Meth industry has been hit by internal battle to stop defections across the North Korea border | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

A new effort to tighten borders in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to prevent defections has also inadvertently disrupted North Korea’s alleged drug smuggling trade. Sources inside the country revealed that the nationwide crackdown has profoundly affected usage of the once-popular drug, methamphetamine, as domestic drug smugglers and suppliers slow production out of fears of…