Not Every Day

Dec 30, 2011
by Michael Sean Winters

The other day, on the radio, I heard an NPR report on the funeral of the "dear leader" Kim Jong Il and the report started with masses of Koreans singing "The Internationale." Wow. Not every day you hear that! The NPR reporter did not call attention to the music, which I hope every good leftie still remembers.

I could not find a video of that part of the ceremony but here is a recording of what is really a splendid piece of music in Korean:

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