From the Department of "No Pun Intended"

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My feed reader delivered this headline from the Wall Street Journal:  "North Korea Says Leader Not Ill."

Of course not.  He's "Il."  (Barrump-bump!)

But don't call him Mr. Il.  He is Mr. Kim.  Korean surnames come first followed by their given name.  According to answerbag.com, he shares this most popular surname with 22 percent of Koreans.

The headline on the link is different from what was delivered to my feed reader.  Perhaps someone noticed the odd way that it sounded.

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