Choco Pies disappear from the streets of Pyongyang — theguardian.com

Long popular with the people of North Korea, South Korean Choco Pies have disappeared without a trace from the markets of the capital, a Pyongyang-based source tells Daily NK. "Because of recent crackdowns, Choco Pies from the ‘neighborhood below’ [South Korea] are hard to come by," she explained. "Since the order came down demanding that they restrict the sale of South Korean goods, you can only find Chinese substitutes and the local version.”

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