Gas prices are set to further increase in North Korea as the United Nations prepares to vote Monday on a new sanctions package that may include a full oil product embargo to North Korea.

Gas stations in Pyongyang told foreign residents that a new price hike is anticipated on gas supplies, informed sources told NK News on Saturday, though new rates have yet to be established.

In addition, new restrictions have, since Thursday, been preventing customers from filling up jerry cans to buy extra supplies, the sources added, while a number of gas stations have closed in the city.

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