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Kim’s prized mushrooms safe to eat, Seoul says after radiation test of North Korea gifts
Published time: 9 Nov, 2018 22:26
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FILE PHOTO: Kim Jong-un at a mushroom farm © AFP/ KCNA via KNS
Kim’s delicacy had gone through essential “radiation tests” required for food ingredients and undergone plant quarantine, the Blue House assured South Koreans on Wednesday, as cited by Yonhap.
The procedure revealed that the mushrooms, which are considered akin to truffles and valued up to $1.83 million, contain levels of radiation standard for foods (0.034 μsv) and “far lower” than the permissible level set by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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Doggie diplomacy: Kim gifts pair of N. Korean pooches to S. Korea’s Moon (PHOTOS)
Kim sent the “peace token” to his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in, following their third meeting in Pyongyang in September. Back then, the North Korean leader announced he would let international monitors witness the final dismantling of the nation’s missile and rocket engine test site.
Moon’s office had to reveal the test results to fend off claims by an opposition lawmaker that the government failed to ensure the safety of the lavish gift. The mushrooms are to be distributed among the 4,000 or so South Koreans separated from their families in the North since the Korean War was frozen by the 1953 armistice.
Pyongyang has made several such gestures of good will, sending presents to the South after the thaw in intra-Korean relations began earlier this year. In another instance, Kim sent a pair of North Korean hunting dogs to the South, reviving a friendly tradition set by his father Kim Jong-il. In 2000, two similar dogs were given to then-South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, who returned the favor to the North, sending there two puppies of the Jindo breed.
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Doggie diplomacy: Kim gifts pair of N. Korean pooches to S. Korea’s Moon (PHOTOS)
Published time: 30 Sep, 2018 13:23 Edited time: 1 Oct, 2018 07:41
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Pungsan dog gifted from North Korea © The Blue House © AFP
Pictures of the two canines of Pungsan breed were published by the Blue House on Sunday. The dogs – male Songkang and female Gomi – were offered to Moon during the inter-Korean meeting in Pyongyang earlier this month.
The new pets were picked up at the truce village of Panmunjom, the place of the historic April inter-Korean summit, with three kilograms of food to help them settle in on Thursday.
Moon is known dog-lover, he already has a pooch of the same breed named Maru and an adopted shelter dog Tori, saved from an owner who abused and even ate lost canines.
Following the three day inter-Korean summit, where Pyongyang vowed to allow international monitors to witness the dismantling of the North’s test sites and the Koreas’ military agreed to establish a “joint military committee,” Kim sent Moon some highly-prized and notoriously difficult to grow pine mushrooms, valued at $2.6 million.
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Kim’s father, Kim Jong-il, made a similar friendly gesture back in 2000, when he gave two Pungsan dogs to then-southern counterpart Kim Dae-jung. The dogs were kept at the Seoul zoo and even received “state guest” status, that ensured them a special treatment and a spacious living place.
Back then Seoul returned the favor, giving the North very similar looking Jindo dogs.
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Kim’s prized mushrooms safe to eat, Seoul says after radiation test of North Korea gifts
Published time: 9 Nov, 2018 22:26
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FILE PHOTO: Kim Jong-un at a mushroom farm © AFP/ KCNA via KNS
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Kim’s delicacy had gone through essential “radiation tests” required for food ingredients and undergone plant quarantine, the Blue House assured South Koreans on Wednesday, as cited by Yonhap.
The procedure revealed that the mushrooms, which are considered akin to truffles and valued up to $1.83 million, contain levels of radiation standard for foods (0.034 μsv) and “far lower” than the permissible level set by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Read more
Doggie diplomacy: Kim gifts pair of N. Korean pooches to S. Korea’s Moon (PHOTOS) Kim sent the “peace token” to his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in, following their third meeting in Pyongyang in September. Back then, the North Korean leader announced he would let international monitors witness the final dismantling of the nation’s missile and rocket engine test site.
Moon’s office had to reveal the test results to fend off claims by an opposition lawmaker that the government failed to ensure the safety of the lavish gift. The mushrooms are to be distributed among the 4,000 or so South Koreans separated from their families in the North since the Korean War was frozen by the 1953 armistice.
Pyongyang has made several such gestures of good will, sending presents to the South after the thaw in intra-Korean relations began earlier this year. In another instance, Kim sent a pair of North Korean hunting dogs to the South, reviving a friendly tradition set by his father Kim Jong-il. In 2000, two similar dogs were given to then-South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, who returned the favor to the North, sending there two puppies of the Jindo breed.
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Doggie diplomacy: Kim gifts pair of N. Korean pooches to S. Korea’s Moon (PHOTOS)
Published time: 30 Sep, 2018 13:23 Edited time: 1 Oct, 2018 07:41
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Pungsan dog gifted from North Korea © The Blue House © AFP
Pictures of the two canines of Pungsan breed were published by the Blue House on Sunday. The dogs – male Songkang and female Gomi – were offered to Moon during the inter-Korean meeting in Pyongyang earlier this month.
The new pets were picked up at the truce village of Panmunjom, the place of the historic April inter-Korean summit, with three kilograms of food to help them settle in on Thursday.
Moon is known dog-lover, he already has a pooch of the same breed named Maru and an adopted shelter dog Tori, saved from an owner who abused and even ate lost canines.
Following the three day inter-Korean summit, where Pyongyang vowed to allow international monitors to witness the dismantling of the North’s test sites and the Koreas’ military agreed to establish a “joint military committee,” Kim sent Moon some highly-prized and notoriously difficult to grow pine mushrooms, valued at $2.6 million.
READ MORE: Kim Jong Un lavishes 2 tons of prized mushrooms on S. Korea as peace token
Kim’s father, Kim Jong-il, made a similar friendly gesture back in 2000, when he gave two Pungsan dogs to then-southern counterpart Kim Dae-jung. The dogs were kept at the Seoul zoo and even received “state guest” status, that ensured them a special treatment and a spacious living place.
Back then Seoul returned the favor, giving the North very similar looking Jindo dogs.
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