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Report: North Korea’s other Kim wanted Jean-Claude Van Damme to solve terrorism

Before Kim Jong Un took over leadership in North Korea, his older brother Jong Chul was considered to inherit the position, and he had a brilliant plan to fight terrorism around the world. Namely: 1990s martial arts movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme.

According to a new report from The New Yorker, Jong Chul once penned poem called “My Ideal World” that included the lines, “If I had my ideal world I would not allow weapons and atom bombs anymore. I would destroy all terrorists with the Hollywood star Jean-Claude Van Damme.”

 

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Before Kim Jong Un took over leadership in North Korea, his older brother Jong Chul was considered to inherit the position, and he had a brilliant plan to fight terrorism around the world. Namely: 1990s martial arts movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme.

According to a new report from The New Yorker, Jong Chul once penned poem called “My Ideal World” that included the lines, “If I had my ideal world I would not allow weapons and atom bombs anymore. I would destroy all terrorists with the Hollywood star Jean-Claude Van Damme.”

 

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