According to the Korean Central News Agency, the lair the mythical creature is located 200 meters (about 219 yards) from the Yongmyong Temple in Pyongyang. A rock that sits in front of the lair contains carvings that some believe date back to the period of the Koryo Kingdom (918-1392), the outlet notes.
The director of the History Institute of the DPRK Academy of Social Sciences, which discovered the lair, cited Korean history books as proof. Jo Hui Sung explained the history to the paper:
The Sogyong (Pyongyang) chapter of the old book 'Koryo History' (geographical book), said: Ulmil Pavilion is on the top of Mt. Kumsu, with Yongmyong Temple, one of Pyongyang's eight scenic spots, beneath it. The temple served as a relief palace for King Tongmyong, in which there is the lair of his unicorn.
The old book 'Sinjungdonggukyojisungnam' (Revised Handbook of Korean Geography) complied in the 16th century wrote that there is a lair west of Pubyok Pavilion in Mt. Kumsu.
It should be noted that North Korea's propaganda machine is famous for churning out unusual stories, including the details of Kim Jon Il's "divine birth" and the "peculiar natural wonders" that occurred as the Earth mourned the death of the Dear Leader, the Global Post reports.
While still alive, Kim also reportedly invented the hamburger, wrote 1,500 books in college and shot 11 holes-in-one the first time he played golf, according to Time magazine.
On the other hand, unicorn sightings around the world crop up from time to time, including one last January In Canada that was eventually revealed to be a publicity stunt.
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Source has been banished to the moon for the past thousand years.
canada would.
Old Gods are so Dragon Age 1 Flemeth!
Ah the mighty North Korean News Agency being as reliable as always. I'd rather trust the Foal Free Press.
And then I read the whole thing, and now I'm just lol-ing. But I suppose it is useful to know that one should never go golfing with a North Korean dictator.
Who needs food; we got mufukkin' unicorns up in here.
This is glorious.
Kiringul is one of the sites associated with King Tongmyŏng, the founder of Koguryŏ, an ancient Korean kingdom. The thrust of the North Korean government's announcement is that it claims to have discovered Kiringul, and thus to have proven that Pyongyang is the modern site of the ancient capital of Koguryŏ.
I think it's pretty well accepted that the progenitors of the Koreans came from hte area that's now Mongolia. Koguryo's location is generally more analogous with modern North Korea, however, while the modern South spent more time being controlled by Silla and Paechke.
Anyway, IIRC, the progenitor of modern Korea was Choson, not Koryo. (The class was a year ago, though...)
So I Googled this and found a article with video!