Country Updates
Ryohaengsa (Korea International Travel Company), the government tourist agency in Beijing has moved to Yanxiang Hotel, 3rd floor (Qionghuating), No. A2 Jiangtai Rd, Chaoyang District Beijing China. Phone: (86-10) 6437-6224; fax (86-10) 6426-9089.
Masato Asaga - Japan (Aug 97)
There are now only two kinds of money - one for foreigners and the other for locals. The foreigners stuff is blue for jon and brownish purple for won and comes in 1, 5, 10 and 50 jon notes and 1, 5, 10, and 50 won notes. The local's stuff is brown/green and comes in a 10 jon note, 50 jon coin, and 1, 5, 10, 50 and 100 won notes.
There are different tokens for the bus, metro and phones. There are some which work for both metro and buses, some for phones only and some for all three.
Stuart Malcom (Jun 97)
Ryohaengsa, the government tourist agency, has changed its telephone and fax numbers.
Phone: (8502) 381 7201; fax 8502 381 7607.
Joachim Bergmann - Germany (Apr 97)
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