'Mad Men' pitch to wealthy class
By Reuters In Pyongyang | China Daily | Updated: 2016-05-19 08:48
"Pyongyang Spirit: A drink you won't forget after drinking once," reads the text of an ad for a clear, vodka-like alcohol from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Advertising is beginning to emerge as makers of goods try to pitch products to a rising group of consumers and a wealthy class of citizens.
From whitening toothpaste made from natural ingredients to sea-cucumber snacks that claim to fight cancer and tuberculosis, more goods are being sold in colorful ways to the growing wealthy class in the country.
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