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US Secretary of State Madeline Albright brought a Wilson basketball to North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il in October 2000 that had Michael Jordan's signature on it.

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The North Korean Foreign Languages Publishing House has released a book with all the gifts the foreign leaders and governments have given to the country's late leader Kim Jong-il.

Michael Jordan

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More than 200 pages of various items are featured in the propaganda publication. The book claims that more than 40,000 gifts have been given to the leader from 170 countries.

An interesting note can be found on page 163. It features a Wilson basketball with Michael Jordan's signature which is written to have been given to Kim Jong-il, who was an avid basketball fan, in October 2000 by the US Secretary of State Madeline Albright.

The publication is currently displayed at North Korea's International Friendship Exhibition House. It features gifts from all continents but doesn't contain any gifts from South Korea.

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