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Nice history, silly story
[Read the article: A taste of North Korean beer propaganda]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The whole basis of the story -- that the North Korean beer is referencing the General Sherman -- is patently silly. A very little googling, done wholly in English, reveals that "Taedonggang," the name of the beer, means "Taedong River," and that the Taedong is crossed by the Chungryu Bridge in Pyongyang, which looks exactly like the image on the cap.
So unfortunately your story is hyperbolic and inaccurate. You completely missed the boat on this one, so to speak.
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