UPDATE at 10:00 KST: North Korean state media published an article late Monday echoing NK News reporting that “more than 350 companies” are participating in this week’s trade fair.

The 15th Pyongyang Autumn International Trade Fair kicked off in the North Korean capital on Monday, with exhibition materials printed for attendees showing a new high of over 350 companies participating.

This week also marks a notable venue change for the autumn trade fair, this year being held in a stadium in Pyongyang instead of an exhibition complex in the north of the city.

A company list in a brochure for