Mexican Or Korean? North Korea Says That Kim Jong Un¡¯s Father Invented The Burrito

In a bizarre turn of events, a North Korean state news outlet has claimed that Kim Jong Un¡¯s father invented the burrito. Yes, the Mexican dish is being claimed by the North Koreans as their own.

Now, this propaganda is showing citizens eating the Tex-Mex favourite despite widespread food shortages in the country.

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Kim Jong Il came up with the idea for ¡°wheat wraps¡± in 2011 shortly before he suffered a fatal heart attack, the Sun reported, citing a report in the Rodong Sinmun.

The Pyongyang mouthpiece also claimed the current despot has taken a ¡°meticulous interest¡± in the dish and that it is ¡°booming¡± among the population.

Propaganda footage on Pen News shows a vendor selling the food outside the Kumsong Food Factory. It shows trays overflowing with fillings containing what appear to be cabbage and carrots, Yahoo News reported. The video also shows a mural of Kim¡¯s late dad grinning in a kitchen where the burritos were being prepared.

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North Korea is reportedly going through a food shortage and the obscene amount of food did not sit well with that.

¡°The majority of citizens do not have money to buy foreign food,¡± said Hyun-seung Lee, who was born into an elite North Korean family but fled in 2014, the Sun reported. He said there aren¡¯t enough ingredients available in the isolated country to recreate foreign delicacies.

¡°I have never seen any burritos or wraps on sale in North Korea. The penetration rate of Western food in North Korea is extremely low, because there are very few restaurants where you can eat it and the food ingredients are not diverse," he added.

He also said, ¡°Various cooking ingredients such as milk, cheese, and spices are absolutely lacking.¡±

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The Rodong Sinmun claimed that Kim Jong Il recommended that people drink mineral water in the summer and hot tea in the winter while eating the ¡°wheat wraps.¡±

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