Friday, December 7, 2012

Kim Jong Il`s Former Chef Tells All

Kenji Fujimoto speaks to reporters at Beijing airport after returning from North Korea. Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters

North Korea: Kim Jong Il's Sushi Chef Dishes Out -- Global Post

Kenji Fujimoto correctly predicted the Kim dynasty chain of succession. Now he says we should expect a rocket launch.

TOKYO, Japan — North Korea is hardly a shrinking violet when it comes to promoting itself as a workers' paradise. But the state's impressive propaganda machine aside, the information void has been largely filled by dissidents and the few outsiders to have gained access to the elite circle that runs the Hermit Kingdom.

The most unlikely member of that group is Kenji Fujimoto, a Japanese sushi chef, who has succeeded in shedding light on the secretive regime where seasoned North Korea hands have failed.

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More News On Kim Jong Il`s Former Chef

Kim Jong-Il's Former Sushi Chef Reveals Former Supreme Leader's Favorite Fish -- Yhe Atlantic
Chef offers new tidbit on North Korean leader -- Washington Post
Tears of Joy From Pyongyang’s Most Famous Chef? -- Wall Street Journal
N. Korea's Kim 'reluctantly firing rocket to mark his father's death' -- The Telegraph
Defected sushi chef: Kim Jong Eun’s secret birthday is Jan. 8, 1983 -- Washington Post
Japanese chef dishes on North Korean leader and missile launch -- Christian Science Monitor

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