K-Pop Phenom Psy Held By Korean, US Authorities

[jberryhill]

Seoul - Popular Korean rapper PSY was arrested today at his home after US Army signal intelligence discovered that his trademark "Gangnam Style" dance can be used to disarm mine detonators and cross the de-militarized zone, or DMZ, which separates North and South Korea. The two Koreas are still technically at war, having never reached an agreement to end it, and an uneasy ceasefire is kept by a two mile wide zone, filled with landmines, and backed up by 38,000 US troops.

In recent years, the DMZ has seen a resurgence of wildlife due to its status as a literal "no man's land". This caused problems with the defensive minefields, as resurgent herds deer and other animals would often trigger explosions. So researchers at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland developed a seismic trigger for the mines which seismically identify vehicular and human foot traffic, to reduce Monty Pythonesque carnage in the DMZ.

Enter PSY and the Gangnam Dance

An off-duty platoon stationed at Panmunjon decided to make a YouTube parody of the Psy viral video, as has been done by many military units and service academies. A mixup in choreography led to them hopping, side stepping, and cantering about a quarter of the way into the DMZ before they realized the mistake. But it inadvertently led to discovery of what some believe is a hack.

A spokesman for the Korean Defense Ministry said, "At this point we just want to clear up whether this is just an odd coincidence," although privately some US and Korean officials have suggested analysis of the mine system and the dance show that only the specific Gangnam dance sequence is capable of crossing the DMZ. "If you think about it," said one source with knowledge of the investigation, "the only way you could communicate this technique to the media-deprived troops to the North would be to embed it in a massive worldwide media saturation phenomenon." The investigation is expected to learn from Psy just how he came up with the dance, and whether others may have suggested it to him in what may have been an open "Psy-op".

[TheBlackAdder]

1. Onion Article?

He wouldn't get 'arrested' for doing a dance that is commonplace and used by others.

[pinboy3niner]

2. A jberryhill original. Which is the same thing. :) nt

[TheBlackAdder]

3. Onion articles are a little more believable. This was obviously a spoof. nt

[jberryhill]

6. Oh, I've hooked a few wide mouth bass here before

It was either this or - Viagra pulls cycle racing sponsorships after bad publicity over performance enhancing drugs.

[pinboy3niner]

4. Breaking: Army updates Korea training to include Gangnam Style Minefield Boogie cadence

"I don't know but I've been told/Gangnam Style will leave mines cold."

[jberryhill]

5. Left, Right, Left, Left, Right...

[pinboy3niner]

7. One, two, three, four

Break it on down/One-two--THREE-FOUR!

[jberryhill]

8. Heeeeeey, Sexy Lady, two three four....

[Rex]

9. I hear they have a counter-dance to it already.

And as usual we were way ahead of the curve on this one.

For those in need of the code, jump to 50 sec. for detailed explanation.

[jberryhill]

10. N. Korean Rocket Scientists Improve Pelvic Thrust

[Rex]

11. I looked for Elvis Pelvic dance

but I guess youtube cannot air due to top secret security clearance.

[jberryhill]

13. It's a lot higher than "top secret"

[jberryhill]

14. Look how poorly the Soviets did...

[DollarBillHines]

12. Killer!

I actually had to get up, light a cig and pour another glass of wine and re-read this.

You should be writing for The Onion.

That was great.

KnR

[sakabatou]

15. Oppa Minesweeper Style?