Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf2.xephion.ne.jp!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.heimat.gr.jp!taurus!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!proxad.net!postnews2.google.com!not-for-mail From: worthj1970@yahoo.com (John W.) Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: North Korea Urges Refugees to Return to 'Warm Home' Date: 27 Aug 2004 15:05:30 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 26 Message-ID: <73fde4f0.0408271405.1c2cb714@posting.google.com> References: <73fde4f0.0408201141.5eec0742@posting.google.com> <3NsVc.5670$FV3.2683@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com> <73fde4f0.0408230858.55a84a5a@posting.google.com> <412A23BB.38126B1D@yahoo.co.jp> <94a6da7.0408260840.734bea8b@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.32.36.230 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1093644331 20224 127.0.0.1 (27 Aug 2004 22:05:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 22:05:31 +0000 (UTC) Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:17559 rcaetano7@yahoo.com (Rafael Caetano) wrote in message news:<94a6da7.0408260840.734bea8b@posting.google.com>... > "Paul Blay" wrote in message > (...) > > Maybe not so unlikely. There's a lot of concern about growth > > retardation due to > > poor nutrition in North Korea - a couple of soldiers whose boat was > > blown into > > South Korea's waters by a storm decided to return because they were > > intimidated by the height of South Korean women. > > > > Now don't do anything awkward like ask for a link because I just > > http://www.detnews.com/2004/nation/0402/15/nation-63770.htm > > "Starting in the mid-1990s, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (who > reportedly wears elevator shoes to enhance his 5-3 height) ordered > people to do special exercises designed to make them taller. As a > result, it is not uncommon to see students hanging from rings or > parallel bars for as long as 30 minutes. Basketball is also promoted > as a national sport to instill the yearning for height." > If all those things and a lot of wishful thinking worked, I'd be a lot taller than I am now. But mabye it keeps the people from thinking about their empty bellies. John W.