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Dutch magician performs for North Korean kids, proving you can find joy just about anywhere

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52% Informative

Jesper Grønkjær visited North Korea to see if he could get a smile from its citizens.

The Dutch magician wowed them with magic tricks with animal balloons, a stuffed ferret, red foam balls, card tricks, and much of his joyful brand of Abracadabra .

He has also performed for Indigenous people in Peru , the descendants of the Incas in the Andes mountains , and the Masai warriors in Tanzania .

VR Score

40

Informative language

32

Neutral language

24

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

43

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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