North Korea: Where the Unicorns Roamed

The Guardian and resumably any other pres sources have taken u a Korean Central news Agency  article published on Thursday.


Lair of King Tongmyong's Unicorn Reconfirmed in DPRK

Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- Archaeologists of the History Institute of the DPRK Academy of Social Sciences have recently reconfirmed a lair of the unicorn rode by King Tongmyong, founder of the Koguryo Kingdom (B.C. 277-A.D. 668).

The lair is located 200 meters from the Yongmyong Temple in Moran Hill in Pyongyang City. A rectangular rock carved with words "Unicorn Lair" stands in front of the lair. The carved words are believed to date back to the period of Koryo Kingdom (918-1392).


Jo Hui Sung, director of the Institute, told KCNA: "Korea's history books deal with the unicorn, considered to be ridden by King Tongmyong, and its lair...  

...The discovery of the unicorn lair, associated with legend about King Tongmyong, proves that Pyongyang was a capital city of Ancient Korea as well as Koguryo Kingdom."

So there you have it.Perhaps if I went to Lambton or Wormingfrod and scrawled dragon's den into the dirt by a rabbit warren that would confirm those dragon legends too!

If only we had leaders like this...

It looks like KCNA runs an "On this day" item This is from 27 August 1975...

"President Kim Il Sung gave field guidance to a cooperative farm in Anju City, South Phyongan Province.

On a snow-covered field he talked with a soldier-turned sub-workteam head about corn farming for a while. He asked the sub-workteam head about the way of transplanting the maximum number of humus-pot-grown corn seedlings per phyong (3.954 sq. yds).

With a poor knowledge of corn farming, he could not properly answer to the question.
Finding him at a loss for an answer, the President leveled snow piled up between furrows. He then taught the sub-workteam head a new method of planting the prescribed number of bunches of seedlings perphyong, drawing it on the snow.

Hmm I wonder if said sub-workteam head learned a lot more about agriculture at a gulag or the North Korean equivalent...

Hot news from DPRK

Yes I know that making fun of Korean Central News Agency stories (the organ ofthe DPRK) is like shooting fish in a barrel... but what the hell, here goes

Art Performances Given by Art Squads of Mills

Pyongyang, July 26 (KCNA) -- The art squad of the Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang Silk Mill and the itinerant art squad of the Pyongyang Textile Mill gave their art performances at the People's Palace of Culture from July 21 to 25.

The performances were enjoyed by officials of party and power organs, working people's organizations, ministries and national institutions, servicepersons and working people from all walks of life in the city of Pyongyang.

In such numbers as chorus "The General Is Our Father", dialogic poem "We Sing of the Loving Care Shown by the Three Commanders of Mt. Paektu", female chorus and pangchang "Recollecting the Birthplace" the performers highly sang of the immortal feats of the great persons of Mt. Paektu who put forward the working class as the driving forces of the revolution and led them to become performers of heroic feats.

Tale and singing "My Beloved Workplace", female chorus "Oriole Chirps in Compound of Our Mill", female solo and Janggu ensemble "Let's Go to Pick Mulberry Leaves" and witty talk "Hot Wind of Emulation" struck a deep impression on the audience as they truthfully represented the devoted efforts of the working people and their worthwhile life.

Put on the stage were also numbers reflecting the faith and will of the workers to uphold the party and the leader with victory in the drive for great surge.

AH what would I give to hear songs with such snappy titles!

An important announcement from KCNA

Pyongyang, December 19 (KCNA) -- A British preparatory committee for commemorating the Day of the Sun and February 16 in 2009 was inaugurated in London on Dec. 11.

Harpal Brar, chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist), [and not the Communist Party of Britain M-L (Splitters!) or the Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain M-L 9 or is that the Revolutionary Communist Party of Great Britain M-L (either way an obvious shower of revisionist bastards!)] was elected chairman of the preparatory committee.

The preparatory committee decided to organize colourful political and cultural events in London and local cities of the country on the occasions of the said significant holidays next year.

I am pleased that Harpal Brar, chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist), [and not the Communist Party of Britain M-L (Splitters!) or the Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain M-L ... or is that the Revolutionary Communist Party of Great Britain M-L (either way an obvious shower of revisionist bastards!)] is taking charge of these important celebrations. I am sure that the preparations are in good hands. I am sure that Harpal Brar, chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist), [and not the Communist Party of Britain M-L (Splitters!) or the Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain M-L .... or is that the Revolutionary Communist Party of Great Britain M-L (either way an obvious shower of revisionist bastards!)] will rally both members to make sure that these celebrations are even better than the annual Muir of Ord pheasant sexing ceilidh.

Please visit The Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) ‘s, [and not the Communist Party of Britain M-L (Splitters!) or the Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain M-L .... or is that the Revolutionary Communist Party of Great Britain M-L (either way an obvious shower of revisionist bastards!)] events page to keep track of preparations. As you can see things are hotting up already.

I can’t wait but I just can’t understand why Dermot Hudson (bless his revolutionary red cotton socks) is not at the helm

Stop Press!

The Korean Central News Agency reports the following earth shattering news:

Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA)

Dermot Hudson, chairman of the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea, arrived here by plane today.


Wow!

Anniversary of Kim Jong Il’s seminal work Theory of Cinematic Art shamefully ignored in the decadent West

According to the Korean Central News Agency (the journalists that give you nothing but the plain unadulterated facts)Saturday saw the 35^th anniversary of Kim Jong Il's cultural masterpiece "Theory of Cinematic Art" . It serves as a great programme for the building of socialist literature and art as it systematizes the Juche-oriented literary and art ideas and theories and methods in an integral manner.

The work has originality, great attraction and vitality as it systematizes from a new angle all issues arising in building and creating socialist literature and art as a Juche-oriented idea and theory of literature and art and guiding method and evolves all-round theories of politics, economy, ideology, morality and culture and all other fabrics of social life and all fields. The theory of seed whose validity has been fully proved not only in the field of literature and art but in all fields of revolution and construction today, in particular, was enunciated by Kim Jong Il in a unique manner in the days when he brought about a radical turn in the movie industry and literature and art.

He never laid down the great guidelines for building the Juche-oriented literature and art in his study or in his office. These were provided in the crucible of the dynamic drive to effect a signal turn in the movie industry. Herein lies another aspect of the greatness, scientific accuracy and truth of his ideas and theories. He also brought about a radical turn in the fields of opera and drama, thereby effecting a signal turn in literature, music, fine art and all other fields of literature and art. Korea of Juche thus witnessed the renaissance of the 20th century that startled the world people, concludes the article.

Just to underline this point here is an example of Korean animation in which a child foils a US invasion, learns geometry in the process then forms a maths cell in accordance with Juche principles. Enjoy!

Getting a wry laugh out of KCNA is a bit like shooting fish in a barrel, eh?