In Search of Lil' Kim

My close encounters with the wayward son of North Korea's Dear Leader

The plush chairs in the lobby of Macau's Mandarin Oriental Hotel are filled with a cadre of journalists looking distinctly slovenly in their luxurious surroundings. Tripods poke out from underneath couches, cameras rest on tables, and reporters crane their necks to stare down the corridors. The object of the press pack's Friday-night stakeout is not the Prime Minister of Portugal, here on a two-day visit to his country's former colony. Instead, we're hoping to catch a glimpse of a man known for getting busted trying to sneak into Japan to visit Tokyo Disneyland and for his reported ability to drink 10...

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