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"Someone's gonna take this out of context and say I'm a North Korea apologist" - Justin Whang, and now me too. Speaking of Whang, check out his video about the Brazilian prankster whose North Korea hoax fooled the world:    • The Brazilian Who Trolled North Korea Duri...  

Also, another bit of accidental "misinformation" in this video: Anastasia is not a Disney movie. Sincerest apologies to the great Don Bluth.

What's your favorite North Korea story? (I think all of these are true, but with low confidence)
Kim Jong-il imported 12 giant rabbits from a guy in Germany who breeds ridiculously huge rabbits, with the intention of solving NK's food shortages, then served them all for his birthday feast -   / membership  
Kim Jong-un's brother was passed over as a candidate for leader because he's too obsessed with Eric Clapton and would rather be a guitarist than a dictator - https://x.com/parsons_tor
The state TV network broadcast a documentary teaching citizens how to cut their hair, claiming that long hair robs the brain of nutrition & makes you stupider -   / mrsluds  
Kim Jong-il was the world's largest individual buyer of Hennessy -   / tor.in.oregon  

The album Radio Pyongyang by Sublime Frequencies really is an amazing listen, check it out:    • PyongSublime Frequencies: Radio Pyongyang:...  

SOURCES & FURTHER INFO
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2. United Press International, ‘Assembling Death Reports,’ November 17, 1986
3. ‘Questions over Kim's health highlight intelligence limits’, St. Albert Gazette, April 27, 2020
4. Paul Shin, ‘Oppositional leaders accused the government Tuesday of damaging ‘national prestige,’ UPI, November 18, 1986
5. Leader Slain, N. Korea at DMZ Say: Loudspeaker Report Death of Kim Il Sung; Verification Lacking,’ LA Times, November 17, 1986
6. "Japanese Specialists Don't Exclude the Hypothesis That a Coup d'État Was Aborted in North Korea", Le Monde (Paris), 21 November 1986, p. 5
7. Kim Il Sung's Death Greatly Exaggerated: A North Korean Riddle, Newsweek, 1 December 1986, p. 23.
8. Patrice De Beer (Beijing), "Officers Opposed to the Ascent of the Son of the President Have Been Refugees in China for Three Years", Le Monde, 18 November 1986.
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10. John Burgess, IHT, 18 November 1986, p. 1.
11. Clyde Haberman, ‘Kim Il Sung, at 74, is Reported Dead,’ New York Times, November 17, 1986
12. Clyde Haberman, ‘North Koreans say Kim Il Sung greeted visitors,’ New York Times, November 18, 1986
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17. Fyodor Tertiskiy, ‘The ‘Theory of Kim Il-song the imposter: a historiographical study,’ Archiv orientalni, June 2022, 188; “Yugongja chŏngbo: Kim Il-sŏng 유공자정보: 김일성” [Information about a meritorious person: Kim Il-sŏng], Ministry of Patriots & Veterans Affairs. Accessed January 10, 2022.
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Researched & co-written by Nick Miller. Editing by Hemlox.