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Published in TZ Latest News 6 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Made in North Korea: goods store opens to brisk business in Seoul

A shop in South Korea’s capital specializing in goods made in the North has run nearly $140,000 through its tills in just three months of business, helping dispel the notion that products from the impoverished state are shoddy and undesirable. The Kaesong Industrial Complex Shop opened in May showcasing North Korea and the skills of its workers, to present the country as a viable business partner to the prosperous South. “North Korean employees are young and are fast learners, and we use materials from the South.