North Korea invents "hangover-free" booze.

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**Smacks**

And you thought commies weren't making the world better!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35353010
http://news.sky.com/story/1625668/north-korea-invents-hangover-free-booze

North Korea has claimed its scientists have invented a potent alcoholic drink that leaves drinkers blissfully free of a hangover.

According to the state-owned Pyongyang Times, experts toiled for years before making their breakthrough when they replaced the sugar in Koryo Liquor with "boiled and scorched glutinous rice".

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The resulting spirit, made with ginseng and organic rice, has an alcohol content of 30%-40% and "is highly appreciated by experts and lovers as it is suave and causes no hangover".

The paper says the drink's "subtle blend... of the scorched starch with the sweetness of glucose can not be produced with any spices".

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The "scorched glutinous rice" is also said to contain essential amino acids, inorganic substances and vitamins and help the body break down fats - making it a likely favourite of dictator Kim Jong-Un.

The liquor has reportedly won a series of accolades in the North Korean food and drink industry - including a top ranking at the fifth national liquor exhibition, first place in the food sector of the 30th national scientific and technological festival and a December 15 Medal of Quality.

North Korean scientists have invented a hangover-free alcohol, according to the Pyongyang Times.
The state newspaper says the "suave" liquor will spare you wincing when you wake, despite boasting 30%-40% alcohol.
The brew is reportedly made from a type of indigenous ginseng called insam and glutinous rice, and cultivated by an organic farming method.
North Korean media is known for making often outlandish claims about its domestic achievements.
Last year, it said medical products containing extracts from the insam plant could cure Mers, Sars and even Aids, NK News reported.
'Highest in medicinal effects'
The Pyongyang Times said the new alcohol "exudes national flavour", without dampening your national fervour the following morning.
Among its other unique selling points, according to the paper - the spirit "is highly appreciated by experts and lovers".
The newspaper article, titled, "Liquor wins quality medal for preserving national smack", says the Taedonggang Foodstuff Factory has been working for years on the elixir.
The drink derives from Kaesong Koryo insam - a natural herb thought to have medicinal properties. According to the Pyongyang Times, replacing sugar with the scorched, glutinous rice removed the bitterness from the insam and, crucially, the hangover.
"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," the article reads.
The liquor "has already been registered as a national scientific and technological hit", it adds.

**Crazy_Carnifex**

I'll be completely honest here. When it comes to North Korean Liquor, the question that I really want to know is "What's the Wood Alcohol content?". Hangovers are a secondary concern.

**hotsauceman1**

But hangovers are a right of passage.

**Mr. Burning**

Best Korea knocks it out of the park again.

No more filthy imperialist hangovers to impede on pure socialist thoughts.

I would love to try a 'suave' liquor though - would it taste a bit like Roger Moore in his prime? I hope so.

**Orlanth**

The secret ingredient is 100% rice flavoured water.

Because in Best Korea if Glorious Leader says you are drunk, you are drunk and having fun in the peoples paradise.

When you decide its safe to stop being drunk, you stop and continue with your life normally. Suddenly marvel at the no hangovers the people encounter. Take wonder at the drunkeness having no lasting ill effect, unlike other drunkeness.

Socialist drunkeness is also wiser than the capitalist western alternative it replaces, because with socialist drunkeness the people don't make critique of Glorious Leader and do not have to spend the next thirty years being reeducated in a special workers camp.

No hangovers is just a side non-effect, because Glorious leader is very clever and likes everything to be for the best and Korean science works hard not to dissappoint.

**Hanskrampf**

From the land that cured cancer, aids and more: now hangover-free alcohol.
I'm impressed by their glorious scientific marvels.

**kronk**

Pro-Tip: If you're never sober, you don't have to worry about hang-overs!

<--- Partying hard since June 2008!

**OIIIIIIO**

Now all that Best Korea has to invent is cocaine that will not show up on a drug test. BTW, I do not like cocaine, but it smells SOOOOO good,

**Sgt_Smudge**

OIIIIIIO wrote:
Now all that Best Korea has to invent is cocaine that will not show up on a drug test. BTW, I do not like cocaine, but it smells SOOOOO good,

I'm struggling to take this whole article seriously, especially with mention of our favourite Korea.

**BrotherGecko**

Of course if it were true it would be a crime against humanity to not export it lol.

Literally, North Korea would be making all of the money. They would become more important than oil rich countries. War would end due to all day worry free parties. The drug cartels would go out of business.

....North Korea why you teasing us????

**AlexHolker**

Hangover-free booze is easy: just drink some water before you go to bed. That way, you won't get dehydrated by the time you wake up, so you won't feel like crap in the morning.

**spiralingcadaver**

Yeah, same reason you get a sugar hangover, etc. Alcohol, like many things, just dehydrates you so if you're stupid about it, you'll be dehydrated which gives you a headache.

**hotsauceman1**

I tried that, I just woke up with a hangover and having the pee, like ALOT

**SlaveToDorkness**

Huh, stand down South Korea, all of North Korea will probably be blind in 5 years or so. No fething telling what kind of crap they put into that stuff. Kim pee is my guess though.

**DutchWinsAll**

OIIIIIIO wrote:
Now all that Best Korea has to invent is cocaine that will not show up on a drug test. BTW, I do not like cocaine, but it smells SOOOOO good,

I somehow don't think you've ever smelled cocaine if you think it smells good. I mean I love the smell and the taste, but only because of the effects like a Pavlovian mutt. Plus it's out of your system in about 2 days anyway.

**LordofHats**

DutchWinsAll wrote:
OIIIIIIO wrote:
Now all that Best Korea has to invent is cocaine that will not show up on a drug test. BTW, I do not like cocaine, but it smells SOOOOO good,

I somehow don't think you've ever smelled cocaine if you think it smells good. I mean I love the smell and the taste, but only because of the effects like a Pavlovian mutt. Plus it's out of your system in about 2 days anyway.

So you're saying;

**Bromsy**

If and when I start getting hangovers I will be making some calls.

**Avatar 720**

If you need non-hangover alcohol in order to prevent the dampening of your national fervour, then your belief in the endlessly-benevolent government of North Korea is obviously lacking from the get-go.

**OIIIIIIO**

DutchWinsAll wrote:
OIIIIIIO wrote:
Now all that Best Korea has to invent is cocaine that will not show up on a drug test. BTW, I do not like cocaine, but it smells SOOOOO good,

I somehow don't think you've ever smelled cocaine if you think it smells good. I mean I love the smell and the taste, but only because of the effects like a Pavlovian mutt. Plus it's out of your system in about 2 days anyway.

Brother .... I have done my share, your share, and perhaps even my wife's share of coke. It is a joke ... I don't like cocaine, but I love the way it smells? You know ... because you have to, I dunno, snort it? I mean you could skin pop ... but that way leads to madness and ending up like RDJ in Less than Zero.

BOT: I had a couple of TDY's to South Korea, and I can tell you this much ... that whole country (North and South) is one giant jar of WTF. If Kimmy Un has had his tech geeks working on that instead of ICBMs ... consider me happy.

**timetowaste85**

I've never even touched coke, and I got the joke. It wasn't exactly hiding the punchline.

**DutchWinsAll**

OIIIIIIO wrote:
DutchWinsAll wrote:
OIIIIIIO wrote:
Now all that Best Korea has to invent is cocaine that will not show up on a drug test. BTW, I do not like cocaine, but it smells SOOOOO good,

I somehow don't think you've ever smelled cocaine if you think it smells good. I mean I love the smell and the taste, but only because of the effects like a Pavlovian mutt. Plus it's out of your system in about 2 days anyway.

Brother .... I have done my share, your share, and perhaps even my wife's share of coke. It is a joke ... I don't like cocaine, but I love the way it smells? You know ... because you have to, I dunno, snort it? I mean you could skin pop ... but that way leads to madness and ending up like RDJ in Less than Zero.

BOT: I had a couple of TDY's to South Korea, and I can tell you this much ... that whole country (North and South) is one giant jar of WTF. If Kimmy Un has had his tech geeks working on that instead of ICBMs ... consider me happy.

Lol so you do like it, just not any more. That makes way more sense. Now let's go get some air sandwiches.

**timetowaste85**

Olllllllllo's joke was better.

**SagesStone**

This is proof we should never have advanced computing power past the 70s because our advanced imperialist computers are holding back our scientific progress.

**tau tse tung**

I've had traditional korean liquor. It's strong as hell and from what I've heard in china the citizens of best korea do like a drink and sometimes take it to the extreme. In all honestly apart from atomic bomb research this is probably what they put most of their reserch into!

**JimOnMars**

Strychnine?