Revealed: North Korea’s Sesame Street Export Business

Is Sesame Street Toy Production Being Unwittingly Outsourced to North Korea, or Is This a Bizarre Case of North Korean Bootlegging?

North Korea's Kyonghung Toy Factory is producing Sesame Street merchandise for the international market, NK NEWS can exclusively reveal.The toy manufacturer's Sesame Street line was found among a series of otherwise non-branded children's products in a full-page advert in the latest edition of North Korea's quarterly Foreign Trade magazine.Alongside a range of generic stuffed animals, a close inspection of the pictures reveals Sesame Street characters including Elmo, Cookie Monster and Big Bird. A comparison of images reveals striking similarities between one official line of products and the North Korean range.PBS Television and producers Sesame Street Workshop both