Read this without weeping, if you can. Kim Jong Il is apparently convinced that triplets are dangerous to

his regime. All newborn triplets are therefore removed from their families

and raised in bleak orphanages. Memo to CIA Special Ops: If the problem

with my whack-Kim strategy is that no-one’s willing to do it, may I please

volunteer? (Thanks to the ever-vigilant China e-lobby for this. (To sign

up: e-mail “[email protected]”.)