# North Korea's Kim Jong Un - Sexiest Man Alive! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-sexiest-man-alive/642273 "2012-11-27T16:25:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-sexiest-man-alive/642273/1 "2012-11-27T16:25:33Z")
Yes, [it’s big news in China](http://english.people.com.cn/90777/8035568.html). Good thing they have The Onion to rely on. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-sexiest-man-alive/642273/2 "2012-11-27T16:29:22Z")
Oh, Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-sexiest-man-alive/642273/3 "2012-11-27T16:30:43Z")
That is a win. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-sexiest-man-alive/642273/4 "2012-11-27T16:32:32Z")
Kim Jong – Unsexiest man alive. Got it. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-sexiest-man-alive/642273/5 "2012-11-27T17:10:58Z")
Stupid Commies! [Here’s a Guardian story](http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/27/china-kim-jong-un) on this. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-sexiest-man-alive/642273/6 "2012-11-27T17:19:33Z")
To ensure Kim Jong Un retains his title of Sexiest Man Alive, North Korea has enacted a law requiring all cute babies to be killed at birth. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-sexiest-man-alive/642273/7 "2012-11-27T18:10:30Z")
Which explains why the North Koreans [invaded Spokane](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1234719/). They were really trying to get Chris Hemsworth (#3 People’s Sexiest Man Alive, 2012). Channing Tatum and Blake Shelton should be worried. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-sexiest-man-alive/642273/8 "2012-11-27T19:04:56Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > Yes, [it’s big news in China](http://english.people.com.cn/90777/8035568.html). > > Good thing they have The Onion to rely on. Now all we need is for the onion to run with it… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-sexiest-man-alive/642273/9 "2012-11-27T19:19:53Z")
An entire freaking country and no one competent barber or tailor. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-sexiest-man-alive/642273/10 "2012-11-27T19:21:11Z")
People’s Daily Online - The Best Newspaper Alive! ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-sexiest-man-alive/642273/11 "2012-11-27T20:54:35Z")
::sigh:: Some guys just have it all. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-sexiest-man-alive/642273/12 "2012-11-27T22:06:59Z")
He looks like one of the stooges with a really bad wig. Even for them. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-sexiest-man-alive/642273/13 "2012-11-28T00:52:10Z")
> [@drachillix](#): > > Now all we need is for the onion to run with it… They have. From [The Onion](http://www.theonion.com/articles/kim-jongun-named-the-onions-sexiest-man-alive-for,30379/): UPDATE: For more coverage on The Onion’s Sexiest Man Alive 2012, Kim Jong-Un, please visit our friends at the People’s Daily in China, a proud Communist subsidiary of The Onion, Inc. Exemplary reportage, comrades. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-sexiest-man-alive/642273/14 "2012-11-28T04:04:13Z")
BBC TV has picked this up. It’s among the stories at the top-of-the-news hour round-up, and they’re pointing fingers and laughing. Hope some poor editor at the _People’s Daily_ doesn’t get sent to a reeducation camp for this. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-sexiest-man-alive/642273/15 "2012-11-28T07:36:39Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > BBC TV has picked this up. It’s among the stories at the top-of-the-news hour round-up, and they’re pointing fingers and laughing. Hope some poor editor at the _People’s Daily_ doesn’t get sent to a reeducation camp for this. 😃 Fired yes, reeducation camp doubtfull. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-sexiest-man-alive/642273/16 "2012-11-28T09:41:36Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Stupid Commies! > > [Here’s a Guardian story](http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/27/china-kim-jong-un) on this. The New York Times picked it up too! [Kim Jong-un Seems to Get a New Title: Heartthrob](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/28/world/asia/chinese-news-site-cites-onion-piece-on-kim-jong-un.html) [Something Missing in Chinese Newspaper’s Entirely Accurate Summary of Onion Report](http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/something-missing-in-chinese-newspapers-entirely-accurate-summary-of-onion-report/?ref=asia) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-sexiest-man-alive/642273/17 "2012-11-28T16:24:11Z")
Man, BBC is really going to town on this. They’re still going on about it. Right now, they’re interviewing a Chinese journalist about how the _People’s Daily_ could fall for this sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-sexiest-man-alive/642273/18 "2012-11-28T16:59:17Z")
Well, to be fair, they also quoted election predictions from Fox News during the election…so what is the difference between taking info from Fox News or The Onion? ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-sexiest-man-alive/642273/19 "2012-11-28T18:01:36Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > The New York Times picked it up too! > > [Kim Jong-un Seems to Get a New Title: Heartthrob](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/28/world/asia/chinese-news-site-cites-onion-piece-on-kim-jong-un.html) > > [Something Missing in Chinese Newspaper’s Entirely Accurate Summary of Onion Report](http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/something-missing-in-chinese-newspapers-entirely-accurate-summary-of-onion-report/?ref=asia) Aaaand it all goes back to… THE ONION! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FlyByNight512](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/82dd89/32.png) [@FlyByNight512](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyByNight512)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-sexiest-man-alive/642273/20 "2012-11-28T20:17:07Z")
You’ve got to admit the photo they’re running is a good one - shows strength, nobility, refinement, grace. Pity about the rider, though. (Glamor photos involving horses are pretty notorious for showing poorly cared for creatures in badly fitting tack that are visibly pissed off. Whatever else you might say about Kim Jong-Un, the horse is wearing well-fitting tack, a mild bit, and looks well cared for. And he’s not hauling on the reins.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-sexiest-man-alive/642273.md?page=2)