{
  "id": 14756070,
  "title": "Rice prices climb again in North Korea as fresh corn drives grain prices down",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/rice-prices-climb-again-in-north-korea-as-fresh-corn-drives-grain",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T17:57:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily NK",
    "slug": "daily-nk",
    "url": "https://www.dailynk.com/english/north-korea-rice-prices-rise-corn-yuan-fall/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Rice prices in North Korea have climbed again in early October 2026, despite falling corn prices, due to a slow harvest and limited market supplies. The gap between rice and corn prices has widened, with rice now costing roughly 2.9 times as much as corn in Pyongyang. Simultaneously, the North Korean yuan has weakened against both the U.S. dollar and the Chinese yuan, likely due to a security period declared by North Korean authorities for Party Foundation Day. The diverging trends in staple grain prices and currency exchange rates highlight the complex economic situation in North Korea.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Nikkei Asia",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/north-koreas-pact-with-russia-built-to-outlast-ukraine-war",
        "published": "2026-10-15T17:54:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily NK",
        "title": "Defector families in North Korea turn away remittance brokers, threaten to report them",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/defector-families-in-north-korea-turn-away-remittance-brokers",
        "published": "2026-10-15T19:18:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}