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11 July 2012

Kim Jong-un’s alleged girlfriend Hyon Song-wol sings “Excellent Horse-Like Lady“

North Korean leader's "mystery woman" is a formerly married pop star.

By Caroline Crampton

This is a guest post from the NS’s web editor, Caroline Crampton.

Kim Jong-il may be gone, but fortunately for the rest of us, his talent for the unutterably bizarre appears to have been hereditary.

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