{"id":39337,"date":"2019-01-21T16:26:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T07:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=39337"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:21:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:21:57","slug":"kim-jong-un-birthday-goodies-bag-sees-improved-product-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/kim-jong-un-birthday-goodies-bag-sees-improved-product-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un birthday goodies bag sees improved product quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39339\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39339\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/KakaoTalk_20190109_080825167-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/KakaoTalk_20190109_080825167-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/KakaoTalk_20190109_080825167-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/KakaoTalk_20190109_080825167-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/KakaoTalk_20190109_080825167-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/KakaoTalk_20190109_080825167-2-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/KakaoTalk_20190109_080825167-2-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/KakaoTalk_20190109_080825167-2-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/KakaoTalk_20190109_080825167-2-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A treat bag distributed to children to mark Kim Jong Un&#8217;s birthday. Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>North Korean children received cookies in celebration of Kim Jong Un\u2019s birthday this year that local sources reported to be an improvement over last year\u2019s batch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresents for Kim Jong Un\u2019s birthday were handed out at a national event on January 7,\u201d said the Ryanggang Province-based source. \u201cCookies and biscuits were handed out in gift bags and were of higher quality than in previous years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The photo of the cookie bag that the source sent to Daily NK is similar to last year\u2019s bag. It containted contain 100 grams of soybean candy, 400 grams of jawbreakers, 200 grams of biscuits, 240 grams of \u201cchild cookies,\u201d a bag with two pieces of bubblegum and two bags with five pieces of peppermint candy each.<\/p>\n<p>There are clear differences, however, between this year\u2019s goodies in terms of the appearance and color compared to those handed out in 2017 for Kim Il Sung\u2019s birthday on April 15, a picture of which Daily NK also obtained. The biscuits in particular appear to be of much higher quality.<\/p>\n<p>However, the cookies, produced in provincial factories, are not as high in quality as those produced by the KumCub Food Factory in Pyongyang, according to the source.<\/p>\n<p>Until last year, the cookie bags that were given to children to celebrate Kim family birthdays were famously low in quality. The cookies were generally poorer in quality than those sold in the markets and were often left uneaten. Cookies were previously considered a rare treat in North Korea up until the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>North Korean officials were aware of the issue as many of their own children refused to eat them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biscuits are not hard or stale like in the past, but crisp and soft. They are sweet, so kids like them. The Korean taffy handed out last year also melted too quickly and stuck firmly to the inside of your mouth, but this year the taffy was made with sugar powder so it\u2019s better,&#8221;\u00a0said a separate source in Ryanggang Province who received the treat bag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost well-off families have given the cookie bags to other people or sold them in the market cheaply, while buying other cookies for their kids to eat instead. This year, the quality of the cookies has increased so much that the price is likely to increase as well.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39340\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/\uc120\ubb3c\ube44\uad50\uc0ac\uc9c4-\uc12c\ub12c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/\uc120\ubb3c\ube44\uad50\uc0ac\uc9c4-\uc12c\ub12c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/\uc120\ubb3c\ube44\uad50\uc0ac\uc9c4-\uc12c\ub12c.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/\uc120\ubb3c\ube44\uad50\uc0ac\uc9c4-\uc12c\ub12c-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/\uc120\ubb3c\ube44\uad50\uc0ac\uc9c4-\uc12c\ub12c-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/\uc120\ubb3c\ube44\uad50\uc0ac\uc9c4-\uc12c\ub12c-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/\uc120\ubb3c\ube44\uad50\uc0ac\uc9c4-\uc12c\ub12c-696x406.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/\uc120\ubb3c\ube44\uad50\uc0ac\uc9c4-\uc12c\ub12c-1068x623.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/\uc120\ubb3c\ube44\uad50\uc0ac\uc9c4-\uc12c\ub12c-720x420.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2017 treat bag distributed for Kim Il Sung&#8217;s birthday (top) and 2019 bag provided for Kim Jong Un&#8217;s (bottom). Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean children received cookies in celebration of Kim Jong Un\u2019s birthday this year that local sources reported to be an improvement over last year\u2019s batch. \u201cPresents for Kim Jong Un\u2019s birthday were handed out at a national event on January 7,\u201d said the Ryanggang Province-based source. \u201cCookies and biscuits were handed out in gift [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":39339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[645],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kim Jong Un birthday goodies bag sees improved product quality - 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