Stu Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 He kind of dresses like Carl Spackler. _____________________________ Move over Tiger: N. Korea's Kim shot 38 under par his 1st time out Special to World Tribune.com EAST-ASIA-INTEL.COM Wednesday, June 16, 2004 Tiger Woods couldn't hold a candle to North Korea's Kim Jong-Il, if nation's government-controlled media reports are to be believed. South Korea's Pyeonghwa (Peace) Motors Corporation plans to stage an inter-Korean golf game next month in the North's capital city, Pyongyang, company officials say. "We have agreed with North Korean authorities to hold a friendly golf competition between the two Koreas from July 30 to Aug. 5 at a golf course in Pyongyang," said an official at Pyeonghwa Motors, which has started a business venture in North Korea. Fortunately for all entrants, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il will not be playing. If the official government media is to be believed, Kim is easily the greatest golfer, the world has ever seeen. Pyongyang media say North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il enjoys golf, having shot multiple holes-in-one during his first try at the game. He reportedly aced five holes and finished 38 under par on the golf course. The "Great Leader" routinely shoots three or four holes-in-one per round, the government-controlled media reported. The event, to be dubbed a "golf game for peaceful unification of Korea," will be attended by South Korea's top 15 female golfers, including LPGA players, 30 businesspersons and 20 singers and movie stars, the official said. From the North's side, eight female amateur players and dozens of government officials as well as foreign diplomats in Pyongyang would also take part in the friendly game, he said. "They will compete in a 36-hole [competition] for the prize money of 100 million Won ($86,000)," the official said. Park Sang-Kwon, the company's president, was in Pyongyang to work out the details, he said. A portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is displayed at a hotel in the N. Korean capital Pyongyang May 2. North Korea has only one 18-hole golf course in Pyongyang. The North's media have said the 7,000-meter (7,700-yard) course is "in full line with international standards." The course, built in the mid-1980s by North Korean businessmen based in Japan, "bustled with Pyongyang citizens, overseas Koreans and foreigners," the North's official Korean Central News Agency said. Surrounded by a forest and a scenic lake, golfers can enjoy collecting plants and boating during breaks, it said. "The course is not bad. North Koreans seemed to keep it well-managed," said a Pyeonghwa Motors official who has frequently traveled to the North. Kim Dong-Wook, general secretary at South Korea's Golf Association, said golf is almost nonexistent in the North. "We believe there are no professional golfers," he said. Outside their country, North Korean golfers have yet to make a mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afparent Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 If I were a dictator and wanted to make up stories about myself, I think I'd try to make them a little more believable...but that's just me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 remember he doesn't count the foot wedge or the first two putts :laugh: not to forget but his balls had metal in them and the holes he played had a strong magnetic force Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMac Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 I wonder if he has ever aced the "windmill" hole :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted July 7, 2004 Author Share Posted July 7, 2004 Originally posted by 5Arrington6 I wonder if he has ever aced the "windmill" hole :laugh: Every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 This reads like something from The Onion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troyster Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 If he wasn't a murdering tyrant, this guy could be hilarious... He also apparently invented the hamburger as well: Report: Kim Jong Il Introduces Hamburgers to North Korea as 'quality' Food The Associated Press Published: Jul 7, 2004 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has introduced hamburgers to his reclusive, communist country in a campaign to provide "quality" food to university students, media reported Wednesday. The hamburgers were introduced in 2000 and dubbed "gogigyeopbbang," Korean for "double bread with meat," according to the June 29 edition of the North Korean state-run newspaper Minju Joson. The report was carried by South Korea's Yonhap news agency on Wednesday. Although reports from the isolated country have in recent years mentioned the introduction of the American fast food classic, the latest announcement seems to credit the country's leader for their advent. The news marks a curious development for North Korea, where U.S. consumerism is routinely reviled in the official media and people refer to the soft drink Coca Cola as the "cesspool water of American capitalism." Wednesday's report cites leader Kim Jong Il as saying at the time of the hamburger's introduction: "I've made up my mind to feed quality bread and french fries to university students, professors and researchers even if we are in (economic) hardship." The government then built a hamburger plant and Kim Jong Il ordered officials to pay close attention to modernizing mass production, the report was quoted as saying by Yonhap. Hamburgers from the factory were first provided only to students at the elite Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang, but were later provided to other schools, the daily said. Hamburgers are now familiar to many North Koreans, it added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Originally posted by troyster where U.S. consumerism is routinely reviled in the official media and people refer to the soft drink Coca Cola as the "cesspool water of American capitalism." :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC4 Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 The ONLY reason Comrade Kim's score was SOOOOOO low was because all the people watching him play probally had North Korean solders standing behind each of them with an AK-47 pointed at the back of their heads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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