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By on July 6th, 2009 at 3:06 pm

North Korea Releases Its First Beer Commercial

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I wonder if they will buy air time during the next Super Bowl:   ;-)

In a rare nod to commercial motives in the resolutely communist nation, the TV advert features a thirsty worker holding a mug of frothy beer.

Young women in traditional Korean dress are shown serving trays of beer to men in Western suits.

Billed as the “Pride of Pyongyang”, the advert promises drinkers that the beer will help ease stress.

“It represents the new look of Pyongyang,” the two-and-a-half minute advert says. “It will be a familiar part of our lives.”

Taedonggang Beer Factory has been making the brew since buying a British brewery and shipping it lock, stock and barrel from the UK in 2002.

The beer has been occasionally available in South Korea and is said to be of high quality.  [BBC]

NK Econ Watch has a whole lot more about the Taedonggang Brewery.

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  • chefantwon
    7:31 am on July 7th, 2009 1

    Why didn't they buy the OB brewery instead? It's a Korean product nobody wants anyway.

 

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