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North Korea claims to have found a unicorn's lair
Monday, December 3, 2012 - 14:30

The information, which appears to be a suggestion of superiority over South Korea, was provided by the North Korean Institute of History of the Academy of Social Sciences, which claims that this proves that Pyongyang was the origin of ancient Korea.

A curious piece of information was provided by the Institute of History of the Academy of Social Sciences of North Korea when it stated that its archaeologists discovered a real lair of a unicorn, the mythological horse with one horn.

According to the news that was given by the state news agency and highlighted by the British newspaper Daily Mail, specialists found the lair on the outskirts of a temple in Pyongyang, the North Korean capital.

The information, which appears to be the suggestion of superiority over South Korea, highlights that "the discovery of a unicorn's lair, associated with the legend about King Tongmyong, proves that Pyongyang was an ancient capital city of Korea, as well as Kingdom "Koguryo."

It adds that "a rectangular carved stone with the words 'Unicorn Lair' is placed in front of the found place."

"The carved words are believed to date back to the United Koryo period (918-1392). The temple served as a palace for King Tongmyong, containing the lair of his unicorn," the agency said.

In any case, there are those who believe that this news could be a kind of revenge against a joke related to North Korea, which was published by the website The Onion and which fooled a newspaper in China, in which it proclaimed the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as the "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2012.

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