Phone home
Always keen to impress an image of strength and prosperity upon his countrymen and the international media in general, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was photographed using a newly made smartphone at a factory. The Korean Central News Agency says the device is entirely the country's own work. But experts elsewhere suggest that this technological achievement may not be quite what it seems. They point out that the phone is visible in the photo in its finished form, complete with packaging. It is curious that not a single photo exists of the phone's production line or its individual components, and reports suggest that the devices were probably made in neighbouring China. (Source: Rocket News)
Some things won't fly
1. In 2004, a biology professor was stopped by security staff at Boston's Logan International Airport because he had the severed head of a harbour seal in his carry-on bag. He said he found it on a beach during his holiday and cut off the head to use in teaching his students.
2. In 2009, an Australian man returning from Dubai was stopped with two live pigeons wrapped in padded envelopes at his calves and secured under a pair of black tights.
