It Makes a Difference to the Sheep

A "protein apple" was one of Mr. Kim's favorite desserts, writes Mr. Seok, who defected to the South in 1998. A "protein apple" was a fruit harvested from a well-nourished tree grown in ground in which dogs and frogs were buried, the book explains.

The dictator only slept under blankets stuffed with fine feathers picked from sparrows' chins, the book says. To make one blanket, 700,000 sparrows were killed. The mattress on his bed and his pillow, "The Taoist Wizard's Pillow" were stuffed with 32 kinds of herbs.

// posted by Kirk @ 9:59 AM