So Full of Juche . . .

by R. Elgin on August 23, 2008

North Korean scientists have developed a new kind of noodle that delays feelings of hunger (and remorse). BBC

{ 18 comments… read them below or add one }

1 bumfromkorea August 23, 2008 at 11:57 pm: X-D Victory Noodle.
2 Benicio74 August 24, 2008 at 12:32 am: “the noodles contain higher amounts of tree bark and dirt, leaving one feeling fuller”!
That’s what I’d expect.
The Norks still have to go hat in hand to the world for aid to feed their own people.

Some day it will end!
3 Maekchu August 24, 2008 at 5:19 am: “North Korean scientists have developed a new kind of noodle that delays feelings of hunger.”

This is George Carlin style comedy.
4 hojusoju August 24, 2008 at 8:01 am: I don’t believe this kind of Western propaganda, even if it is fed through the BBC. Doesn’t anybody remember the US claim that its satellites had detected North Korea using scientists working in a secret underground laboratory. After a big hullaballoo and bribe payments, North Korea allowed the US to send an inspection team in only to find that the hole in the ground was empty and allegations that Pyongyang was secretly developing a new kind of drink that delays the onset of feelings of thirst were hollow.
5 Austin August 24, 2008 at 8:03 am: North Korea doesn’t have to be able to feed it’s army um er people, other countries will do it for them.
6 Tripod August 24, 2008 at 8:20 am: “they left people feeling fuller…”

…when compared to the tree bark noodles they usually eat.
7 Richardson August 24, 2008 at 11:01 am: Soylent Green.
8 Benicio74 August 24, 2008 at 11:11 am: “soylent green”

Classic!
9 Sonagi August 24, 2008 at 12:22 pm: I don’t believe this kind of Western propaganda, even if it is fed through the BBC.

The BBC picked up the story from this pro-Pyongyang newspaper in Japan. I hate to break the bad news to the North Koreans, but they didn’t invent soybean noodles. The Chinese have been eating them deliciously for ages, and you can even buy them in US supermarkets although the manufactured US versions suck in comparison to freshly made Chinese noodles.
10 Kim Jongilia August 24, 2008 at 1:43 pm: Let them eat noodles!
11 Tripod August 24, 2008 at 1:50 pm: #7,

You win.
12 Tripod August 24, 2008 at 1:54 pm: #9,

That’s because the American noodles are made with GM soy beans.
13 Michael August 24, 2008 at 4:13 pm: Hey, don’t diss N.K.’s scientists, who work tirelessly to advance the Juche Revolution!

Their earth-shaking advances in food technology make the imperialist running dogs grovel!

The Dear Leader has himself revolutionized the fatherland by creating “gogigyeopbbang” for the trustworthy champions of the revolution! (Uh, that means “hamburgers” for you running dogs!)

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/jul/08/20040708-121758-1874r/

The People’s Republic is the Cradle of the People’s Independent Lives and Happiness!

And I’ll take an order of fries with that
14 bashi-ke-mogo August 25, 2008 at 6:31 am: @9

“eating them deliciously”??

still working out the kinks in the englishy?
15 NES August 25, 2008 at 5:30 pm: Juche will save us all!

http://13695.spreadshirt.com/us/US/Shop/Index/design/design/Ive-Got-The-Juche-521404
16 Ex aedibus August 25, 2008 at 10:43 pm: Of course, one of the things that Pyeongyang would never admit that they are far more beholden to the powers of Beijing than the Joseon dynasty ever was. And of course, the Joseon monarchs were pretty beholden to China.
17 R. Elgin August 26, 2008 at 12:17 am: Per another blog:

August 3, 2008: The Chinese invasion along its border with North Korea continues. Over the last year, the use of Chinese currency has become widespread. North Korean currency is seen as unreliable and more prone to inflation. Merchants in the free markets now prefer to get paid in Yuan (the Chinese currency). A year ago, only the wealthy had Yuan, but since then, Chinese traders, seeing an opportunity, have flooded the border region with Yuan, and found a ready market. Smuggling from North Korea into China continues to grow, and the smugglers now want to be paid in Yuan. First Chinese products, then Chinese cell phones, now Chinese currency. The North Korean government cannot crack down too hard on this Chinese invasion, because the Chinese have made it clear that they will shut down the border to North Korean officials, and take whatever other measures that are necessary, to protect Chinese interests. China is North Korea’s last “friend” in the world (unless you count Cuba, which few in North Korea do), and one the North Korean ruling class cannot afford to push too far.

http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/korea/articles/20080803.aspx
18 hojusoju August 26, 2008 at 1:48 am: Sorry, but given Iraq, Afghanistan and now Georgia, the declining power of the US means it has little choice but to allow increased food aid to North Korea or lose its hegemonic hold over the region.
Obama will be the head of just another former colonial power.
Damn, the US squandered a great opportunity to establish a global system of governance under liberal Western principles. White people worked for ceturies to get that far. Oh well.