Yuri Irsenovich Kim a.k.a. Kim Jong Il is dead, but where was he born?

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Yuri Irsenovich Kim a.k.a. Kim Jong Il is dead, but where was he born?

From the very start, Kim Jong Il’s life has been shrouded in mystery. According to official North Korean biographers, the Dear Leader was born on Mount Paektu under a double rainbow and the a…

via Tomas van Houtryve | Journal: http://tomasvanhoutryve.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/yuri-irsenovich-kim-a-k-a-kim-jong-il-is-dead-but-where-was-he-born/

According to official North Korean biographers, the Dear Leader was born on Mount Paektu under a double rainbow and the appearance of a new star in the heavens. Earlier this year I visited the bizarre and eerily beautiful volcano-lake which straddles the China-North Korean border