North Korea
China, North Korea, Asia, Displaced Peoples and Refugees
The Refugee
Isaac Stone Fish
June 20, 2011
In Yanji, China, North Koreans were once a common sight. Now, a police crackdown has driven this community of defectors and illegals underground.
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China, North Korea, Asia, Public Health
Drug Smuggling and North Korea
Isaac Stone Fish
June 20, 2011
Isaac Stone Fish tracks crystal meth as it makes its way across North Korea's porous border, but good information is hard to find.
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China, North Korea, Asia, Displaced Peoples and Refugees, Public Health
The Business of Ice: North Korea's Crystal Meth Trade
Sean Gallagher
June 20, 2011
North Korean enterprises have turned to the production of crystal meth as their export drug of choice. Much of the drug passes through the DPRK’s porous border with northeast China.
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China, North Korea, Asia, Displaced Peoples and Refugees, Poverty, Public Health
North Korea's Addicting Export: Crystal Meth
Isaac Stone Fish
June 17, 2011
Cheap, available, and an antidote to hunger, crystal meth appears to be becoming the drug of choice both in North Korea, and in its porous border region with China.
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