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North Korea opens dozen bulgogi restaurants amid food insecurity

Analysts frame restaurant boom as propaganda amid food crisis

1 Nov 1 · 6d ago · 2 articles · 1 video · 1 post · 3 sources · development 1 of 1

Multiple experts characterize the openings as Kim Jong Un's attempt to portray growing prosperity while the country faces acute food insecurity. Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein notes meat carries symbolic weight tied to historic promises of leadership. The UN reports more than 2 in 5 North Koreans are undernourished.

Reuters

“I think it's a way of showing all these nice things … they're coming to people outside of Pyongyang, too.”

Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein

Kim Jong UnKim Jong Un North Korean leaderBenjamin Katzeff Silberstein Head of Korean Studies, Hebrew University of JerusalemHazel Smith Professorial research associate, SOAS Korean StudiesJoung Eun-lee Director, North Korean Research Division, Korea Institute for National Unification

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  1. 2 outlets North Korea touts BBQ restaurant boom, but sceptics dismiss it as propaganda

    first by Channel News Asia, 6d ago · also Japan Times

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