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December 20, 2011 04:24 PM
The Great Teacher of Journalists: Kim Jong-il
How the Dear Leader was (and was not) like your editor
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il has died. A couple of days, perhaps, after the Dear Leader passed, the state news agency informed the people, citing Kim’s “overwork” on behalf of North Koreans and related “mental and physical strain.” Strain at least some of which can be attributed to the work required to maintain the country’s standing, for some ten years...
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