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South Korea's central bank asked the makers of a cheese-filled snack to change its design because it looked too much like a coin.
Sibwonppang, or 10-won bread, is a bready street snack filled with cheese and modelled on South Korea's 10-won coin. In 2023, Korea JoongAng Daily reported that the Bank of Korea had called out its makers for breaking the bank's rules on copying the design of money, and the snack faced a redesign.
Sources
- 10 won bread Wikipedia
- Sibwonppang street snack faces design overhaul after complaints from BOK Korea JoongAng Daily
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What the wording keeps
- reported June 2023
- Wikipedia dates the request to around 2022 and 2023
- a design change was requested; the snack was not banned
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