The 2004 Baghdad Bob Award Goes To . . .

Don’t take that next sip of coffee yet. A last-minute entry appears to have locked up OneFreeKorea’s first annual Baghdad Bob award, awarded to the year’s most brazen, gut-bustingly laughable lump of state-sponsored b.s. The winner is . . . (sound of drums rolling) . . . South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon!

Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday in an exclusive interview with the JoongAng Ilbo that the current South Korea-U.S. alliance is stronger than ever.