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[lorenchristopher]

Kim Jong-un named Sexiest Man Alive for 2012

The Onion has announce that North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un, 29, has officially been named the newspaper�s Sexiest Man Alive for the year 2012.

�With his devastatingly handsome, round face, his boyish charm, and his strong, sturdy frame, this Pyongyang-bred heartthrob is every woman�s dream come true,� the paper reported.

�Blessed with an air of power that masks an unmistakable cute, cuddly side,� Kim made the newspaper�s editorial board swoon with �his impeccable fashion sense, chic short hairstyle, and, of course, that famous smile,� according to the paper.

�He has that rare ability to somehow be completely adorable and completely macho at the same time,� Onion Style and Entertainment editor Marissa Blake-Zweibel said.

�And that�s the quality that makes him the sort of man women want, and men want to be. He�s a real hunk with real intensity who also knows how to cut loose and let his hair down.�

Added Blake-Zweibel, �Ri Sol-ju is one lucky lady, that�s for sure!� (The onion)

With today�s announcement, Kim joins the ranks of The Onion�s prior �Sexiest Man Alive� winners, including:
� 2011: Bashar al-Assad
� 2010: Bernie Madoff
� 2009: Charles and David Koch (co-winners)
� 2008: Ted Kaczynski
� 2007: T. Herman Zweibel

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2012/11/511_125019.html

*facepalm*

[hogwonguy1979]

the Korean translation mentions The Onion is a satire site so nothing new here

[aq8knyus]

18일(현지시간) CNN방송 등 현지 언론에 따르면 신랄한 풍자물로 유명한 인터넷매체 `디 어니언(The Onion)'은 김정은을 `2012년 살아있는 최고의 섹시 남성(Sexist Man Alive for the year 2012)'으로 뽑았다.

[highstreet]

Thread delete in progress

[lorenchristopher]

They couldn't have put "the satirical news source the Onion...." in any of those sentences in the English article? Why is it in the Korean version but not the English?

[hogwonguy1979]

well that it ran in the KT and the Chinese paper has now gotten a mention in the NY Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/28/world/asia/chinese-news-site-cites-onion-piece-on-kim-jong-un.html?hp

Also Chris Matthews today on "Hardball" on MSNBC mentioned it in his "sideshow" segment, but he didn't mention that the KT also ran it

[John Stamos jr.]

Slow Newsday story.

[dairyairy]

Didn't the Korea Times also run one of the Weekly World News stories about the Loch Ness Monster winning the lottery as a serious story?

[dairyairy]

The Korea Times removed the article?

[schwa]

In the print edition yesterday they ran the story quite prominently under the headline "China's party paper falls for Onion joke about Kim Jong-un."

[PatrickGHBusan]

Loren the paper was MAKING fun of the Chinese news agency that quoted the Onion without knowing it was a satire...

Read up before you set yourself on fire in outrage Loren (that was a joke too )

[fezmond]