Report: NKorea Opens 1st Fast-Food Restaurant

[steven johnson]

Be still my capatalist, imperialist heart. We are beginning to see the corruption and crumbling of the North Korean communist soul.

Anyone for kimchi and roasted dog to go?

(I know there was a previous post several years ago claiming the same thing in 2007 but this must have been South Korean propaganda designed to insult and degrade the great and glorious leader:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2198903 )

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: July 25, 2009
Filed at 9:22 p.m. ET


The Samtaesong restaurant opened in the isolated communist country last month in cooperation with a Singaporean company, according to the Tokyo-based Choson Sinbo. The Singaporean company, which the newspaper did not name, provided training to restaurant staff and supplied equipment.

North Korea's authoritarian government is concerned that outside influences could undermine the regime and pose a threat to leader Kim Jong Il's tight grip on the nation of 24 million. It balks at using foreign words and coins alternatives in Korean instead.

But this is not the government's first foray into foreign food. In March, the Choson Sinbo, widely considered a mouthpiece for the North Korean government, reported that Kim -- a noted gourmand -- had ordered the opening of the country's first Italian restaurant. The chefs there were trained in Italy and food made with imported ingredients was served.

The minced beef and bread at the new fast-food restaurant costs only $1.70, the newspaper said, but that would eat up more than half of the average North Korean's daily income. South Korea's central bank put last year's average per capita income at $1,065



Report: NKorea Opens 1st Fast-Food Restaurant

[TexasObserver]

1. I'll be dog gone!

Under Kim Jong Il, North Korea is surging into 1950.

[izquierdista]

2. Beer and waffles?

Has to be an improvement over kimchee belches! :beer: