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(1)Family Mart, Miri Mart
(2)Family Mart. Family Mart
(3)School Communication Center
(4)I was the manager of a convenience store manager The convenience store was located in the Gaesong Industrial ComplexIt is the only convenience store in North Korea. I have been in charge of this convenience store for about eight years since October 2008, when I was a new employee From the Kaesong Industrial Complex branch in December 2004 to the Kaesong Industrial Complex Support Center branch, which opened in April 2013, he was in charge of a total of three stores
(5)It was harder than I thought to be a North Korean convenience store clerk First of all, I had to stay at an accommodation in the Kaesong Industrial Complex except to come to South Korea twice a month on weekends According to the inter-Korean agreement, devices that can record photos and videos such as smartphones cannot be used. All contact with family members and relatives in South Korea had to be made only by pre-authorized corporate landlines You can think of it as similar to international calls. Bank transactions can only be made with phone banking, not Internet banking. Including business calls, it cost about 800,000 won per month to make a phone call It was difficult to bring in newspapers and magazines So when I came to South Korea on weekends, I felt like a soldier on vacation Instead of working in North Korea, the company gave me more “other allowances.”
(6)All but me and two male employees at the store were North Korean workers Nine North Koreans, including three stores, were our colleagues The shift started at around 9 a.m. and ended at 11 p.m. North Korean employees also went to work at 9 a.m
(7)North Korean employees took about 70 dollars a month to pay, and they said convenience stores are a popular workplace in the Kaesong Industrial Complex
(8)They work for about 6 months to 1 year, and then they work differently from ○○
(9)I told him that Ram was coming out and he disappeared. Why did you stop
(10)You don’t have to ask me if I’m sexy or not. Where do I go from there
(11)It was an unwritten rule
(12)The store sold more than 700 products including alcohol and cigarettes
(13)You can think of them all as about one-third of general stores in Korea
(14)Since it’s not on the Internet, I use separate product codes
(15)It was a lot of trouble to try I don’t accept the won and trust you
(16)I couldn’t even use my card The goods were sold only in dollars
(17)Many South Korean managers visited convenience store customers, but North Korea
(18)There weren’t a lot of workers. The goods to be sold are every morning
(19)Delivered in Doyangjumulsi City, Delivered in Korea
(20)Coca-Cola and Choco Pie are the most popular products for North Korean workers
(21)Shin Ramyun was chosen. There are more than 100 iced coffee cups a day
(22)”Ice for Ascoffee” itself was precious and common
(23)Disposable pl cups are rare items there
(24)because it led toIt tastes like capitalism. Convenience store
(25)was also a healing space for South Koreans For North Korean workers
(26)On the contrary, it would have been a place to experience South Korea

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