In a first, North Korea airs beer commercial on TV

Saturday 04th July, 04:36 AM JST

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thethudelh at 06:36 AM JST - 4th July

And this is coming from a country that wants to initiate nuclear warheads?
elbudamexicano at 06:37 AM JST - 4th July

I guess it is a positive step in the right direction for this strange, isolated country stuck in reverse, the DPRK.
Madverts at 07:14 AM JST - 4th July

The Beer that ends famine...

North Korean's culdn't give a Castlemains XXXX....
haitkayomccombs at 08:02 AM JST - 4th July

They bought the equipment from Great Britain,(from a defunct company called Ushers), it's got to be good.
JoeBigs at 09:14 AM JST - 4th July

In an apparent first, North Korea _ a country that struggles to feed its 24 million people _ has aired a beer commercial on state television.

Keep them drunk and they will not know the difference.....BTW how are the people suppose to buy that river beer with no cash?
OssanAmerica at 09:21 AM JST - 4th July

I don't see why they need to bother making a commercial when all they have to do is show the Dear Leader chugging down a cold one and the whole country will buy this beer. Or else.
blvtzpk at 10:00 AM JST - 4th July

According the BBC, a gaggle of NK functionaries bought a British brewery (Ushers) a number of years ago, and shipped it piece by piece to the edge of Pyongyang.

The BBC showed the ad - someone pouring it made the 'head' of half the volume of the mug. In Australia, a serve like that would come with a spoon so you could eat the foam. ;)

I'm also a bit uncertain of ANY beer that names itself after a river. Would I buy and drink a "Yarra Lager" or "Murray Bitter"? Nah, anything with the word 'Yarra' in it would have to be murky brown in color, along with something floating in it. :)
jkoffman at 10:48 AM JST - 4th July

As soon as they have New Pyongyang Brown Ale, I am going to NK.
Ninjazilla at 11:53 AM JST - 4th July

ah tastse like Oppresion.
timeon at 12:02 PM JST - 4th July

and the prize for the most awful and boring job in the world goes to:

The official, who has been monitoring the North’s television for more than two decades
SuperLib at 12:11 PM JST - 4th July

The North faces chronic food shortages and has relied on food aid to feed its population since a famine that is believed to have killed as many as 2 million in the mid and late-1990s.

But dictators are allowed to kill their own people, so it's OK.
teleprompter at 12:18 PM JST - 4th July

A sure sign of bourgeois creep! The International Left must protest these developments at once!
Sarge at 12:27 PM JST - 4th July

"the beer relieves stress"

Ya don't say!

This commercial would be more effective if that woman who always does the official N Korean news reports was in it.
najack at 01:21 PM JST - 4th July

The North's first step towards capitalism?
mareo2 at 01:31 PM JST - 4th July

A small step for Elvis, a big step for capitalism.