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Review: The Orphan Master’s Son
Posted on August 30, 2012 by E.F. Sunland
Like everyone else, I read through the surge in articles after Kim Jong Il’s death to learn more about his cult of personality with morbid fascination. The North Korean propaganda machine perpetuates such myths as Kim Jong Il being a demi-god able to control the…
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