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.

Tokyo representatives sought to distance themselves from the branch after NK News first revealed its existence in June.

“All the branding is gone (in the shop),” a source familiar with the changes told NK News on condition of anonymity. “In English,