北韓禁止使用外滙

北韓元旦起全面禁外幣
2010年01月01日
北韓一個月前實施新貨幣政策，要民眾舊圜變新圜，積蓄大貶值，昨日又宣佈今天元旦日起，市面全面禁外幣流通，連外國人也不准用。分析認為平壤此舉，是想進一步控制經濟，阻止國民囤積歐元、美元等進行黑巿交易。
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報告：北韓禁止使用外匯
Report: North Korea to ban use of foreign currency
Today at 17:48 Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) — North Korea will ban the use of foreign currency for purchases among both its citizens and foreigners beginning Jan. 1, Chinese state television reported Wednesday, another sign the communist government is intent on reasserting control over the economy.
（北京AP） -北朝鮮從1月1日起將禁止公民和外國人使用外匯購物，中國國家電視台週三報導，另一個跡象共產黨政府非常熱衷於重新確立對經濟的控制。
North Korean citizens "will be forbidden from directly using dollars, euros and other foreign currencies in shops, restaurants and other outlets," CCTV said in a brief report on its main evening news program.

Foreigners must exchange foreign currency for North Korean won in order to purchase items, the report said.

The order, issued by North Korea's state security bureau, aims to "forbid the circulation of foreign currency," it said.

No other details were given. The reported order comes weeks after the hard-line communist government said that it would redenominate the won as part of a far-reaching currency overhaul aimed at curbing runaway inflation and reasserting government control over the economy.

Although one of the world's most isolated countries, North Korea has long allowed foreign money to be used at specially designated outlets, which helped generate hard currency for the regime. The new order apparently would end that practice.

Unable to feed its 24 million people, the government began allowing some markets in 2002, including some allowing farmers to trade in produce.

While an economic success, the markets also sold banned goods such as movies and soap operas from rival South Korea, posing a threat to the totalitarian rule of leader Kim Jong Il. The country's largest wholesale market in Pyongyang was reportedly shut down in mid-June.

North Korea has also come under increasing economic sanctions over its nuclear activities, curtailing arms exports and other traditional sources of hard currency.
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