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By Lee Han-soo
A whirlwind of memes and jokes about "Pokemon Go" are spiraling here because Nintendo's location-based hunting game is known to be available in North Korea.
Memes include North Korea's young leader, Kim Jong-un, ordering his cyberforces to distribute rare pokemons in northern parts of the inter-Korean border so game-addicted South Koreans will cross the heavily armed demarcation line to catch them.
They also include Kim pointing at a huge pink fish, with the quote: "Just caught Magikarp," a game character.
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There are rumors that rare, high-scoring pokemons are hidden in the truce village of Panmunjom. Some netizens claim the game maker has hidden "Mewtwo," one of the strongest pokemons in the early series, in Punggye-ri, North Korea's underground nuclear test site.
Others say a "Dragonite" is at the summit of Mt. Baekdu, the tallest mountain on the Korean Peninsula, on the North Korea-China border.
There is even talk of a legendary pokemon under Kim's palace in Pyongyang.
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