North Korea Claims Archaeologists Have Found 'Unicorn Lair' In Pyongyang 182
eldavojohn writes "NPR pointed out a press release claiming that North Korean archaeologists have found a 'unicorn lair' in Pyongyang. The members of the History Institute of the DPRK Academy of Social Sciences have "reconfirmed" that this site was used for King Tongmyong's unicorn where the unicorn would concoct his unicorn schemes and do his unicorn things if anyone ventured too closely. The last line is, perhaps, the most important line of the article, 'The discovery of the unicorn lair, associated with legend about King Tongmyong, proves that Pyongyang was a capital city of Ancient Korea as well as Koguryo Kingdom.' Fear not that North Korea is surpassing the world in cryptozoology, Dr. Melba S. Ketchum of Nacogdoches, TX has claimed to have recently sequenced Bigfoot's DNA and he's part human."
Re:May I be the first to say (Score:5, Informative)
What the hell? Also, how in the heck does something THIS RETARDED land on the front page?
It's Idle. Remove the section from your preferences instead of bitching, please.
Chinese unicorns (Score:5, Informative)
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Re:Chinese unicorns (Score:2, Informative)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qilin
I'm starting a "retarded stories" list (Score:1, Informative)
- 'Unicorn Lair' In Pyongyang [slashdot.org] (stupid)
- 'Kidney For iPad' [slashdot.org] (tabloid fodder)
- Plastic Found on Mars [slashdot.org] (pwned)
- Earthshaking Discovery On Mars [slashdot.org] (fake)
Anyone have any other stories to add? At this rate I won't be surprised to read a story about My Little Pony on here soon.
What the actual Korean news story said (Score:5, Informative)
IO9's article [io9.com] about what the story's really about. First of all, a Kirin isn't really that much like a unicorn, though it is a mythical beast. But it's really about finding a site related to Tongmyng, ruler of an ancient kingdom in northern Korea, who was symbolized by the Kirin, kind of like calling somebody "The Dragon King" or whatever. There's some question about whether their announcement is more like "we found some cities from Troy / another Mayan pyramid / etc." type of history or more like "We found King Arthur's castle Camelot" sort of national mythology, which would certainly be the kind of thing you'd do when you've got a new Fearless Leader.