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Middle East oil shock doubles North Korea freight costs

Summary by DailyNK
A Sungri 58 truck — a North Korean vehicle based on a Soviet-era design — travels through Pyongyang in October 2012. Photo: calflier001 / Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Rising oil prices driven by instability in the Middle East are pushing up fuel costs inside North Korea, with transport fees charged by private freight vehicles doubling in a short period and squeezing market traders already struggling through a prolonged slump. According to a Daily NK so…

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DailyNK broke the news in on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.
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