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North Korea Water Parks Sell $30 Tickets While Bureaucrats Demand Splashy Bribes

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North Korea water park operators, caught selling tickets for triple the standard $10 fee, have triggered trending searches like 'how does corruption work in North Korea?' and 'Pyongyang water park ticket prices.' With higher-ups demanding bribes, one lifeguard reportedly juggled swim duties and hush-money ledgers, proving aquatic fun is Pyongyang's newest economic sector.

That lifeguard’s double life—balancing whistle and hush money—mirrors a broader crackdown targeting parks from Pyongyang to provincial cities. Officials, scouring ticket stubs for 'unusual splashes of wealth,' echo trending queries such as 'North Korean bribery examples' and 'why do water parks cost so much?' Ironically, every sunburned visitor bankrolls another bureaucrat’s beach chair.

At least 200 water park tickets were resold in a week, making North Korean poolside black markets the single most lucrative aquatic venture north of the 38th parallel.

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