Taedonggang Brewing Company
38°59′41″N 125°48′25″E / 38.99472°N 125.80694°E
The Taedonggang Brewing Company (Taedonggang,
Taedonggang beer. The brewery is located in East Pyongyang and has facilities of tens of thousands of square meters.[1]
History
In 2000, the North Korean Government decided to acquire a brewery. At that point having good relationships with the West, via connections to
Sadong District of Pyongyang.[4]
Taedonggang beer is named after the Taedong River, which runs through the center of Pyongyang.
On July 3, 2009, a commercial for the product was broadcast on state-run Korean Central Television in a rare move, as there are very few advertisements on North Korean television.[5][6] It has been broadcast three times in all.[7]
Products
The Taedonggang Brewing Company is mostly known outside the DPRK as the producer of the beer known as
black beer and a rice beer.[8]
See also
References
- ISSN 1727-9208.
- ^ "How Ushers' Trowbridge brewery is now the toast of North Korea". Wiltshire Times. 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
- ^ Yonhap 2002, p. 264.
- ^ Yonhap 2002, p. 365.
- ^ In apparent first, North Korea airs beer commercial on state TV. Los Angeles Times. July 3, 2009
- ^ North Korea launches beer advert. BBC News Online. July 3, 2009
- ^ N.Korea Ends Experiment with TV Commercials. The Chosun Ilbo. November 9, 2009
- ^ "Taedonggang Beer". Korea News Service. June 25, 2009. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
Works cited
- Yonhap (2002). North Korea Handbook. ISBN 978-0-7656-3523-5.