North Korea's latest boast: Alcohol without the hangover

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North Korea says it has invented a type of liquor that
doesn't cause hangovers
The liquor is made from a unique blend of ginseng and
glutinous rice
(CNN)— It put the world on edge after its supposed
hydrogen bomb test . But perhaps we can learn to love
North Korea now that it claims to have invented a
revolutionary liquor that won't leave you bleary-eyed
and hungover.
And no, apparently it's not water.
According to state-run newspaper Pyongyang Times ,
this "suave" liquor is made from ginseng extract, and
uses glutinous rice instead of sugar.
This secret blend of six-year-old ginseng and "scorched
rice," produced by Taedonggang Foodstuff Factory
researchers, is what makes the alcohol hangover-free,
the article reported.
"Koryo Liquor, which is made of six-year-old Kaesong
Koryo insam, known as being highest in medicinal
effect, and the scorched rice, is highly appreciated by
experts and lovers as it is suave and causes no
hangover," Jong Hwa Sun wrote.
"Koryo Liquor" has been such a success, it has been
registered as a "national scientific and technological hit"
across the communist country, coming first in the food
sector festival, the newspaper reported.
But the amber-colored liquor pales in comparison to a
previous invention.
Last year, North Korean scientists released a vaccine
called Kumdang-2 that could reportedly cure HIV/AIDS,
drug addiction, cancer, MERS and Ebola.
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