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Economic doldrums, restrictions on hawking cost jobs in N. Korea: aid group
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Yonhap) -- North Koreans have been suffering from chronic job shortages due to worsening economic conditions and a recent move by North Korean authorities to limit the number of hawkers for fear of capitalism spreading in the isolated, communist state, an aid group said Friday.
The North has recently forbidden women under the age of 40 from selling merchandise on their own, Good Friends said in its latest newsletter. The previous age limit was 30.
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