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The surprising truth about what people really eat in North Korea

Food in the secret kingdom
159 visits, 14 years
No food culture
Memories of a famine
Distribution
Lack of variety
Location is luck
Eating out
Middle class
What's on offer
Upmarket restaurants
No views
And no al fresco dining
A sensitive subject
Food rations
Supermarkets
Domestic products
Three meals a day
On the menu
Signature dish
Unusual food
Dog meat
Myths busted
The tourist experience
Expectations vs reality
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Food in the secret kingdom

In a population that was once ravaged by a famine and still has food rationing, the people of North Korea (DPRK) have eating habits like nowhere else in the world. We spoke to a man who has visited the secret kingdom 159 times to find out the truth about what it’s really like to eat there.
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Lauren Weymouth

12 June 2018

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