Location | Pyongyang, North Korea |
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Coordinates | 38°58′52.42″N 125°43′58.83″E / 38.9812278°N 125.7330083°E[1] |
Address | Tongil Street |
Opening date | 1 September 2003 |
Environment | Indoor market |
Goods sold | Agricultural produce, fish, food, clothes, appliances |
Number of tenants | 2,200 |
Total retail floor area | 6,000 square metres (65,000 sq ft) |
Parking | For cars and bikes |
Unification Market | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 통일시장 |
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Hancha | 統一市場 |
Revised Romanization | Tongil sijang |
McCune–Reischauer | T'ongil sijang |
The Tongil Market (Korean: 통일시장; MR: T'ongil sijang), or Unification Market, is a marketplace in Pyongyang, North Korea. It is the largest and best-known marketplace in the city. The two-story indoor market houses some 2,200 vendors selling agricultural produce, fish, food, clothes, and appliances, including luxury and counterfeit products. There are services, such as foreign exchange and food courts, in each of three sections that comprise the marketplace. The market was opened in 2003 when North Korean leader Kim Jong-il ordered that farmers' markets should be consolidated into larger units.
Unlike most other markets in the country, the Tongil Market is clearly visible from the street, and is also accessible by tourists. In addition to tourists, the market caters to the elites of Pyongyang, as prices of certain items are high. An unofficial market has existed just next to it.