North Korea builds a giant statue in Senegal, receives Senegalese land & Jong-Il is awarded
What is going on here? North Korea builds a huge statue in Senegal - in return, Senegal gives NK a piece of land http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/04/03/senegal.statue/?hpt=T2
and awards Kim Jong-Il the Grand National Cross, the highest order of Senegal. http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2010/201004/news05/20100405-08ee.html
The 164-foot structure -- about a foot taller than the Statue of Liberty -- shows the figures of a man, a woman and a child, arms outstretched, facing the Atlantic Ocean.

They went to the experts - North Korea is the world's premier huge massive statue builder.
But what's that land deal all about?
Thousands of demonstrators marched in the Sengalese capital Dakar to demand president's resignation over the Soviet-style bronze monument. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/04/201043101020481723.html