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Actually Kim Jong Il himself was a huge NBA and Bulls fans and his son probably inherited the love. Madeleine Albright gave Jong Il a basketball signed by Micha
by GBond 13y ago
Actually Kim Jong Il himself was a huge NBA and Bulls fans and his son probably inherited the love. Madeleine Albright gave Jong Il a basketball signed by Michael Jordan.
Kim Jong Il's grandson was seen enjoying a K-pop concert. Perhaps one day external culture can bring upon change where diplomacy has failed in NK.
- joezydeco 13y agoFujimoto seems to take credit for it (via Johnson) "A week later, Shogun-sama [Kim Jong-il] called Fujimoto and informed him that the nannies had been fired: Fujimoto would be the boys' new playmate, a position he would hold until Kim Jong-un was 18. Fujimoto introduced them to video games, remote-control cars, and most important, basketball. Fujimoto's sister in Japan sent him VHS tapes of Bulls playoff games, so Kim Jong-un's first taste of Western hoops came from watching Jordan, Pippen, and Rodman—men who became his heroes."