On 20 12, North Korean female spy Lee was arrested. In the early 20th century, after receiving special agent training in the North Korean Ministry of Security, Lee was sent to China to be responsible for converting counterfeit banknotes into RMB. According to the information held by the National Intelligence Agency, Li's counterfeit banknotes converted into RMB during this period were close to $65.438 billion.
After the Korean currency exchange in 2009, RMB, US dollar and other foreign exchange became more and more widely circulated in North Korea. The Korean people especially like to buy goods outside the ration system with RMB, which has become a new phenomenon in North Korea's economic life.
If you only use your own won, it will be very inconvenient to live in North Korea. What you can buy with won is limited, while some goods outside the ration system can be bought with foreign currency. You can buy eggs and cabbage in the market with US dollars or RMB.
It is also easy for the Korean people to get RMB, and it is also easy to get foreign currency in China. There are various ways, and some people "set up stalls" to exchange foreign exchange in the market. As for the so-called "black market" of foreign exchange mentioned by foreign media, it is actually a semi-official exchange, at least in the era of Kim Jong Il, it was an officially acquiesced trading institution. Even if the North Korean government has the means to stop the circulation of foreign exchange, it has no intention to do so.
It can be seen that foreign exchange in North Korea is more popular and easier to exchange than Korean won, which is also the reason why Korean female spies go to China to exchange counterfeit banknotes for RMB.