Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Dispatch from the KCNA

First a lighthearted bit about yogurt, why one would think it a great idea to make yogurt from potatoes when making yogurt the regular way has been pretty much perfected is just the kind of question you should never ask the North Koreans.

Potato Yogurt Made for Children
Pyongyang, July 20 (KCNA) -- "Potato yogurt has been produced in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for the improvement of children's health...The institute made it by fermenting lactic bacteria after removing solanine from potato and turning high molecular substances into low molecular ones." (continued)

The next story is a good example of why it can be helpful to read the KCNA for more than simply amusement.

Projected S. Korea-US Joint Saber-rattling Assailed
Pyongyang, July 20 (KCNA) -- "The joint military exercises to be staged by the group of traitors together with its U.S. master despite strong public protest and denunciation at home and abroad are a very dangerous saber-rattling aimed at further straining the already deadlocked inter-Korean relations and igniting a nuclear war against the DPRK, while watching for a chance." (continued)

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