North Korean Department Store (Pyongyang)
I visit the Kwangbok Area Supermarket in the North Korean capital city Pyongyang. This large department store opened in January 2012.
One of the best Dept Store in Pyongyang - North Korea
Rakwon Department Store, which can be found on Changgwang Street in the capital’s central district, is operated by Daesung Corporation, part of the powerful No.39 Department of the Chosun Workers’ Party. Lying in an area near Changgwangwon, Air Koryo HQ and the Changgwangsan Hotel, with one of the city’s nicest apartment complexes directly behind it, the store boasts state-of-the-art facilities.
On the first floor, there is a supermarket selling food and other daily requirements, while electronics and clothes are to be found on the second floor.
As the pictures show, all prices are denominated in Euro.
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[N.Korea Video Report] No merchandise for sale at North Korea's flagship department store
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Pyongyang Department Store No. 1, located in Pyongyang's Central District, is North Korea's premier state-owned department store and a symbol of North Korean socialist commerce.
Kim Jong-il praised the “Commodity Exhibition”, held at Pyongyang Department Store No.1 in July 2011, as an advancement in socialist commerce. Shortly thereafter, in August, reporter Gu Gwang-ho visited the department store.
The images, caught on camera by Gu Gwang-ho, show a department store that, in essence, has become a huge exhibition hall where next to nothing is actually sold.
Even though various goods such as food, clothing, and industrial products are on display, those working at the department store all say that the products are not for sale.
At some stores, long lines of people form to buy domestic cigarettes and shoes at government-fixed prices, which are much lower than market prices. However, official ration tickets provided by the authorities are required in order to buy them. Purchasing goods here is a privilege that is not extended to everyone.
There are many products in the electronics stores, such as TVs and washing machines, but no one buys them due to their high prices. Instead, people buy such products at markets, where they can bargain for a cheaper price.
Gu explains that the reason for the existence of the department store is to 'show everyone that North Korean socialism is alive and well’.
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21st Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair - North Korea
Held from 21st to 25th May 2018, the 21st Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair was packed with thousands of North Korean shoppers every single day. Majority of the booths were local companies and the few foreign companies that participated came from China, Indonesia, Thailand, Syria and Cuba.
'The Privileged' Store in North Korea - Part 1
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Ok, so this is my 46th video that I uploaded, many people asked me..
How could you upload youtube video in NK?.
He uploads the video after he back to Indonesia, because he didn't dare if he upload directly from NK.
Nope..that is not entirely True..
#jakaparker #northkorea #koreautara
The answer is..
I already back to Indonesia, and currently I live in Indonesia..
My first 23 videos was uploaded when I was in North Korea.
The most different thing that when I uploaded video in NK, for a 15 minute video needed two days to upload, because the internet there was unstable due to electricity on off several times in a day..I can’t subscribe for cellular internet mobile because its way too expensive and..not reliable too...
but..when in Indonesia, I can choose which provider for internet and to upload a 15 minute video need only few minutes...
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OK..
back to this video..
I was going to a store which was located inside the Diplomatic Compound in Munsu District, behind Vietnam Embassy (you can check it out in Google Maps)
Sure..because these videos is about my daily life in NK...so I only posted about my routines things that I am doing in NK).
This store named Pyongyang Shop, which only several people who can access inside, only Foreigners and local Korean people who can get permission to be inside Diplomatic Compound (usually Korean people who works for foreign Organisations and embassies).
Btw.. sorry for bad English and Korean..
Any viewers who understand Korean language might be laughing hearing me trying to make conversations with the locals..please pardon me
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Pyongyang: Modern supermarket-NorthKorea 北朝鮮 現代式スーパー(平壌の世界149)
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平壌にある現代式のスーパーマーケット。中国の会社との合弁で作られたが、後に関係が解消され北朝鮮の会社となった。4階にはフードコープがある。市民に人気がある。
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A modern supermarket in Pyongyang. It was created as a joint venture with a Chinese company, but later the relationship was dissolved and it became a North Korean company. There is a food corp on the 4th floor. Popular with citizens.
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North Korean shoppers enjoy mall experience
(8 Feb 2012)
APTN
Pyongyang, North Korea, January 8, 2012:
1. Mid and tilt down of woman and child picking up item
2. Woman customer at check out
3. Wide of people selecting goods
APTN
Pyongyang, North Korea, January 5, 2012:
4. Wide exterior of Kwangbok Area Commercial Centre.
5. Wide and pan left of opening ceremony of the centre.
6. Mid of Chinese people at the ceremony.
7. Mid of officials cutting tape.
8. Wide of people clapping
9. Wide of sign both in Korean and Chinese Kwangbok Area Commercial Centre
10. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Xue Rifei, Chairman and CEO, Feihaimengxin International Trade Co. Ltd of China:
I am happy today to see the Kwangbok Area Commercial Centre open. It will greatly contribute to further consolidating Sino-Korean Friendship. We will be kind to the clients and ensure the quality of goods, and contribute to the happy life of the Korean people.
APTN
Pyongyang, North Korea, January 8, 2012:
11. Wide of interior of Kwangbok Area Commercial Centre
12. Various of people choosing goods.
13. Various of people at various shelves
14. Close up of cartons of cigarettes on display
15. Various of people looking at goods.
16. SOUNDBITE: Kim Yong Ok, Manager, Kwangbok Area Commercial Centre:
The world knows that our Kwangbok Area Commercial Centre is associated with our respected General's great intentions and love for the improvement of people's living standards. Our Kwangbok Commercial Centre was opened at the beginning of the new year and it's bustling with people like this.
17. Wide of cosmetic stands.
18. Mid of women smelling cosmetics
19. Pan right and mid of a woman choosing goods.
20. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Pak So Jong, Pyongyang Citizen:
It is very good to come to this shop and buy goods which I like, by feeling them and looking over them myself.
21. Wide and pan right of cash desks.
22. Various of cash desks.
23. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Sung Su Gyong, Cashier:
Our modernised commercial centre is bustling with many people and I feel proud to be a server of the people and I like working here.
24. Wide and pan right of stands with industrial goods.
25. Mid of a woman looking at clothes
26. Wide of section for clothes.
27. Wide of a man and a woman selecting a bag.
28. Mid of girls selecting bag.
29. Wide of shoes on display
30. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Kim Yong Ok, Manager, Kwangbok Area Commercial Centre:
We will ensure that goods of high demand from the people are supplied well and make this centre into a commercial centre which realises the love for the people of our respected General and respected Kim Jong Un.
31. Wide and pan left of the Kwangbok Area Commercial Centre
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North Koreans are buzzing with excitement at a newly opened shopping centre in the capital, Pyongyang.
It's been opened as part of efforts to increase the availability of consumer goods in the country,but it has a special significance because it's one of the last places that the late North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il visited in the days before he died in December 2011.
STORYLINE:
The new Kwangbok Area Commercial Centre is making shopping history in Pyongyang.
Citizens can now shop for everything from toothpaste to television sets in one place.
Although common for many people around the world, these aisles lined with daily necessities are a rare sight in North Korea.
Kwangbok is the name of a district in the west of the North Korean capital. Built in the 1980s, it's a concentration of high rise apartment blocks.
The shopping centre originally opened years ago in the 1990s, but recently it's undergone a major facelift, thanks to a joint venture between North Korea's Taesong General Trading Corporation, and China's Feihaimengxin International Trade Company.
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The Luxury Store in North Korea
This shop is called Rakwon Dept. Store, one of the fancy stores located in North Korea. 90% of products sold here are foreign products, and the price is quite 'classy'. One time I took my daughters to buy toys at this store, and my kids chose expensive toys, I refused to buy it and distract them to buy cheaper toys, then the chaos ensued. Lol
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These videos is about my daily life in NK...so I only posted about my routines things that I am doing in NK).
Btw.. sorry for bad English and Korean..
Any viewers who understand Korean language might be laughing hearing me trying to make conversations with the locals..please pardon me
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North Korean department store '89
During the World Festival of Youth and Students in North Korea we visited a fairly unconvincing dept store - but check out the glasses display!
Pyongyang*old:Beauty salon-North Korea 北朝鮮の美容院(平壌の世界039)
北朝鮮の美容院。金正日時代の2006年ごろから新しい西洋文化が中国を経由して浸透し始める。特に平壌ではコンピュータが生活の中に入り始める最初の段階にあった。美容室では北朝鮮で初めてのコンピューターによる美容システムが導入された。ファッションにうるさい平壌女性の間で大きな話題になった。
◆Aramaki Projectの20年に渡る映像で証明される北朝鮮の理論が遂に書籍に!!
「巨人の箱庭」はこちらから!! 是非読んでみてください!!
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Beauty salon of North Korea. New Western culture begins to penetrate through China from around 2006 in the Kim Jong Il period. Especially in Pyongyang the computer was in the first stage of entering into life. In the beauty salon, the first computerized beauty system in North Korea was introduced. It became a big topic among Pyongyang women who are interested in fashion.
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１）Pyongyang: City people-North Korea 北朝鮮で生活する人々
２）Pyongyang: Burger shop-North Korea 北朝鮮 夜のバーガー店
３）Pyongyang: Riverside walk-North Korea 北朝鮮 河岸の散歩
４）Pyongyang: Kaesong city-NorthKorea 北朝鮮 ケソン市
５）Pyongyang:38th parallel north-NothKorea 北朝鮮 北緯38度線
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Ultra-modern Shopping Mall opened in Pyongyang
Daesong Department store is situated at eastern part of Pyongyang City and it is full of world famous brands serving for local and foreigners.
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Kwangbok Department Store in Pyongyang
The Chosun Shinbo, a newspaper published for Koreans in Japan, reported that Kwangbok (independence) department store, DPRKs third largest department store after Pyongyang Number 1 and 2 department stores, was replacing its entire facade with glass.
Located at the threshold of Kwangbok Road, Kwangbok department store is a three-storied building with an area of 27,000 square meters. Individuals who made significant contributions to the country such as distinguished and disabled veterans are regulars to the store.
Kwangbok department store was founded to mark the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students, which was held in July, 1989 in Pyongyang. The store is being remodeled for the first time in twenty years. The entire facade is being replaced with glass, says the Chosun Shinbo
Kim Bong Sun, the manager of the department store also said in an interview with the Chosun Shinbo, We are trying to bring a modern sense to the facade of the department store.
Pyongyang Opens Department Store No. 1
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The 7th commodity exhibition opened with due ceremony at Pyongyang Department Store No. 1 Tuesday.
On display there are consumer goods presented by ministries, national institutions, industrial establishments and joint-venture companies and trade companies across the country.
Present there were Vice-Premier Kim Yong Jin, officials concerned, officials and workers of units supplying commodities to the store.
At the end of the ceremony, the participants looked round the exhibits.
Inside a Local Department Store Pyongyang North Korea September 2013
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