Daily NK Kim Min Se 1/26/2007 The “first-runners” are first-tier wholesalers who connect Chinese manufacturers and North Korean market owners in large cities such as Sinuiju, Hyesan, Hamheung or Chongjin. The goods transported by the first-runners to metropolitan markets in NK are met by second-runners in smaller cities. South Pyongan province’s Pyongsong, Sunchon and Nampo … Continue reading Analysis of North Korea’s ‘Market Economy’ 2