‘World’s smartest man’ seeks US asylum, says Seoul ‘punishes patriots’
Kim Young-hoon, a 36-year-old South Korean man who claims to hold the world’s highest IQ of 276, has announced that he is seeking asylum in the United States, citing political and religious persecution in his home country. Kim posted a 95-second video on social media last Thursday, saying in English, “As a Christian and as the world’s highest IQ record holder, I am applying for asylum in the United States.” He said he could no longer stay in South Korea because it is “ruled by a pro-North Korean...