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2010-08-11 China-Japan-Koreas

North Korea offers ginseng to pay Czech debt

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Posted by gorb 2010-08-11 00:51|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 I once got a candied Skor ginseng root, its box covered with export and tax stamps. In SE Asia, it has almost mythical medicinal properties, and families would impoverish themselves to buy one for a sick family member.

In an odd twist, its medicinal properties, while always strong, are just the opposite in SE Asia than they are for American grown ginseng. That is, theirs, like their environment, is extremely Yin in character. The North American environment is extremely Yang in character, so our ginseng is as well.

This means that every year, there is about a $250m trade between us. We send them our ginseng, and they send theirs here.

I'd enjoyed Korean ginseng for some years before trying that candied root. It about knocked my socks off.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-08-11 12:12|| 2010-08-11 12:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Czech explosives are more expensive and desirable in NK than ginseng ...

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