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===Social life=== In 2018, there were many high-quality restaurants in Pyongyang with Korean and international food, and imported alcoholic beverages.<ref name="Salmon">{{cite news |url=https://asiatimes.com/article/going-native-in-the-hermit-kingdom/ |title=Going native in the Hermit Kingdom |first=Andrew |last=Salmon |work=Asia Times |date=4 December 2018 |access-date=4 March 2021 |archive-date=28 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828041104/https://asiatimes.com/2018/12/going-native-in-the-hermit-kingdom/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Famous restaurants include [[Okryu-gwan]] and Ch'ongryugwan.<ref name="Lankov">{{cite book |last=Lankov |first=Andrei |author-link=Andrei Lankov |title=North of the DMZ: Essays on daily life in North Korea |location=Jefferson |publisher=McFarland |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-7864-2839-7 |pages=90β91}}</ref> Some [[street food]]s exist in Pyongyang, where vendors operate [[food stall]]s.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/northkorea-food/ |title=Fake meat and free markets ease North Koreans' hunger |first1=James |last1=Pearson |first2=Seung-Woo |last2=Yeom |work=Reuters |access-date=30 September 2018 |archive-date=1 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001092959/https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/northkorea-food/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Foreign foods like hamburgers, fries, pizza, and coffee are easily found.<ref name="Salmon"/> There is an active nightlife with late-night restaurants and karaoke.<ref name="Salmon"/> The city has water parks, [[List of amusement parks in North Korea|amusement parks]], skating rinks, health clubs, a shooting range, and a dolphinarium.<ref name="Makinen"/>
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