World Notes

In the north, daddyies are forever (or at least the Big Daddy is). In the south, more and more men are SAHD.

So is the story of Korea today. Deceased Kim Il Sung, father of today's North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, is "eternal president." In South Korea, according to the National Statistics Office, unemployed men who raise their children and take care of household affairs number 151,000, up 42.5 percent since 2003.

** SAHD or immortal. Quite a Hobson's choice for fathers. **