[Newspoetry] The Supreme Coke-boat diplomacy

[Joe Futrelle]

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I told you, no kings or queens or mighty worriers can refuse THE COKE.
"I like to teach the world to sing a perfect harmony,..."

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE:KO - news) said on Wednesday it had 
sent a shipment of soft drinks into North Korea, becoming one of the first 
U.S. companies to crack open the economically isolated totalitarian state.
A spokesman for Atlanta-based Coca-Cola, the world's No. 1 soft drink 
company, said the shipment was believed to have entered North Korea by 
truck from the Chinese border town of Dandong.
``I got a message this morning confirming that we had actually moved in,'' 
said Coca-Cola spokesman Robert Baskin, who added that the world's leading 
soft drink producer intended to build up its presence in North Korea over 
time.
Coca-Cola, like all other U.S. companies, was prevented from doing business 
in North Korea for nearly half a century because of U.S. government 
sanctions against the communist-ruled nation.
Most of those sanctions were lifted on Monday following a ground breaking 
summit last week between the North and South Korean leaders. Coca-Cola has 
operated in South Korea for several decades.


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