Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) NK Brief No. 09-7-8-1 7/8/2009 North Korea’s main wholesale market, in Pyongysong, was temporarily closed for just over a week during mid-April, but it has reportedly been open and operating normally since then. It was rumored, and reported [previously (see below)], that the Pyongysong Wholesale Market was shut down … Continue reading DPRK market closure reports deemed rumor