Korea’s America-style Fast Food Joint Not to Call Burger ‘a Burger’
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July 28th, 2009 . by the siuyeh
Does anyone know if Coca-cola is sold within the borders of North Korea? Is it even possible to just rename / rebrand EVERYTHING American? Sooner or later, something’s gonna get through and Kimmy is (or his sons are) gonna be like … “aww crap.”
And just what are they gonna call “hot dogs”?!?! A … (I’m not even going to bother)
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Korea’s America-style fast food joint not to call burger ‘a burger’
Ani
July 27th, 2009
PYONGYANG – While North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has finally allowed his countrymen to eat American fast food with the opening of country’s first fast food joint in Pyongyang, the joint is careful not to call any item by American names, like burger.
On the menu is a tasty “minced beef and bread” that’s definitely not American.
The restaurant called – Samtaesong — has been set up in cooperation with a Singaporean company, which provided training to staff and supplied equipment, The Sun reports.
Inside, it’s just like a normal fast-food joint – but the menu is careful not to call its signature fare a hamburger.
That’s because the isolated country’s authoritarian government doesn’t want the outside world to think North Koreans have embraced the iconic American meal.
Paranoid officials – fearing a popular revolt against Kim Jong-il – won’t let foreign words be used and coin alternatives in Korean instead.
Most people in the poverty-ravaged state that suffers chronic food shortages won’t be able to afford to eat out at Samtaesong though.
The cost of a burger – just 1.70 dollars – would eat up more than half of the average North Korean’s daily income.
The restaurant also offers kimchi – Korean pickled cabbage – as well as waffles and draft beer.
And it plans to add croissants and hot dogs to its menu in the coming months – but with Korean names. (ANI)

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July 30, 2009 at 12:26 PM
I believe there is a U.S. trade embargo on North Korea, which means that its unlikely Coca Cola can be sold within that country since Coca Cola is an American company.
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October 21, 2009 at 2:16 AM
Check out the 8th picture from the following BBC news link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8256890.stm
you can clearly see cans of Chinese imported fanta orange in the fridge. But caption says few can shop at that store