북한의 암시장에서 인조고기가 팔리고 있다..Many North Koreans Depend on Informal Markets..

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북한에서는 인조고기가 암시장 길거리에서

다른 물건과 함께자연스럽게 팔리고 있다.

탈북자들에 의하면,

이런 암시장이자 물물시장이  

몇백개가 된다고 한다.

작년에 북한의 경제성장률은 석탄개발로 3.9 % 로 까지 올라갔지만,

전력사정의 어려움이 상당하다.

인조고기가 이 암시장에서는 인기이다.

저칼로리에다, 프로테인및 섬유질을 함유하고 있다.

약 5백만명이상의 주민들이,

 이 암시장에서 생존을 위하여,

이 인조고기을 구하여 먹고있다.

그러나, 평양에 있는 공산당 간부들의 자제들은

피자등등이 있는 레스토랑에서 음식들을 즐기고 있다.

이 레스토랑은 처음에는 방문객으로 한정했지만 ,

이제는 공산당자제들에게도 허용되고 있다.

그들은 유로화나 딸러로 지불하고 있다.

28살먹은 한 탈북자 여인의 이야기는,

" 나의 공산당아버지는

많은 뇌물을 받는데, 그 뇌물중에서는

거위고기, 개고기, 사슴고기들도 있다 "

라고 이야기한다.

Follow Me / Demis Roussos

Follow me to a land across the shining sea

Waiting beyond the world we have known

Beyond the world the dream could be

And the joy we have tasted

Follow me along the road that only love can see

Rising above the fun years of the night

Into the light beyond the tears

And all the years we have wasted

Follow me to a distant land this mountain high

Where all the music that we always kept inside will fill the sky

Singing in the silent swerve a heart is free

While the world goes on turning and turning

Turning and falling

나를 따라 와요 반짝이는 바다 너머 저 땅으로

우리가 알고 있는 세계 저 너머에서 우릴 기다리는

꿈의 세계 너머에 있는 저 땅으로

이제껏 맛본 그 어떤 기쁨보다 큰 기쁨이 있는 저 땅으로

나를 따라 와요 사랑하는 사람 눈에만 보이는 저 길을 따라

숱한 환희의 밤 너머로 솟아 올라

눈물을 지나 밝은 세계로 들어가는 저 길로

헛되이 흘려보낸 그 모든 세월 넘어서는 저 길로

나를 따라 와요 이 높은 산 속 머나먼 나라로

그 나라에선 마음에 품고 있던 모든 음악이 하늘을 가득 채우고

적막 속에서 노래 부르며 마음은 자유롭고

그 사이에 세상 모든 건 계속 돌고 또 돌고

돌면서 기울어가죠

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Many North Koreans Depend on Informal Markets

A photo illustration shows a dish of "Injogogi-bab", which means rice with textured vegetable protein.

REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

상기고기가  " 인조고기 " 이다.

Called injogogi in Korean, “man-made meat,” is a popular street food in North Korea.

The food comes from taking leftovers from making soy bean oil, pressing it and rolling it into a paste.

The result is then filled with rice, and topped with chili sauce.

Injogogi is traded in North Korea with other goods and services on informal markets, known as jangmadang.

Defectors from North Korea say there are hundreds of these markets.

They are part of the country’s “barter economy.”

This informal market system has helped people survive through years of sanctions

and separation from the rest of the world.

“Back in the day, people had injogogi to fill themselves up as a substitute for meat,” said Cho Ui-sung,

a North Korean who defected to the South in 2014. “Now people eat it for its taste.”

After World War II, North Korea was established with support from the Soviet Union as a socialist country.

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 severely hurt the North Korean economy.

It also led to the breakdown of the centralized food distribution system.

It is estimated that as many as three million people died in the following years.

People were forced to negotiate for food any way they could.

People line up to eat at a food kiosk in Pyongyang, North Korea.

Since then, studies have found that person-to-person dealings have become a way for millions of

North Koreans to find basic needs such as food and clothing.

The popularity of informal markets, however, also makes it difficult to know what is going on

in the North Korean economy.

The informal markets also make it harder to measure how sanctions are affecting the North Korean people.

The U.N.’s World Food Program, or WFP, says the Public Distribution System for food was brought back in 2006.

The North Korean government says 70 percent of North Koreans still use the state’s system

as their main source of food.

This is the same percentage of people that the U.N. estimates are “food insecure.”

The WFP says the system regularly provides lower food rations than the government’s daily target.

The WFP and the U.N.’s other main food aid agency, the Food and Agricultural Organization,

said the U.N. uses all available information, including official statistics.

The agencies have an office in Pyongyang and make regular visits

to North Korean Public Distribution Centers, farms and occasionally markets.

In a joint statement, the U.N. agencies said, “We recognize that the data and their sources are limited

but it’s the best we have available at present.”

The agencies said that the biggest concern is the lack of different foods.

The statement says main foods include rice, maize, kimchi and bean paste. T

hese lack important fats and protein.

Local markets support the people

Last year, North Korea’s economy grew by 3.9 percent - its biggest increase in 17 years.

The increased activity came from mining, market reforms and business with its neighbor China.

Reporters saw signs of hunger in North Korea as recently as 2013.

The WFP says one in four children do not grow as tall as children in South Korea.

However, defectors say the food supply has improved in recent years.

Eight defectors told Reuters they ate similar things to South Koreans.

They said most families had privately grown vegetables, locally made snacks, rice, and corn in their homes.

A vendor sells food and drinks out of a kiosk in Pyongyang, North Korea.

Younger and wealthier defectors say they had meat, such as pork, dog, rabbit or badger.

However, they said the meat supply was seasonal because electric power is not dependable

enough to power refrigerators.

Defectors also say that North Korean president Kim Jong Un has quietly relaxed the rules on private trade.

Some markets in North Korea are known as “grasshopper markets” for the speed that traders set them up

and take them down. Many are illegal, but there are also officially approved markets.

Food such as injogogi are popular at these markets. It is low in calories but has protein and fiber,

said Lee Ae-ran, a chef from the North Korean town of Hyesan.

The website Daily NK, which is based in Seoul, South Korea, reports on jangmadang markets.

It is operated by North Korean defector journalists.

In a report released in August, it said there are 287 official markets in North Korea,

including more than half a million stalls.

Over 5 million people are either “directly or indirectly” depending on these markets for food.

This means the markets are necessary for people’s survival, the report said.

In 2015, a survey of 1,017 defectors by Seoul University professor Byung-yeon Kim found

that official food sources only make up 23.5 percent of North Korean’s food.

Around 61 percent of people asked said private markets were their most important source of food.

Fifteen-point-five percent said they rely on self-grown food.

A farmer carries a fully grown cabbage after plucking it out from the main crop

 which will be harvested early next month, and used to make Kimchi.

More options for the wealthy

However, wealthy people in North Korea have more choice.

In the capital, people can order a pizza in one of Pyongyang’s hundreds of restaurants, visitors say.

Many of the restaurants are owned by the state. Some used to be only for tourists,

but now they have local customers, who sometimes pay in euros or dollars.

There are also other ways North Koreans can support their diets.

“My dad often received bribes,” said one 28-year-old defector.

She said he was a high-ranking public official,

and the bribes he received included goat meat, dog meat and deer meat, she said.

Words in This Story

data - n. facts or information used usually to calculate, analyze, or plan something​

distribution - n. the act of giving or delivering something to people​

informal - adj. relaxed in tone; not official

defector - n. people who have left a country, political party, organization, etc.,

 and go to a different one that is a competitor or an enemy​

barter - v. to exchange things (such as products or services) for other things instead of for money​

sanction - n. an action that is taken or an order that is given to force a country to obey international laws

by limiting or stopping trade with that country, by not allowing economic aid for that country, etc. ​

substitute - n. a person or thing that takes the place of someone or something else​

paste - n.* a soft, wet mixture of usually a powder and a liquid​

ration - n. a particular amount of something (such as gasoline or food) that the government allows you

to have when there is not enough of it​

statistic - n. a number that represents a piece of information

(such as information about how often something is done, how common something is, etc.)​

regular - adj. happening over and over again at the same time or in the same way :

 occurring every day, week, month, etc.​

occasionally - adv. sometimes but not often​

refrigerator - n. a device or room that is used to keep things (such as food and drinks) cold​

relax - v. to become or to cause (something, such as a rule or law) to become less severe or strict​

journalist - n. a reporter; a member of the press

stall - n. a small open counter or partially enclosed structure where things are displayed for sale​

survey - n. an activity in which many people are asked a question or

a series of questions in order to gather information about what most people do or think about something​

rely - v. depend

tourist - n. a person who travels to a place for pleasure​

customer - n. someone who buys goods or services from a business​

diet - n. the food that a person or animal usually eats​

bribe - n. something valuable (such as money) that is given in order to get someone to do something​

high-ranking - adj. having a high rank or position​; important

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인민들의 배고픔에는
아랑코하지 않는 김일성/ 김정일에 이어,
3대 왕조인 김정은이가 핵무기개발에,
북한 인민들은 처참하다.
소수의 공산당들만, 호화롭게 산다.

자유와 인권과 창조와 도전을
중요시하는 미국에,
반미하는 종북/ 친북세력들을 이해할 수가 없다..

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인조 맛은 고기의 어떨지 궁금하네요?
와, 아래의 배추는 엄청 크네요!
저것 하나면 온 식구가 김장을 하여 먹어도 되겠습니다.
김정은이가 암살 당하거나 북한 주민의 폭동으로
능지처참 되는 날을 기다립니다.

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김정은에게
아부하는 친북/ 종북세력들이
문제입니다..

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북괴 체제의 존속을 바라는
대한민국의 친북/ 종북들의 작태가 걱정입니다.

자유와 창조/ 도전이 허용안되는 공산당의 체계는
우리 손녀/ 손자들에게 완전한 암흑이고/ 불행입니다.

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The markets are necessary for people’s survival in North Korea..

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This kind of Informal markets selling the INJOKOGI
would be needed for keeping their[ North Korean ]
survival ...
How terrible it is....~