N. Korean Cigarettes and Liquor Receive A Radical Facelift(Would it work?)

Chosun Ilbo ^ | 07/06/05

[TigerLikesRooster]

N. Korean Cigarettes and Liquor Receive A Radical Facelift

Inter-Korean Design Exchange Association (in S. Korea) suggested new designs for the a N. Korean cigarette package and a liquor bottle. The ones on the left are original N. Korean products, the Red Star Cigarettes and the Azalea Liquor, and the ones on the right are the newly designed package and bottle. They hope the new designs would help boost their sale abroad.

[TigerLikesRooster]

The new cigarette package reminds me of an well-known American brand. Would you smoke a 'Red Star'? :-) Unfortunately for me, new designs do not appear to be a major improvement.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[GSlob]

Well, the cigarettes could be made of straw, but liquor?

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #3

Out of wild flowers.:-)

[MplsSteve]

I would never buy a product from an ass-backwards police state like North Korea.

It's a little like buying Cuban cigars when you're travelling outside of the US.

Your money helps keep that police state in power!

OTOH, the Azalea liquor looks interesting. Anyone know what it is made from?

[conservativewasp]

Apparently they need to conserve straw for the production of hard hats, I was guessing they are made of dried dung.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #5

It is a kind of wine, a flower wine, to be exact, using azalea flowers as ingredients.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

OTOH, the Azalea liquor looks interesting. Anyone know what it is made from?

Azaleas?

[Kokojmudd]

I've met more than a few S. Korean college students who would spend their allowance on a pack of Red Stars, given the chance.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #9

There would be some who insists on smoking it no matter how crappy it tastes.:-) Losers.

[Pessimist]

Heavy Water?

[MplsSteve]

LOL!

It's very possible!

[GSlob]

"Heavy Water?"
Actually, once upon a time (in a different realm, and ages ago) a group of us found a large vial of deuterated ethanol, all covered with dust - nobody was needing or using it. And so we made heavy vodka by diluting it with heavy water to 40%. It was no better than regular vodka, I tell you.