Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Ten Things You Might Not Know About North Korea-- Part 3

8.  More than half of North Korean men SMOKE.  That is double the rate in the U.S..  The government has been trying to get people to quit, but a photo taken in December shows Kim Jung Un smoking away after the rocket launch.

9.  South Korean movie director SHIN SANG OK, known as "The Orson Welles of South Korea" had North Korean agents sent to kidnap him in 1978.  Ordered to produce propaganda films, he refused and was thrown in prison where he ate grass to survive.

Five years later he was released and treated nicely, but later escaped.

10.  Kim Jong Un's succession to leader was helped when half-brother KIM JONG NAM was caught in 2001 trying to enter Japan on a fake Dominican Republic passport.  Evidently he wanted to visit Tokyo's version of Disneyland.

So, There You Have It.  --Cooter

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