He is a Samsung Galaxy spokesman, but no one is fingering the Korean brand as the culprit.

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New stories are now being codified in Pyongyang about the Dear Leader's son and successor, Kim Jong Eun that he learned to drive at age 3, that he is a military genius and, most important, that he will protect the pure North Korean people from barbarian outsiders.

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But, is he or any other North Korean soccer player destined for a greater role in history?

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He is 24 years old and has the standard background of a member of the North Korean elite: private school in Switzerland and France, cushy party positions, and unimaginable luxury.

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"Beijing is sending a signal to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that he'd better stop ignoring China's demands and creating instability on the Korean Peninsula, " Prof Shi says.

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The problem at present, he says, is that North Korean farmers plant too many poor-quality seeds in a desperate attempt to boost crops, and do so in soil that is becoming increasingly less fertile.

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Probably getting a glimpse of Rikidozan surrounded by a welcoming crowd, he must have thought: he is Rikidozan the Japanese, not Korean, and it's the same with me, the one who's playing the welcoming music.

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Though Mr. Yoon, 42, is often identified as a Korean-American chef along with peers David Chang and Roy Choi, he'll be cooking Chinese and Southeast Asian food, heavy on what he calls his "pet ingredient": Sichuan peppercorns.

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Song Young Dae, a onetime assistant minister at South Korea's Ministry of Unification and a former negotiator, admits that it is difficult to judge from Seoul how serious an opposition Kim faces or whether he faces any opposition at all but points to a number of signs that the North Korean leader is in control.

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Now we get to see if Korean pop star Psy is really going to turn into an international pop star or if he was just a flash in the pan.

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