"Paul Blay" <ranma@saotome.demon.co.uk> 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."


Rafael Caetano