NK General a Regular Comedian

by Richardson ~ July 25th, 2007. Filed under: Engagement, Korean Politics.

The North Korean general who cracked a Bush joke while meeting with his South Korean counterparts in May this year has struck again:

Lieutenant General Kim Yong Chol opened negotiations Tuesday at the truce village of Panmunjom, which sits in the middle of the heavily fortified border dividing the countries, with a joke he said he got from a U.S. Web site.

A professor asks students: “Which part of the body becomes bigger when a person is stimulated?” A female student is too embarrassed to answer, but a male student provides the correct response: “The eyeball.”

“The reason the female student could not answer the question might have been because her head is full of ugly thoughts,” Kim said. “The professor said it was important to listen to the other person or you may end up giving away your weaknesses.”

The North’s general then applied the “lesson” to the talks that were about to start: “In North-South dialogue, it would be good to listen to the other side’s story carefully rather than insisting on your position.”

Nothing about the importance of Juche or the Dear Leader, though. (H/T Seoul Man)

1 Response to NK General a Regular Comedian

  1. Jon Allen

    It was only after I re-read the story I noticed he got the joke slightly wrong: the correct response should have been ‘pupil’ rather than eyeball.

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