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Vol. 15 · No. 120 · Wednesday, 7 October 2026

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Kim Jong-Un seen outside Mar-a-Lago blasting 'in your eyes' on boombox

Kim tries to win back his crush.

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MAR-A-LAGO, Fla. — After weeks of near-total diplomatic silence from North Korea following the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, the Hermit Kingdom’s reclusive head of state unexpectedly appeared in this well-to-do Florida town in a whimsical, romantic flourish.

Surprised residents watched as Kim Jong-Un stood just outside former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, clad in a brown trench coat, holding a large boombox radio with a tape deck over his head, loudly blasting Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes.”

“We’ve been trying to reach him since February,” complained U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, when word reached him of the despot’s soulful overture. “But Chairman Kim has made it clear he just doesn’t have feelings for us. He doesn’t even have a U.S. entry visa!

“I’d be mad, but watching Kim try to win back his crush, it’s so darn cute.”

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