North Korea touts BBQ restaurant boom, but sceptics dismiss it as propaganda
- SEOUL: North Korea is projecting a new culinary obsession: multi-story barbecue restaurants with waterside terraces, marble tabletops inlaid with grills, and menus featuring beef, pork, and ostrich.
- Since September, state media has announced over a dozen new "bulgogi" restaurants nationwide, a Korean word that usually refers to grilled meat in North Korea.
- Dismissed by some as government propaganda, the proliferation is striking in a country that has long struggled to feed its people.
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- SEOUL: North Korea is projecting a new culinary obsession: multi-story barbecue restaurants with waterside terraces, marble tabletops inlaid with grills, and menus featuring beef, pork, and ostrich.
- Since September, state media has announced over a dozen new "bulgogi" restaurants nationwide, a Korean word that usually refers to grilled meat in North Korea.
- Dismissed by some as government propaganda, the proliferation is striking in a country that has long struggled to feed its people.
Sources: CNA