North Korea's economic paradox: how de-marketization is driving up value of North's won Posted : 2021-07-26 13:46 Updated : 2021-07-26 18:14 Shoppers and merchants are seen at a "jangmadang," or an unofficial market in North Korea, in Hyesan, Ryanggang Province, in this photo taken last Sept. 5 from China's Jilin province, which borders North Korea, by Japan's Kyodo News using a telephoto lens. Yonhap By Go Myong-hyun To borrow from Winston Churchill's quote on Russia, North Korea is "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." But recent economic reports coming out of North Korea s...