{"id":14513,"date":"2012-12-02T01:12:12","date_gmt":"2012-12-02T01:12:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-12-02T01:12:12","modified_gmt":"2012-12-02T01:12:12","slug":"North-Korea-Claims-Proof-of-Unicorns-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=14513","title":{"rendered":"North Korea Claims Proof of Unicorns"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Korea may have really outdone itself, not just by claiming it has proof that unicorns exist\u2014in North Korea, obviously\u2014but with the quality of the proof.<\/strong><\/p>\n

From an article in Time<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The unicorn\u2019s grave was rediscovered near a temple in the capital Pyongyang, with a rectangular rock engraved with the words \u2018Unicorn Lair\u2019 at its entrance, according to the report. The report did not elaborate on what further evidence of the royal unicorn\u2019s existence was discovered.<\/p>\n

And keep in mind, this isn’t any garden variety unicorn North Korea is talking about; it was the unicorn ridden by King Dongmyeong, who “lived” from 37 BC to 668 AD and is seen as the founder of the ancient Korean kingdom of Goguryeo.<\/strong> And before you ask, yes, that is the same King Dongmyeong who was born from an egg impregnated by sunlight, the very same that united the tribes and whose line ruled the Korean peninsula for seven centuries. So clearly, he had to ride a unicorn as well.<\/p>\n

But Time also credits the story to politics:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Like most news reports from North Korea, even unicorns are used to underscore the legitimacy of the current regime. \u201cThe discovery proves that Pyongyang was a capital city of Ancient Korea as well as Koguryo (Goguryeo) Kingdom,\u201d the report quoted Jo Hui Sung, director of the History Institute of the National Academy of Sciences, as saying.<\/p>\n

Remember the other exaggerations?<\/strong><\/p>\n

When the country\u2019s former dictator Kim Jong Il died in December 2011, it reported a rock carving glowing brightly and ice near his presumed birthplace to have cracked \u201cso loud, it seemed to shake the Heavens and the Earth\u201d in mourning of the Dear Leader. While he was alive, Kim reportedly invented the hamburger, wrote 1,500 books in three years while at university, and shot eleven holes-in-one the first time he played golf (a feat verified by his 17 bodyguards).<\/p>\n

We’ll believe it when we see it!<\/strong>
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