North Korea Gets Fried Chicken -- Delivered

(Seoul, South Korea) A South Korean businessman has spent two years getting approval to open a fried chicken outlet in North Korea.

Choi Won-ho, who runs a 70-store fried chicken franchise in the South, said he would hire about 30 North Koreans to take telephone orders, fry home-grown chicken and hop on scooters to make home deliveries in Pyongyang.

"It's been tough but I'm sure it'll do well," Choi said, as he tried to dispel doubts about the prospects of his investment in a country that can hardly feed its people even when it has a good harvest.

This is surprising. Who knew that North Korea had chickens? Much less enough home grown chickens to supply a fast food restaurant?

Nonetheless, North Korea needs business, any business. Of course, success will be contingent upon Kim Jong-il being able to steal all the profit.

However, if the wormy little commie dictator keeps his chicken-lickin' fingers out of the business ....

Nah! Never happen. I don't know what I was thinking.