

Some of the best testimonials in the catalogue come from the medicines section. 24, 2018, photo, a page shows an ad for “Kumdang-2 Injection,” on the “2018 Korea Commodities” catalogue, produced by the North’s Committee for the Promotion of International Trade, at a hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea.

It caused a buzz in the Western media a few years ago when it was advertised as an effective treatment for both cancer and tuberculosis, with no side effects, no less. Posters targeting foreign tourists say, “Fly safe with Royal Blood-Fresh” and “Who says you can’t grow younger and cleverer?”Īnother heavily hyped supplement is Pugang’s “Kumdang-2 Injection,” a vegetable-based medication its producer says is exported to a dozen countries. “With an antioxidant power 176 times that of vitamin C, 431 times vitamin E and 863 times more than coenzyme Q10,” its ad claims, “the hydrogen water is effective in avoiding mental and physical fatigues, retarding the aging process, neutralizing all kinds of poisons, preventing radioactive and oxidant damages, improving immunity, fighting cancer and treating arteriosclerosis through purification of blood.”Īccording to the catalogue, Royal Blood-Fresh is a supplement made primarily from beans that’s recommended for long flights to help prevent or cure deep vein thrombosis. 24, 2018, photo, a page shows one of O-Il’s latest offering “Hydrogen Water,” which it calls the “wonder health water of the 21st century” on the “2018 Korea Commodities” catalogue, produced by the North’s Committee for the Promotion of International Trade, at a hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea. One of O-Il’s latest offerings is “Hydrogen Water,” which it calls the “wonder health water of the 21st century.” In this Friday, Aug.

O-il also produces dozens of yogurt and milk-flavoured drinks, fruit juices, tea, jellies and dozens of flavours of ice cream cones, popsicles and ice cream sandwiches, collectively known here as “Eskimo.” There’s chocolate and strawberry, of course, but also cheese, fermented bean and lactobacilli. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
