One of the first desires of the North Korean soldier who managed to escape to South Koreawas to eat chocolate dessert Choco Pies. But the company-manufacturer of sweets considered that the defector earned more than just a few packages of dessert.
The Korean company Orion announced that they are ready to give oxy (name of soldier) lifetime supply of Choco Pies, and send 100 boxes of dessert in his hospital room.
Representatives of Orion, said: «We sent Choco Pies as a welcome gift for Oh, who came to Korea after experiencing difficulties. This was not an act for publicity».
According to South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo, in 2010 on the black market in North Korea sold nearly 2.5 million Choco Pies per month. After an unprecedented boom the DPRK government decided to start a propaganda campaign telling its citizens about the dangers of dessert for the body. And in 2014 this dessert and completely banned in North Korea.
Russian history Professor and careened Andrei Lankov wrote that Choco Pies «symbolizes prosperity, sophistication and progress of South Korea. As canned beer in the Soviet Union during my youth, [the Choco Pies] show that the world is rich and full of wonders – gastronomical and not only».
Soon after the ban South Korean activists managed to smuggle across the border about 10 thousand packages of chocolate desserts.
@MoonPie Orion Choco Pies claim that «It’s Now!» Can Moon Pies makes such a bold statement? pic.twitter.com/FwF8qB9Lga
— andrew dingledy (@Ding79) December 1, 2017
