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| North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un is sending three food experts to France on a ‘cheese diplomacy’ mission. | North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un is sending three food experts to France on a ‘cheese diplomacy’ mission. |
| Their mission, should they choose to accept it, is to learn the fine art of cheese making from French cheese masters. | Their mission, should they choose to accept it, is to learn the fine art of cheese making from French cheese masters. |
| And they have been asked to focus on perfecting the production of Emmental cheese, which is said to be Kim Jong-Un’s favourite snack. | And they have been asked to focus on perfecting the production of Emmental cheese, which is said to be Kim Jong-Un’s favourite snack. |
| The delegates will spend several months fine-tuning their craft at France’s National Dairy Industry College (ENIL), in the city of Beasancon, according to French website La Lettre A.fr., who have published details of the mission. | The delegates will spend several months fine-tuning their craft at France’s National Dairy Industry College (ENIL), in the city of Beasancon, according to French website La Lettre A.fr., who have published details of the mission. |
| They will then return to the Pyongyang cheese dairy, which has so far been unable to replicate the “requisite quality” of that produced in Europe. | They will then return to the Pyongyang cheese dairy, which has so far been unable to replicate the “requisite quality” of that produced in Europe. |
| As the BBC highlights, the poor quality of cheese in North Korea must be a particular source of contention for the communist state, whose neighbour South Korea is a big cheese importer. | As the BBC highlights, the poor quality of cheese in North Korea must be a particular source of contention for the communist state, whose neighbour South Korea is a big cheese importer. |
| According to Quartz: “South Korea’s cheese binge is driving American milk prices to an all-time high”. | According to Quartz: “South Korea’s cheese binge is driving American milk prices to an all-time high”. |
| Japanese newspaper the Asahi Shimbun reports that under Kim Jong-Un’s rule, spending on foreign imports has soared in recent years. | Japanese newspaper the Asahi Shimbun reports that under Kim Jong-Un’s rule, spending on foreign imports has soared in recent years. |
| Spending in 2011, during Kim Jong Il’s rule, reached $584.82 million in 2011 – compared with $645.86 in 2012. | Spending in 2011, during Kim Jong Il’s rule, reached $584.82 million in 2011 – compared with $645.86 in 2012. |
| And it's not the first time that a Supreme Leader has sent delegates to sample Western finery. In 2002, the late Kim Jong-Il purchased the Usher brewery in Trowbridge, Wiltshire to quench North Korean's growing taste for beer. |