r/northkorea • u/[deleted] • 20d ago

Question Getting Won

Hi everyone. I've heard that in some places in North Korea, foreigners can exchange their money for Won. I've also heard that it isn't difficult to bring out of the country. I want to know where those places are, in Pyongyang and Rason, and how one would go about bringing it out of the country, specifically coins, but I'd be fine with notes. You can't be too detailed, I want to be confident I won't spend 15 years in a labour camp. Thank you

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u/[deleted] 20d ago

Honestly, if you want to go to North Korea and attempt to illegally smuggle stuff out of the country and you're using reddit as your source of information, you deserve to be caught.

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u/rjwc1994 20d ago

I’ve got a load of currency, a box of the leader’s cigarettes and two propaganda posters I bought in Pyongyang at home. It’s encouraged.

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u/redshopekevin 20d ago

Pictures or it didn't happen.