Chinese Tourists, Businesspeople Load up on Pot During Trips to North Korea

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Chinese Tourists, Businesspeople Load up on Pot During Trips to North Korea

Chinese who visit North Korea on sightseeing or business trips are purchasing marijuana in large quantities in the Rason Special Economic Zone, sources inside North Korea said.

Since marijuana cultivation is legal in North Korea, selling yeoksam, as it is called in North Korea, has become an easy way to earn money, they said.

“People in Rason buy the large quantities of buds of yeoksam from residents and pay 30 yuan (U.S. $4.30) per kilogram (2.2 lbs.), and then sell them for 500 yuan (U.S. $72) per kilogram to Chinese people,” a source from North Hamgyong province told RFA’s Korean Service.

Rason is a warm-water port in the northeastern part of North Hamgyong province bordering China and Russia. Visitors must obtain a special visa to enter the area from officials assigned to the zone by central government authorities in the capital Pyongyang.

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