Pyongyang Shopping

  1. book shops

    There are good book shops at both the Yanggakdo and Koryo Hotels and the Foreign Language Bookshop is the best in the city.

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  2. Department stores

    Department stores can often be visited if the guides agree, and they can be a fascinating insight into what's available. You'll no doubt be taken to the most elite of stores, however, so don't expect to see many other shoppers.

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  3. Korea International Tourist Service Souvenir Shop

    Korea International Tourist Service (KITS) has opened a new souvenir shop opposite the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, although it's full of what KITS think foreigners want: twee souvenirs and traditional handicrafts that are unlikely to appeal to most.

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  4. Korea Stamp

    Next door to the Koryo Hotel is Korea Stamp (the sign is in English), and it's definitely worth your time to stop in, as North Korean stamps are spectacular propaganda pieces and T-shirts and postcards are also on sale.

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  5. souvenir shops

    For a supposedly communist country North Korea is littered with souvenir shops - every Pyongyang site has a small booth selling books, postcards and other trinkets. Many tourists have expressed an interest in purchasing the metal badge with the Great Leader's picture printed on it that every North Korean wears; however, these are not for sale.

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