March 5, 2004

HE EVEN MARRIED THE QUEEN OF DIAMONDS:

North Korea warms to Kerry presidency bid (Andrew Ward and James Harding, March 4 2004, Financial Times)

North Korea's state-controlled media are well known for reverential reporting about Kim Jong-il, the country's dictatorial leader.

But the Dear Leader is not the only one getting deferential treatment from the communist state's propaganda machine: John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic candidate, is also getting good play in Pyongyang.

In the past few weeks, speeches by the Massachusetts senator have been broadcast on Radio Pyongyang and reported in glowing terms by the Korea Central News Agency (KCNA), the official mouthpiece of Mr Kim's communist regime.


Heck, his birthday is a national holiday in Vietnam.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 5, 2004 5:30 PM
Comments

The North Korean News Agency is not to be missed. Hard to believe it isn't a parody at times...

Posted by: Mike Earl at March 5, 2004 5:39 PM

This is remarkable - how would any candidate have received the Soviet endorsement?

Hard to believe a major media reporter won't ask Kerry about this, but I'm not holding my breath. Meanwhile, how would the Democrats respond to an ad showing Kim Il-Jong, with the words "endorsing John Kerry" underneath? It might force Al Gore's hand, eh?

Posted by: jim hamlen at March 5, 2004 6:05 PM

"The Manchurian Candidate" reference? One of the pleasures of your site is figuring these out.

Posted by: at March 5, 2004 6:14 PM

And my great pleasure is coming up with ones that the Other Brother is forced to ask me about when even Google fails.

Posted by: oj at March 5, 2004 7:11 PM

Jim's right - an ad showing Kerry being endorsed by NK, Iran, Saudia Arabia, the Palestinians, etc. would do wonders for his campaign.

Posted by: AWW at March 5, 2004 11:08 PM
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