In mid-January we read reports that North Korea had finally cured that most assailing of human conditions: the hangover. It declared that it had replaced sugar with scorched, glutinous rice in its ginseng-based liquor and that one may now imbibe without fear of what may come in the morning. As I read these reports, however, I wondered whether we in the West would actually accept, market or even sell Koryo Liquor? Would Occidental markets find it acceptable to promote such a drink despite its dubious origins

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