While North Korea is known to operate dozens of restaurants across Asia, it is the first time a North Korean restaurant has opened in Europe. The “Pyongyang Restaurant” was opened in the Netherlands last month under a joint venture between North Korea and two Dutch businessmen.
The grand opening for the North Korean ambassador in Switzerland is organised on February 17. The NHK Europe correspondent covers the opening and checks out the food and the show. An army of charming hostesses in shining wedding-style dresses presides eagerly over a windowless room decorated with paintings of tulip fields in bloom, corn harvest at sunrise and an overview of Pyongyang.
The North Korean waitresses pause between courses to belt out folk songs about friendship and reunification. Although the North Korean officials do not want to be filmed during the ceremony elsewhere, the delegation suddenly appears to check out the restaurant in full operation.
For this news reportage Featurez gave advice, did the research, set-up and planning of the filming, did the driving, accompanied the filming and did some camera work.