Want to See Prize Export Items of N. Korea?

The Daily NK ^ | 06/26/07

[TigerLikesRooster]

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Want to See Prize Export Items of N. Korea?

[2007-06-26 20:31 ]

The exhibit area of The Second N. Korean Export-import Product Exhibit

The Second N. Korean Export-import Product Exhibit is under way from June 26 to June 28 on the first floor of Yalu Hotel, Dandong, Liaoliang Province, China. Chinese export items are also on exhibit.

In the exhibit area of about 1070 square feet inside the hotel, there are 15 N. Korean booths and 5 Chinese booths.

Tickets for exhibit are sold at Renminbi 100 ($13.13.) There were few visitors. It appears that ticket sale is the main purpose of the exhibit.

The following are items on display:

Pyongyang Red-pepper Paste, cosmetics, and 'Birobong,' a medicine drink. Birobong is supposedly good for slowing the aging and preventing cancer, diabetes, and liver disease.

N. Korean handicrafts. The bigger pair are on sale for Renminbi 30 ($3.94,) while the smaller pairs for Renminbi 7 ($0.92.)

Rock and quartz craft from N. Korean Soo-sung Natural Stone Craft Enterprise. The one with a hole, third from the right, is on sale for Renminbi 800 ($105.05.)

Silver and gold rings. Silver rings cost anywhere from $10 to $50, while gold rings, from $90 to $350.

Coal and Molivden ore are on display at the booth showing N. Korea's natural resources.

Polarized light rings and their certificate of authenticity. The rings are supposed to be good for purifying blood, pain relief, maintaining normal blood pressure, stress relief, relief from electromagnetic effect, and stabilizing heart activity

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[TigerLikesRooster]

All look like cheap junkets from some street market.:-)

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[mkjessup]

Polarized light rings and their certificate of authenticity. The rings are supposed to be good for purifying blood, pain relief, maintaining normal blood pressure, stress relief, relief from electromagnetic effect, and stabilizing heart activity

Well isn't that convenient?

Comrade Chia Pet, HEAL THYSELF!!! :)

Nice post TLR, fascinating!

[mamelukesabre]

Where’s the weapons?

[TigerLikesRooster]

Didn’t you see a large military parade in Pyongyang?

[svanni]

I see they’ve gone hi-tech. Awesome.

[mamelukesabre]

I want to see weapons in their displays. Not those silly little handicrafts. We all know they got the goods and are exporting them. Lets see them.

[honeybadger]

Very sad. When you think of what these proud, tough people have been reduced to under communism, it's heartbreaking. How ironic that the name of their official state philosophy, "Juche", translates to "spirit of self reliance" when the reality is anything but. Here's the wikipedia article on it--I learned a lot:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juche

Reunification now!

[fish hawk]

No paintings on velvet??? darn

[Pro-Bush]

I find better shit at dollar tree.

[tet68]

Mood rings?

Gaaaaak.

[battlegearboat]

Drink Birobong juice.

Far out, dude.

I need to get one of those coal lumps know as the "ilumps".

[ishabibble]

What? No display of counterfeit American dollars?

This is just sad, the entire display looks like it was made by a junior high class.

[SkyPilot]

Thanks.

As I am sure you know, their real biggest exports are narcotics, counterfit money, and arms.

North Korea's Connection to International Trade in Drugs, Counterfeiting, and Arms

[WorkingClassFilth]

Wow! I didn’t realize what a powerhouse economy NK truly is.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

They do have cash exports, too.

[SevenofNine]

Yeah you could probably score some of these in flea market in Tj or something ROFL

[monkapotamus]

Hehehe

[monkapotamus]

[Hot Tabasco]

No paintings on velvet??? darn

They've never heard of Elvis......