N. Korea acknowledges failure of currency reform

N. Korea acknowledges failure of currency reform

BEIJING, China - Photo taken in February shows a customer using new currency at a shop in a hotel in the North Korean capital Pyongyang. Sources familiar with China-North Korea relations said on March 2, 2010, that North Korea has acknowledged the failure of the currency reform it conducted in November, saying it caused confusion in the supply of money and the distribution of goods.

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