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Outlook: The North Korean Artist Who Pokes Fun at the Regime

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11/12/2012

The North Korean Artist Who Pokes Fun at the Regime

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The artist who parodies North Korea's propaganda from over the border in the south.

Matthew Bannister presents extraordinary personal stories from around the world.

The North Korean artist Sun Mu who defected to South Korea tells Matthew Bannister how he now parodies his former propaganda. 

We also meet Lonnie Bissonette, the Canadian daredevil who broke his neck jumping off a bridge and now jumps from cliffs in a wheelchair. 

Picture of the former North Korean Leader Kim Jong-il by Sun Mu

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