"Delicious anytime, anywhere": the changing face of North Korean packaging



Features “Delicious anytime, anywhere”: the changing face of North Korean packaging A major growth in the consumer goods market has seen DPRK designers up their game Tia Han June 22, 2018 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Nicholas Bonner, Uriminzokkiri North Korean culture and society is sometimes regarded as stagnant, but even an examination of something as simple as the packaging of everyday items shows that Pyongyang, once determined to resist modernization, appears to be increasingly adopting foreign influence to market its growing consumer goods industry. Food items recently seen on supermarket and shop shelves in the DPRK suggest noticeable foreign influences. Food packaging from South Korea, in particular, appears to have inspired North Korean designers. North Korean culture and society is sometimes regarded as stagnant, but even an examination of something as simple as the packaging of everyday items shows that Pyongyang, once determined to resist modernization, appears to be increasingly adopting foreign influence to market its growing consumer goods industry. Food items recently seen on supermarket and shop shelves in the DPRK suggest noticeable foreign influences. Food packaging from South Korea, in particular, appears to have inspired North Korean designers. Try unlimited access Only $1 for four weeks Unlimited access to all of NK News: reporting, investigations, analysis Year-one discount if you continue past $1 trial period The NK News Daily Update, an email newsletter to keep you in the loop Searchable archive of all content, photo galleries, special columns Contact NK News reporters with tips or requests for reporting Get unlimited access to all NK News content, including original reporting, investigations, and analyses by our team of DPRK experts. Subscribe now All major cards accepted. No commitments – you can cancel any time. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by And how should we address you in correspondence? One more step! Please check your inbox, for an email we just sent you, and click on the confirmation message in it to get subscribed to our Daily News Update. Trending

Features

“Delicious anytime, anywhere”: the changing face of North Korean packaging

A major growth in the consumer goods market has seen DPRK designers up their game

Tia Han June 22, 2018

“Delicious anytime, anywhere”: the changing face of North Korean packaging

Nicholas Bonner, Uriminzokkiri

North Korean culture and society is sometimes regarded as stagnant, but even an examination of something as simple as the packaging of everyday items shows that Pyongyang, once determined to resist modernization, appears to be increasingly adopting foreign influence to market its growing consumer goods industry.

Food items recently seen on supermarket and shop shelves in the DPRK suggest noticeable foreign influences. Food packaging from South Korea, in particular, appears to have inspired North Korean designers.

Try unlimited access
Only $1 for four weeks

Unlimited access to all of NK News: reporting, investigations, analysis
Year-one discount if you continue past $1 trial period
The NK News Daily Update, an email newsletter to keep you in the loop
Searchable archive of all content, photo galleries, special columns
Contact NK News reporters with tips or requests for reporting

Get unlimited access to all NK News content, including original reporting, investigations, and analyses by our team of DPRK experts.

Subscribe now

All major cards accepted. No commitments – you can cancel any time.

“Delicious anytime, anywhere”: the changing face of North Korean packaging

Try unlimited accessOnly $1 for four weeks

Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most –

as selected by <img width="226" height="50" class="logo" src="https://www.nknews.org/wp-content/themes/nknews/images/header-logo.png" alt="NK News Logo">

One more step!

Trending

Recent Stories

About the Author

Tia Han

Try unlimited access
Only $1 for four weeks

Start your day with
the North Korea stories that matter most –

as selected by