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August 7, 2012

Wedding Gifts for Kim Jong-un

Tom Plate, Japan Times

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I guess I am a sucker for old-fashioned romance. When I heard about the stunning marriage of Kim Jong Un, the young new leader of North Korea, to the lovely Ri Sol Ju, apparently a professional singer, I hurriedly buried the ideological hatchet and grabbed the latest BRIDES magazine to figure out what would be a trendy wedding present for the happy couple.

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