Every week we ask a North Korean your questions, giving you the chance to learn more about the country we know so little about. This week’s question is: I heard ramen is a rare food item in North Korea. Is it true? What kind of ramen do you eat in North Korea? In my hometown, you could obtain almost anything if you had enough money. It was simply a question of cash, rather than the matter of what you wanted to obtain. As such, ramen (freeze dried noodles) weren't really much of a rarity in my hometown. With money, you could eat ramen anytime. So, what's the North Korean view of this dish? Actually, in the DPRK we call the dish koburang noodles, but here in the South people obviously use the name ramen. Because of this, South Koreans don't understand it if a North Korean tries to order koburang noodles, meaning we all change our vocab pretty quickly upon arriving in Seoul. When I lived in the North I recall seeing ramen being boiled in a pot of some kind, never the cup ramens which are
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