Was it a supernote? “A Russian man attempted to pass off a phony $100 bill at the New Hampshire State Liquor store… ‘It turned a color that it’s not supposed to, and when he saw that, he grabbed the bill back and left,’ said Smith… diplomatic immunity might be involved.”
Via the Times: "The exhibition features 400 hand-painted posters dating from the peak of the Dear Leader Kim Sung Il's power in the 1950s to the present regime led by his son, Kim Jong Il." The article has only one image, but has several interesting propaganda quotes.
- #Young Korean Herrenvolk engaging in their version of Agoge, at least according to the New York Times. The two Korean schools mentioned in the article are similar to Exeter or Andover in the United States in someways (they are private academies that serve children of affluent parents). But my guess is that the studious atmosphere and intense regimen compare more to the likes of Stuyvesant (my alma mater) in NYC or T.J. in Virginia (both highly selective, but publicly-funded high schools).
- #North Korea claims that on 25 April 1932 the Korean People’s Army (KPA, 조선인민군/ Chosŏn inmin'gun) was formed. However, the more likely accurate date is 08 February 1948. It is celebrated as “Military Foundation Day” in Kimland.
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June 30th, 2007 at 12:02 am
Note who was involved, and knew or should have known better than to try. Those people are well trained. Just because the fellow with the fake C-note was not just off the plane from the DPRK does not mean that he did not receive it and more like it directly from a fellow employee of one of the suspected super note producers, the identity of which would not be a big surprise to some people. Perhaps this was a product quality assurance test.
June 30th, 2007 at 8:20 am
Perhaps they thought the guy behind the counter in backwater NH wouldn’t check.