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In a first, North Korea airs beer commercial on TV

World Jul. 04, 2009 - 04:36AM JST ( 19 )

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MissouriUSAJul. 04, 2009 - 05:04AM JST

Ah yes, Taedong River Beer! It goes well with your typical NK meal of air. Thank you glorious people's leader for inventing beer!
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some14someJul. 04, 2009 - 06:25AM JST

Japan should lift sancations without wasting a single minute and start exporting "Ichiban Shibori" !
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thethudelhJul. 04, 2009 - 06:36AM JST

And this is coming from a country that wants to initiate nuclear warheads?
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elbudamexicanoJul. 04, 2009 - 06:37AM JST

I guess it is a positive step in the right direction for this strange, isolated country stuck in reverse, the DPRK.
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MadvertsJul. 04, 2009 - 07:14AM JST

The Beer that ends famine...

North Korean's culdn't give a Castlemains XXXX....
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haitkayomccombsJul. 04, 2009 - 08:02AM JST

They bought the equipment from Great Britain,(from a defunct company called Ushers), it's got to be good.
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JoeBigsJul. 04, 2009 - 09:14AM JST

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?
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OssanAmericaJul. 04, 2009 - 09:21AM JST

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.
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blvtzpkJul. 04, 2009 - 10:00AM JST

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. :)
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jkoffmanJul. 04, 2009 - 10:48AM JST

As soon as they have New Pyongyang Brown Ale, I am going to NK.
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NinjazillaJul. 04, 2009 - 11:53AM JST

ah tastse like Oppresion.
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timeonJul. 04, 2009 - 12:02PM JST

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
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SuperLibJul. 04, 2009 - 12:11PM JST

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.
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teleprompterJul. 04, 2009 - 12:18PM JST

A sure sign of bourgeois creep! The International Left must protest these developments at once!
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SargeJul. 04, 2009 - 12:27PM JST

"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.
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najackJul. 04, 2009 - 01:21PM JST

The North's first step towards capitalism?
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mareo2Jul. 04, 2009 - 01:31PM JST

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