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2006-04-28 China-Japan-Koreas

Lapel pins of Kim Jong-il's son....(wear them or die?)

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Posted by 3dc 2006-04-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I still have a lapel pin of the "great leader" given to me by some NoKo officials (University days, many years ago).

Two things I remember about them:
(1) They drank like fish. I was impressed at how much liquor they could imbibe.
(2) They wore lapel pins.

Only after they left did I realize that particular pins signify rank.

Posted by john 2006-04-28 16:42|| 2006-04-28 16:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Bizarre rumors persist in Japanese and South Korean media about a hormonal-imbalance condition that leaves Jong-chol with an excess of female hormones. These odd, unsubstantiated reports command a certain following, or at least acknowledgement, within the Southern establishment. Lee Kyo-duk, director of planning and coordination at KINU, has called Jong-chol's condition a "fatal disease" and "allegedly incurable".

What in the hell does that mean, exactly?

Posted by Secret Master 2006-04-28 20:00|| 2006-04-28 20:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe a hermaphrodite?

Posted by 3dc 2006-04-28 20:38|| 2006-04-28 20:38|| Front Page Top

#4 I hear he's a legend in those Pyongyang wet t-shirt contests...

Posted by tu3031 2006-04-28 20:48|| 2006-04-28 20:48|| Front Page Top

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