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End of the road for Gunung Agung bookstore

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Jakarta, IO – Visitors browse the books being sold at Gunung Agung bookstore booth, Jakarta, Monday (22/5).

This legendary bookstore, established since 1953, is reportedly laying off hundreds of its employees and would close all their remaining outlets by year’s end.

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Gunung Agung bookstore on Kwitang Street, Central Jakarta looks quiet. There are only a few customers. To attract customers, the store has given out discount for remaining stock. The store even switches off the escalator leading to the fourth floor due to slow business. (Septo Kun Wijaya)

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