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With special guests, The Harlem Globetrotters. Of course, full credit to VICE for this bizarre diplomatic mission/cultural mash-up. To learn more, we’ll have to wait for their eponymous HBO series to premiere on April 5. [NORTH KOREA HAS A FRIEND IN DENNIS RODMAN AND VICE]
North Korea announced that they discovered the lair of King Tongmyong’s unicorn, proving that Pyongyang was the capital of ancient Korea. Well, that settles that. [The Atlantic]
A North Korean assassin was caught with a ball point pen containing a poisoned needle. Stop laughing, Israel. [CNN]
It’s not news to report that 2011 was a tough financial year on the international front. China, this decade’s promised capitalist wave-maker, saw its economic growth continue to cool, despite inflation coming (relatively) under control. Europe started and ended the year a mess, with the bottom expected to fall out … Read More
