Tagged: Kim Jong-Un

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep, with a case of product placement. Corporations pay millions to have their products turn up in the hands of famous people, but somehow they were not thrilled when a photo showed a smartphone on a table next to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. This set off fevered speculation about which brand it was.

If satire had an Olympics, The Onion might have won a gold medal this week. The satirical news source announced that its Sexiest Man Alive for 2012 is Kim Jong Un, North Korea's Supreme Leader.

NPR Shanghai correspondent Frank Langfitt sends in an update on one of this week's more amusing stories: