You may have heard stories from North Korea’s state media that sound just plain silly. Like the time, Kim Jong-Il phoned the North Korean soccer coach during their World Cup match against Brazil with the invisible phone he invented. Or the time Kim Jong-Il played golf for the first time and finished with 11 holes-in-one. The list goes on.
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Russian state media is following North Korea’s playbook in the way it presents President Vladimir Putin. After all, there isn’t anything Putin can’t do.
He’s skilled in Judo martial arts . . .
He’s a race car driver …
He’s an archeologist …
… And he’s a stud who goes hunting shirtless.
But he also has a soft side.
Although this may seem silly to the rest of the western world, there’s a reason behind this image.
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