"...this Pyongyang-born heart-throb is every woman's dream come true."
November 28, 2012 5:56 AM   Subscribe

The online version of the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper appears to have fallen for a spoof by the US satirical website, The Onion. The People's Daily ran a 55-page photo spread of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un after he was declared The Onion's Sexiest Man Alive for 2012.
posted by marienbad (3 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz



 
Double.
posted by laconic skeuomorph at 5:58 AM on November 28, 2012


Not a double - more of a sequel.
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 6:00 AM on November 28, 2012


I can't help wondering if they care -- the CCP is perfectly capable of co-opting the Onion if it happens to serve the purpose of promoting solidarity with the DPRK.
posted by McCoy Pauley at 6:03 AM on November 28, 2012


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