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Thursday, March 25, 2010

On North Korea's Restaurant Chain

"Packed for dinner each night, the Pyongyang restaurant in the heart of Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh, is as famous for its kimchi as for its troupe of talented Korean waitresses, who perform an elaborate floor show for patrons. But Pyongyang is no ordinary Korean mess hall. The operation is run by the North Korean government, part of a chain of dozens of eateries—stretching from northern China to Thailand—that funnels much-needed foreign exchange into the state coffers in Pyongyang."

Kingdom Kim's Culinary Outposts
by Sebastian Strangio
http://www.slate.com/id/2247402/

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