North Koreans survive by paying populist surge bribes: UN report

North Koreans are forced to pay bribes to officials to survive in their isolated country where corruption is "endemic" and repression rife, the UN human rights office said in a report that Pyongyang dismissed as politically motivated. The report said officials extorted money from

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Published 29 May 2019, 8:00 · Updated 21:28

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North Koreans survive by paying populist surge bribes: UN report

North Koreans are forced to pay bribes to officials to survive in their isolated country where corruption is “endemic” and repression rife, the UN human rights office said in a report that Pyongyang dismissed as politically motivated.

The report said officials extorted money from a population struggling to make ends meet, threatening them with detention and prosecution - particularly those working in the informal economy. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) rejected the report, saying it was “politically motivated”.

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