Pizza for Kim Jong-il

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Part 1: I made pizza for Kim Jong-il
Part 2: Hot ovens at the seaside
Part 3: The great man eats

BBC Article: Pizza for the 'Dear Leader'

"North Korea's leaders flew top Italian pizza chefs to Pyongyang for luxury banquets at the height of the Stalinist country's famine, it has been reported.
Whilst the public starved on grass, seaweed and cabbage stalks, the country's elite was learning how to make the finest pizza, an Italian financier has revealed."

Ermanno Furlanis is a good chef AND a good writer! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif
 

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Apparently, they also had a fireworks spectacular last April to celebrate their dear leader:

Train blast was 'a plot to kill North Korea's leader

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Officials investigating the devastating North Korean train explosion in April now believe that the blast was an assassination attempt on the country's leader, Kim Jong-il.
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Now, however, officials close to the investigation believe that a mobile telephone was used to detonate the train's deadly cargo of ammonium nitrate and fuel. The remains of a mobile handset, with adhesive tape attached, have been found at the scene of the blast.

Hours before the train exploded, killing more than 160 people and injuring 1,300, Mr Kim passed through the town by train on his way back from China.
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In light of the Ryongchon evidence, Pyongyang has banned North Koreans from using mobile telephones, hoping to prevent a repeat attack.

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-Bill
 

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Fron the same article:

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The sudden decision, made a fortnight ago, dealt a severe blow to the state-owned mobile telephone operator, the only one in the country, which had just started to make a profit.

Initially, the mobile service was suspended. Later, handsets were confiscated from nearly 10,000 private and corporate owners by officials from the Ministry of People's Security (MPS). The official reason given was that the regime was struggling to intercept and control conversations, given the explosion in mobile telephone customers.

Aggrieved North Koreans, who had to pay about $360 (£200) for a simple handset - the average monthly wage is about $4 (£2.20) - complain that they have been left in the lurch.

They are unaware of the secret inquiry into the train blast - indeed most ordinary North Koreans know little about the explosion. The strictly-controlled state media has never mentioned that Mr Kim's train passed through Ryongchon a few hours before the explosion.

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-Bill
 
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