North Korea’s ‘pink lady’: the newscaster set to announce the end of the world [link to www.theguardian.com (secure)]

The apocalypse will be televised, and it will be presented by a pink-clad North Korean grandmother announcing the news at a near scream.

Ri Chun-hee is the most prominent face on the North’s Korean Central Television, appearing nearly every time the country takes a step towards fulfilling its nuclear ambitions, delivering the state’s proclamations in a booming voice and brimming with gusto