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...Jong Il's Bodyguard (2002) By: Lee Young Kuk, part of Kim's posse for 10 years Dirt: The Dear Leader banned secretaries from wearing hairpins in his office, fearing that they might be used to assassinate...
...ordered a film produced that analyzed the weak points of the U.S. military. The conclusion: Iraq lost because it lacked the will to attack U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia and explode gas and oil pipelines. He made his military officials watch the film to boost morale. But Lee Young Kuk, a former bodyguard to Kim, says his ex-boss "is afraid of the U.S. He knows he can't beat them...
Still, Kim likes his fun. A big drinker, he was observed during his summit with Kim Dae Jung knocking back 10 glasses of wine. Former bodyguard Lee Young Kuk says that at one of Kim's luxurious palaces on the sea, his boss would tool around on a body board in a vast swimming pool equipped with a wave machine, while a female doctor and a pretty nurse swam behind. Kim has been reported to have three wives but maintains a reputation for womanizing. In a recent tell-all book, Russian security agent Konstantin Pulikovsky, who accompanied...
...Koreans can only estimate how much is missing or destroyed, they are very aware of how many important pieces of their cultural heritage now reside in Japan. Many ancient Korean books and examples of celadon can be found only in Japanese collections. Laments Park Sang Kuk, director of Korea's National Research Institute of Cultural Properties: "If a Korean wants to study Korean cultural assets, he has to go to Japan. That's what I can't stand...
...survived by his parents, Kuk Nam and Jong Geum Jo of Cerritos, Calif., and an older brother, Chang B. Jo '93, of New York City...