Not sure how comfortable id be ordering from one of these resturaunts as an American.
Why are you special in this regard?
Probably could put you on all kinds of security risk lists.
Dinner at a North Korean Restaurant in Shanghai (2016)
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#33The article is from 2016, it's aeons ago, given the pace of Shanghai. I wonder, if this place still operates in 2025.
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1FtKjeHEZX
you may need vpn to watch this video about a south korean girl taked dinner in the restaurant
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#35I have to admit, I’d be curious to visit one of these restaurants myself. However, one has to be aware of the fact that these restaurants are reportedly linked to the secretive North Korean party organization, Room 39 [1], which means that all revenue flows directly into the hands of the Kim dynasty, so in the best case you'll help financing their next BMW or much worse, the nuclear arms program—neither of these I'm…
I didn’t see the price mentioned in the article, but given that most restaurants are barely getting by, are we sure they’re really making meaningful money off this place (much less weapons money)? I wonder if it’s more for covert activities.
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#36I have to admit, I’d be curious to visit one of these restaurants myself. However, one has to be aware of the fact that these restaurants are reportedly linked to the secretive North Korean party organization, Room 39 [1], which means that all revenue flows directly into the hands of the Kim dynasty, so in the best case you'll help financing their next BMW or much worse, the nuclear arms program—neither of these I'm…
> so in the best case you'll help financing their next BMW or much worse, the nuclear arms program
That's for sure
tbo, dishes at the restaurant are very expensive , and the taste is just average(my personal opinion)
the primary reason I went to there is I hope the money I paid can help them build more Hwasong-18s, or if it could help their 20x10 plan
https://www.38north.org/2024/08/north-koreas-regional-develo...
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#37The food called "black rice" in the blog is called sundae or soondae (순대) which in South Korea they put glass noodles and such instead of rice. So it is not North Korean specialty. If you the author haven't tried, you should definitely try from South Korean restaurants too and there are a different versions of food with sundae; steamed, in soup, stirfried in spicy sauce... etc.
There is a plenty of sundae with rice too.
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#39I have to admit, I’d be curious to visit one of these restaurants myself. However, one has to be aware of the fact that these restaurants are reportedly linked to the secretive North Korean party organization, Room 39 [1], which means that all revenue flows directly into the hands of the Kim dynasty, so in the best case you'll help financing their next BMW or much worse, the nuclear arms program—neither of these I'm…
Going by my dad's constant repair bills for his BMW, saddling the North Korean regime with those could be good for diverting funds away from their more unsavory endeavors.
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#40When I was living in Beijing in 2018-2020, there was a Korean restaurant I liked. It had the usual South Koren dishes (I'm a topokki fan myself), but I remember they did serve bottled North Korean beer. That was pretty cool, I have a photo of it somewhere.
Think the word is “tteokbokki”