evidence: "With cross-border smuggling still off limits, the prices of imported goods, including electronic devices, have been rising across the board in Hyesan," a source in Ryanggang province told Daily NK on Aug. 23, speaking anonymously. [...] High water levels have prevented the resumption of state-sanctioned smuggling, which the North Korean government had initially suspended. Higher water levels on the Yalu River make it very difficult to safely transport goods across the border from China to North Korea.