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Pyongyang sports new Chinese-brand taxis

Taxis in Pyongyang cater to well-residents, making sudden increase in numbers unusual

The Singapore-based Choson Exchange has posted three photos of new taxis in Pyongyang, identifying the latest vehicles to be added to North Korea’s growing taxi fleet as being from a Chinese brand.

Choson Exchange said the latest cars to be added to the fleet mean the number of taxis in the city has now swelled to more than 1,000 vehicles – a dramatic increase in less than a year. 

“There is an expanding class of people that can afford such things,” Andray Abrahamian, Executive Director at Choson Exchange told NK News.

“I think clearly there is still room in