In this case Mr Gangnam´s career as a smuggler between the North/South korean border
Like many foods exist in different countries and sometimes
one country cannot prove for certain who actually came up with the recipe.
Or where the true dish was made for the first time.
Between Canada and the States it´s apple pie.
Between Germany and Austria it´s schnitzel.
Between Argentina and Brazil it´s Barbecued beef.
Australia and new zealand Pavalova.
Can you guess which food divides the Kores?
Yes it´s KIMCHI spicy vegetables pickled overtime.
The point is South Korea always had access to the rest of asia´s and the world´s food and
North Korea closed itself off. As one of the things peasants in north korea make the most, KIMCHI
became like an art and most connoisseurs around asia would get KIMCHI on the blackmarket from the north.
Few in the west Comment but the KIMCHI in south Korea doesn´t have the same tanginess.
So between the borders were young teenage Koreans who would smuggle the KIMCHI across from the totalitarian north to the free south.
Psy Gangnam was one of those smugglers and earned a pretty penny crossing no man´s land with that
real asian sauerkraut.
He was hired at sixteen by one of his father´s friend´s who owned a food emporium at first he would be able to dress up as school boy and pretend he was lost, this got him over the border both ways and allowed him to earn the money that funded his obsession with matchbox cars. The soldiers would stop him often to look in his bag, it was always full of KIMCHI but the guards believed it was his lunch and that he was a stupid peasant, so they let him through.
But then South Korea figured out the fact kim chi was being moved and became highly offended by the fact that their own KIMCHI was not as good as the north.
South korean officials were very upset and the walls and watchtowers were enforced and agents were dispersed. The borders were now fortified and lots of smugglers were caught.
Psy Gangnam wasn´t caught though and continued his escapades.
All border surveillance had become much more extreme, there were spotlights now.
Young Gangnam despite being alittle fat(also obsessed with south korean dumplings) could run very fast and as he climbed through tunnels and sneaked through alleys, border guards found it difficult to catch him.
At the main corridor between north and south Psy would have to run atleast 25 metres between spotlights, the guards had also mounted a heavy machine gun on the south Korean side. Though none of the guards had had any formal training, They were encouraged to shoot anyone on sight by the officials.
One night when psy was making his rounds the spotlight caught him and the guards in the tower primed the gun!
Psy ran close to the wall using it to launch himself up as the bullets ricocheted off the concrete all around him. He managaed to get through and slip into a drain just big enough to accomodate his beer belly.
The Guards were enthralled by his antics and when the boring routine of daily life started the very next day they watched the security camera footage again and again.
Psy was told he could resign if he wanted to by his father´s friend and was paid quite a sum for his smuggling.
The first thing psy did was buy the most expensive and most comfortable running shoes he could find.
And started dance lessons to improve his agility on the run.
He went back to his boss and asked if he could do one more load!
His boss and his father cautioned him and told him it was suicide.
He showed them his new shoes and said "They´ll never have a chance now that I have these amazing shoes!"
So Psy went out again across the border for north korean KIMCHI. He thought this time he would be able to sneak his way between the spotlights so that the guards wouldn´t notice him and if push came to shove he would run and they wouldn´t be able to get him. Though as soon as he was out of the alley he heard footsteps behind him and wouldn´t have time to sneak through the lights. So he sprinted and both spotlights went on him and the machine guns opened up. But there were no ricochets and he could hear music coming from the watch tower they were playing mc hammer "Can´t touch this" as psy was making his springy escape. The guards were shooting blanks on purpose!
He could see another guard in no mans land with him, it looked like an RPG on his shoulder. "Oh no" it was a video camera he was being filmed!
Psy did get by the guards but felt as though he was being mocked thus giving up his smuggling career
but it didn´t matter he had enough money to keep himself going for along time and between dance competitions and matchbox cars he didn´t have time for anything else when...
A few years later an entertainer got his hands on the footage, the entertainer was very rich much like Psy Gangnam´s father´s friend. Infact the two knew each other, it wasn´t long before Psy Gangnam was called up to star in a pop video and from there make history! So now you know the real story of gangnam and KIMCHI! But don't tell many people because not everything you read is true.
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