Parents of school children turn to second-hand stores amid N. Korea's economic difficulties - Daily NK English

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Parents of school children turn to second-hand stores amid N. Korea's economic difficulties - Daily NK English

Driven by economic hardships, a large number of parents of school-age children shopped at second-hand clothing stores in Hamhung markets before the start of the school year last month, the Daily NK has learned. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a source in South Hamgyong Province told Daily NK on Monday that “many parents went to used clothing stalls in markets late last month before the start of the new school year on Apr. 1 because they coul…