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It’s no fun being a press secretary. Just ask White House Press Secretary Jay Carney and State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell. You have to put up with incessant questioning about Dennis Rodman. Then there’s that bit about Pirate Bay, a torrent based file sharing website that often runs afoul of international copyright laws. You’ve probably never heard [...]
Yes, sports fans, it’s a March Madness themed Slave to the Blog. First up, Ambassador Rodman. Not content to bring peace to the Korean peninsula, where he is slated to vacation in August with BFFL Kim Jong-un, Worm is stepping up his game and heading for the Vatican. For what purpose, we’re not sure. But that’s [...]
While the United States Marines did a pretty good job last year with their version of ‘Call Me Maybe‘, it looks like the South Korean Air Force has now set an impossibly high bar for greatest military parody video of all time. While there are probably funnier parodies than this one, nothing could possibly match [...]
In honor of Valentine’s Day, here is a collection of North Korea themed valentines for that special dictator in your life. If you’re feeling extra generous, here is a link to a chocolatier promising delivery to North Korea.
Korea has been popping up in the Petraeus scandal—before she turned all astronaut-lady-wearing-diapers-to-drive-cross-country-to-go-after-her-rival, Paula Broadwell was stationed in Korea; Jill Kelley, the Michaele Salahi of Tampa Bay, the other other-woman, claimed to be Korea’s honorary consul general in Tampa, infamously demanded diplomatic protection to get the paparazzi off her lawn, and even more hysterically tried [...]
Syria has been popping up frequently in the Witness to Transformation blog of late, most recently in Steph Haggard’s piece on possible North Korean involvement in missiles fired from Gaza into Israel. More often, however, the linkage has been via interdiction of North Korean arms allegedly bound for Syria in violation of UN Security Council [...]
The Onion has always been known for its fearless coverage of North Korea and its willingness to tackle subjects other newspapers are afraid to cover. This week is no different. The Onion editorial board surprised many by announcing that Kim Jong Un has been named the paper’s “sexiest man alive” for 2012. While People magazine this week took [...]
Kim Jong-un is actively re-branding the Kim Family regime–repositioning himself as a more youth-oriented leader, making “fun fairs” one of the commanding heights prioritized for development, and even turning up on the Today Show riding a rollercoaster. But we were totally blown away, when we read the Rodong Shinmun account of his 3 August speech which [...]
In honor of the great leader’s recent wedding announcement, here’s a tribute to the young couple in the spirit of another great leader, David Letterman. Top 10 signs you might be married to Kim Jong Un 10. Your honeymoon took place at a nearby funpark. 9. Your wedding registry consisted entirely of requests for foreign [...]
I guess it was only a matter of time. Last week, North Korean state run media has been airing what appears to be the official theme song of Kim Jong-Un. Like his father before him, whose theme song was entitled “No Motherland Without You,” the younger Kim can now proudly hum along to “Forward to [...]
