A year ago, there were cures for Ebola and AIDS. Presently, state media have guaranteed that an uncommon ginseng alcohol can be drunk without fear. This is likewise stated to an article in the DPRK's Pyongyang Times.
The article claims that the Taedonggang Foodstuff Factory has been enhancing the beverage for a considerable length of time, replacing sugar with scorched, glutinous rice that evidently kills both bitterness and hangovers.
Koryo Liquor is valued by experts and lovers as it is smooth and causes no hangover.
'Koryo Liquor that is made of six-year-old Kaesong Koryo insam [ginseng], known as being highest in medicinal effect and the scorched rice is highly appreciated by experts and lovers as it is suave and causes no hangover,' the piece reads.
In August, the Korean Central News Agency distributed an article claiming North Korea's Koryo Songgyungwan University was working on enhancing the quality of Kaesong Koryo Insam Liquor.
An article from 1999 also claimed the insam liquor is 'the elixir of life'.
Andray Abrahamian, director of research from Choson Exchange who frequently visits the DPRK, said he hadn't attempted the brand being referred to, but wasn't excited about drinking the alcohol as a delicious treat.
'There are some high quality liquors made in North Korea, though in my experience there is no such thing as hangover-free booze anywhere in the world,' he added.
Should the cases about hangovers prove accurate, the beverage would doubtlessly likewise prove famous in the South. By the 2012 World Health Organisation report, South Koreans drink 12.1 litres of liquor a year more than some other nations in Asia.
But curing hangovers is one of the milder remedial properties North Korean media has attributed to ginseng.
A year ago DPRK media guaranteed medical items containing extracts from the plant could cure MERS, SARS and even AIDS.
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