Just months after opening, North Korea's first-ever branded store has changed its name and removed all of the most visible signs of its Japanese-Chinese franchise heritage from its walls, sources told NK News.
North Korea's sole outlet of the Miniso "lifestyle brand," appears to have been completely renamed as part of a nine-day "refurbishment" closure in July.
Just months after opening, North Korea's first-ever branded store has changed its name and removed all of the most visible signs of its Japanese-Chinese franchise heritage from its walls, sources told NK News.
North Korea's sole outlet of the Miniso "lifestyle brand," appears to have been completely renamed as part of a nine-day "refurbishment" closure in July.
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