electrical machinery
7. Iron, Steel
8. Fruits
9. Machinery including computers
10. Zinc

http://www.worldstopexports.com/north-koreas-top-10-exports/

The most popular stationary is "Suji Pencil", so to speak, lead pencil.

The most popular stationary is "Suji Pencil". South Koreans call "Suji Pencil" as "lead pencil" or "Sharp mechanical pencil".

It is a pencil with a replaceable and mechanically extended solid lead. The sound of "Suji" is very similar to my name, Susie. 😊

The name of "Suji pencil" is not familiar to me. South Korean young students do not understand what "Suji pencils" are either. South Korean students and North Korean students use the same languages, but it will not be easy to communicate with each other.

I prefer sharp mechanical pencil to ordinary pencil. I do not know the quality of sharp mechanical pencil made in North Korea.

http://nk.joins.com/news/view.asp?aid=17246244

North Korea is exporting fake watches and labors to Middle-east countries.

North Korea is exporting fake watches and labors to Middle-east countries.

North Korea is diversifying markets from Asian to Middle-east countries to earn foreign money. Who buys such face watches? Somebody who looks rich by wearing such fake watches.
I think fake watches might be popular to people in the Middle East who want to pretend to be rich.

I do not know the fake watches are good in quality.

http://www.huffingtonpost.kr/2017/03/27/story_n_15632592.html

North Korea produced 100,000 laptops a year.

North Korea produced 100,000 laptops a year.
North Korea imports parts from overseas to make laptops. The laptop in the picture below does not look good in quality even though I have not yet tried it.

North Korea makes nuclear weapons, but they cannot make necessary parts by themselves.

http://www.rfa.org/korean/in_focus/food_international_org/computer-04222016153401.html

Solar energy is popular in North Korea because North Korea is short of electricity.

Solar energy is popular in North Korea because North Korea is short of electricity.
North Korean use solar energy to protect the environments?

No.

They are short of electricity.
North Korean regime cannot produce sufficient electricity.

100,000 houses use solar energy.
North Korean people do not rely on their regime to get foods and electricity.

https://www.voakorea.com/a/3342605.html

North Korea imports a lot of used cars about to be discarded.

North Korea imports a lot of used cars about to be discarded.

Why do they import such useless cars?

They disassemble the used cars and collect parts to fix the other used cars in North Korea. Isn't it dangerous to use parts from used cars?

After the unification of Korea automobile industry will grow very fast because North Koreans will buy new cars.

http://www.rfa.org/korean/in_focus/ne-ch-08112017085043.html

Railroads and trains are too old to use in North Korea.

Railroads and trains are too old to use in North Korea.

Facility conditions of trains are so serious in North Korea. Windows in the trains were stolen or broken. Seats in the trains were burned out for passengers to warm them.

After the unification of Korea trucks are faster than railroads to provide foods and essential supplies to North Koreans because railroads need repairing.

http://www.asiapress.org/korean/nk-economys/market-economy-03/

There are 10 major lines in North Korea.

Hambuk Line
Kangwon Line
Manpo Line
Paektusan Chongnyon Line
Pyongbu Line
Pyongdok Line
Pyongnam Line
Pyonggra Line
Pyongui Line

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_North_Korea

http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/north-korea-train-tour/index.html

Do North Koreans enjoy coffee?

Do North Koreans enjoy coffee?

The middle class in North Korea enjoy coffee. The demand for coffee is increasing in North Korea so that North Korea is importing ready-made coffee from China.

Coffee shops are also increasing in Pyongyang City. The price of coffee at a coffee shop is 3 to 4 dollars in North Korea.

Starbucks is a popular coffee brand in South Korea. South Korea ranks World No. 4 for most Starbucks stores per person.

What will happen when North Koreans taste Starbucks?

http://www.rfa.org/korean/weekly_program/c27dac8c-d480c5b4bcf4b294-bd81d55c-bb3cac00/priceindex-08112017130838.html

British council stopped educating English to teachers in high school and universities.

British council stopped educating English to teachers in high school and universities.
British council had taught English to about 4000 North Korean teachers since 2000.

North Korea will be short of native English teacher.

https://www.voakorea.com/a/4017764.html

Successful business in North Korea in spite of sanctions from the US and the UN.

How is it possible for North Korea's economy to grow in spite of United Nations sanctions on North Korean exports of iron, coal, lead, seafood, textile, labor, and North Korean import of oil.

North Korea has developed into a country where everyone is essentially out to make money to survive. Nearly every organization in North Korea - whether government or private - is a revenue-generator to survive.

The central state firms of North Korea has developed sophisticated methods of evading sanctions, including networks of ever-changing front companies with fake registration, multiple bank accounts, and vague or misleading documentation. North Korea's diplomatic outposts around the world have become the locations for front companies and brokers.

Ordinary North Koreans have built up small private, unregistered business, buying and selling wares in private marketplace and engaging in their own foreign trade.

Because North Korea ban private enterprise, private companies, original owners are hired as managers by the cooperative state official and they gain political protection for a fee and a cut-off the profits.

North Koreans have built strong smuggling networks, with the consent of North Korean and Chinse government officials. North Koreans have developed a range of means of importing and exporting goods across the China-North Korea border. Boats cross the Yalu and Tumen rivers in the summer and trucks drive across the ice in the winter, as paid-off border guards look the other way. At sea, Chinese smugglers meet their North Korean partners in international waters to exchange goods.

The smuggling networks between North Korea and China became efficient because North Korea is such an economic basket case. Many traders prefer smuggling because it allows them to minimize the impact of North Korea's political instability.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/10/how-to-succeed-in-business-in-north-korea/

North Korean restrooms in the suburban areas are so dirty.

North Korean restrooms in the suburban areas are so dirty.

The restrooms in hotels are good enough to use for foreign travelers, but the restrooms in the local areas are too dirty to use.
The smell of the toilettes is unbearable for foreign travelers.
The sanitation of the restrooms should be improved.

What they need to improve the sanitation of restrooms in North Korea?

The answer is western pottery.

http://www.rfa.org/korean/in_focus/food_international_org/restroom-07072014162018.html

North Korean cosmetic products are harmful to the skin.

North Korean cosmetic products are harmful to the skin.

After Korean cosmetic company analyzed 64 cosmetic products made in North Korea, they found that North Korean cosmetic products contain harmful ingredients to the skin.

The quality of containers is not so good. The perfume containers are short of the spreading power of perfumes.

http://news.joins.com/article/21607937

North Korea Freedom Coalition, a non-profit organization for human rights of North Koreans

Who is the North Korea Freedom Coalition?

The North Korea Freedom Coalition was founded in June 2003 to work for the freedom, human rights, and dignity of the North Korea people.

The North Korea Freedom Coalition currently has over 70 public member organizations representing millions of American, South and North Korean, and Japanese citizens as well as other nations, along with many individual members.

The North Korea Freedom Coalition also has private members that provide humanitarian relief inside North Korea and members in China and other nations that feed, shelter, and rescue North Korean refugees.

The North Korea Freedom Coalition works closely with elected officials, other non-governmental organizations, and governments to achieve its goals.

The North Korea Freedom Coalition is most proud of the fact that all the major NGOs in the USA, Japan, and South Korea, and especially the North Korean defectors' organizations, are either members of the Coalition or work as partners with the Coalition on its many activities.

What are Goals of the North Korea Freedom Coalition

• Make Human Rights the key policy of all governments in dealing with North Korea
• Save Lives by helping rescue refugees and pressuring China to end its brutal repatriation policy
• Close down political prison camps in North Korea
• Pressure North Korea to Release all abductees including Korean War POWs
• Promote information into North Korea through all means
• Get food aid directly to the North Korean people and end all food aid distribution controlled by the regime
• Bring freedom, human rights, and dignity to the North Korean people

http://www.nkfreedom.org/