Dewi Sukarno

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Soo...Dewi Sukarno. An interesting case I think. She has certainly...been around the world a couple of times. I guess I will start her....younger years? So being 19, working as a hostess, meeting the leader of Indonesia, and marrying him. I gotta say that is a little bit ridiculous. Certainly something I would not expect a Japanese person to do, especially considering the fact that he was what...57 at the time? That is only a little bit creepy. Apparently he had some deep pockets or something, because as soon as he croaked she went off to have fun around the world.

Maybe she didn't have too much fun while she was traveling the world, apparently she worked for an organization called UNEP to help work on environmental issues. What exactly her capacity was though....I guess we don't really know. Hopefully she was doing something worthwhile for the environment, but assuming her age was late 20's to early 30's I can't imagine she played a very large role.

Her connections with North Korea however are extremely interesting. It is very surprising that she is able to enter the country, donate food, and maintain that sort of relationship. I would assume that because she is of Japanese descent, she would be barred from entering the country, guess I got that wrong. I wonder why she decided to donate food to North Korea though...

Apparently she also runs her own company now, I would assume that company is in Tokyo where she now lives as an outspoken celebrity, also something that is looked down upon in Japanese society. Apparently she has been in several court cases, flamed a couple of other celebrities, and enjoys stirring up the ant hill every once in awhile, which is pretty funny considering how taboo some of that stuff is in Japanese society.

But what has she actually changed, or done? She has been involved with humanitarian aid, and has worked with organizations to help the environment, but it seems like the majority of her fame comes from her antics, rather than her work.