Travel certificate bribes surge in North Korea as corruption crackdown bites

Travel certificate bribes surge in North Korea as corruption crackdown bites

Bribes for the travel certificates North Koreans need to move between regions have jumped sharply in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong province, and the government’s own crackdown on corruption is partly to blame for pushing the price up. A source in North Hamgyong province told Daily NK that bribes for travel certificates in Hoeryong now range from a minimum of 500 Chinese yuan to as much as 2,000 yuan. “In the past, one or two cartons of cigarettes wer…

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Bribes for the travel certificates North Koreans need to move between regions have jumped sharply in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong province, and the government’s own crackdown on corruption is partly to blame for pushing the price up. A source in North Hamgyong province told Daily NK that bribes for travel certificates in Hoeryong now range from […] The post Travel certificate bribes surge in North Korea as corruption crackdown bites appeared first o…