Every week we ask a North Korean your questions, giving you the chance to learn more about the country we know so little about.

This week Shuang Lin from Chengdu asks:

I heard that there is no tax system in North Korea. Is this true?

Yes, you’re right – there’s no tax system in North Korea, officially. On March 21, 1974, the Supreme People’s Assembly declared that all forms of taxation abolished in North Korea. To this day, North Korea celebrates “The Day of the Abolition of the Tax System” on April 1, the day the law went into effect that