Choi Eunju News Today

Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA; General Director CHOI Eunju) proudly presents Koo Bohnchang’s Voyages (December 14, 2023–March 10, 2024), a retrospective by an influential artist who represents contemporary art as well as Korean contemporary photography, Koo Bohnchang (b. 1953).

Kim Jong-un, the country’s leader, has called for soldiers to be “a driving force” in increasing food production, a reflection of the North’s economic and geopolitical challenges.

In normal economies, currencies weaken in times of difficulty, but something counter-intuitive is happening in North Korea: the won is surging just as things are getting worse.

The North Korean won has jumped 25% against the dollar this year, calculated on a monthly average basis using the numbers reported by the two media organizations that track it.

In normal economies, currencies weaken in times of difficulty, but something counter-intuitive is happening in North Korea: the won is surging just as things are getting worse.

In normal economies, currencies weaken in times of difficulty, but something counter-intuitive is happening in North Korea: the won is surging just as things are getting worse.

Despite sanctions, trade hits, floods, and food shortages, the won has surged 25% against the US dollar this year.

In normal economies, currencies weaken in times of difficulty, but something counter-intuitive is happening in North Korea: the won is surging just as things are getting worse.

In normal economies, currencies weaken in times of difficulty, but something counter-intuitive is happening in North Korea: the won is surging just as things are getting worse.