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Paek H.O, who defected from the northeastern North Korean town of Musan in 2018, speaks in front of U.S. dollar and Chinese yuan notes during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, on May 3, 2023. North Korea has tolerated the widespread use of more stable foreign currencies like U.S. dollars and Chinese yuan since a bungled revaluation of the won in 2009 triggered runaway inflation and public unrest. Paek said she used the yuan to buy expensive goods and the won for cheap items such as sodas, vegetables and bread sold at markets. (AP Photo/Hyung-jin Kim)

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'Dollarization' of North Korean economy, once vital, now potential threat to Kim's rule
By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press
Thu,06/08/23-8:10PM , 55 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Before fleeing North Korea in 2014, Jeon Jae-hyun kept U.S. dollars as a store of value and used Chinese yuan to make everyday purchases at markets, restaurants and other places. He used the domestic currency, the won, only occasionally.
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Kim Yo Jong attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 2, 2019. The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed again Sunday, June 4, 2023, to push for a second attempt to launch a spy satellite as she lambasted a U.N. Security Council meeting over the North’s first, failed launch. (Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP, File)

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North Korean leader's sister vows 2nd attempt to launch spy satellite, slams UN meeting
By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press
Sat,06/03/23-8:29PM , 51 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed again Sunday to push for a second attempt to launch a spy satellite as she lambasted a U.N. Security Council meeting over the North’s first, failed launch.
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A man who opened an emergency exit door during a flight, arrives to attend an arrest warrant review at the Daegu District Court in Daegu, South Korea, Sunday, May 28, 2023. He told police that he felt suffocated and tried to get off the plane quickly as it approached landing, reports said Saturday. (Yun Kwan-shick/Yonhap via AP)

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South Korean arrested for opening plane emergency exit door, faces up to 10 years in prison
By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press
Sun,05/28/23-3:27AM , 93 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A man who opened an emergency exit door during a flight in South Korea was formally arrested Sunday and faces up to 10 years in prison on a charge of violating the aviation security law, officials said.
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An Asiana Airlines plane is parked as one of the plane's doors suddenly opened at Daegu International Airport in Daegu, South Korea, Friday, May 26, 2023. A passenger opened a door on an Asiana Airlines flight that later landed safely at a South Korean airport Friday, airline and government officials said. (Yun Kwan-shick/Yonhap via AP)

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Man who opened emergency door on South Korea flight told police he felt suffocated
By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press
Sat,05/27/23-11:04AM , 107 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A passenger who opened an emergency exit door during a flight in South Korea told police that he felt suffocated and tried to get off the plane quickly as it approached landing, reports said Saturday.
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