"I Found Plastic from a North Korean Tobacco Factory in My Gukbap"...Even Headquarters Is Puzzled by How It Got There

[Financial News] A controversy has erupted after a claim was made that a piece of plastic bearing the name of a North Korean tobacco factory was found in gukbap.
On the 11th, a post was uploaded on the social media platform Thread claiming that the writer found a piece of plastic labeled “Joseon Amnokgang Tobacco Factory” while eating gukbap.
The poster, identified only as A, said, "I usually let it go even when I find foreign objects in my food, but the wording on the plastic found this time was so unusual that it could not possibly have come from gukbap, so I found it strange."
A reportedly informed a staff member immediately after finding the plastic. However, A initially received a response suggesting that the plastic bag might have entered the food while boiled pork slices were being cut. A kitchen employee later checked again but could not determine exactly how it had gotten in.
A tried to take back the plastic, but the restaurant said, "We need to keep it for confirmation and inquiries with headquarters." A left after providing contact information.
Headquarters later reportedly told A, "The only ingredient sourced from China is kimchi, while key ingredients such as Korean blood sausage are produced at domestic factories," adding, "It appears to have entered during the restaurant's internal cooking process."
The released photo showed a piece of plastic bearing the actual words “Joseon Amnokgang Tobacco Factory.”
People who saw the image reacted by saying, "Does it make sense for North Korean cigarette packaging to come out of food at a South Korean restaurant?" and "Shouldn't this be properly investigated? Something doesn't feel right."
Some also raised the possibility that the item belonged to a North Korean worker at a food-ingredient factory in China and had accidentally entered the supply chain. Others offered various theories, including that North Korean cigarette packaging brought in by a North Korean defector or an ethnic Korean from China working at the restaurant may have found its way into the food.
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