Police in Hyesan recently raided a foreign exchange shop rumored to be selling South Korean clothing, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking anonymously, a Daily NK source in Ryanggang Province said police officers in Hyesan “raided the city’s foreign exchange shop on Aug. 16, locking its doors and inspecting items in the shop for several hours.” He said the inspection occurred after somebody told the police that the shop “was rumored to sell clothing from puppet South Korea.”
The main customers of Hyesan’s foreign exchange shop — which sells…