Pyongyang allows private vehicle ownership for those 24+ amid foreign currency push

Pyongyang allows private vehicle ownership for those 24+ amid foreign currency push

North Korea plans to expand private car ownership nationwide. Provincial residents welcome this, but worry whether authorities plan to bolster public surveillance and control through car ownership. “An order was issued to the public on Jan. 8, enabling private car ownership in not only Pyongyang but also in provincial regions,” a source in North Korea told Daily NK recently. “The focus of the order is that anyone over the age of 24 with a driver…