We all know that North Korea are renowned for making things up (i.e the national football team winning the world cup), which regularly makes us laugh and wonder why, but now it seems that the country’s scientists have invented an alcoholic drink that cannot give you a hangover.
According to the Pyongyang Times the state’s national newspaper, the “suave” new liquor will spare you wincing when you wake, despite boasting 30%-40% alcohol. The miraculous new brew is reportedly made from a type of indigenous ginseng called insam and glutinous rice, and cultivated by an organic farming method, which cannot give you hangover no matter who much you drink.
The paper further explains that the ‘new alcohol’ “exudes national flavour”, without dampening your national fervour the following morning, they continue saying the new spirit is so good that it “is highly appreciated by experts and lovers”. The newspaper also say that the revolutionary new drink is the product of Taedonggang Foodstuff Factory, who have been relentlessly working for years on the elixir.
It is thought drink is made from ingredients derived from Kaesong Koryo insam a natural herb thought to have medicinal properties. Although the newspaper claims that by replacing sugar with the scorched, glutinous rice there is no chance of suffering a hangover. However the North Koreans are believed to be so chuffed with their new invention they have already registered it as a national scientific and technological hit.