Kim Jong il dead (ish)

[fractionMan]

If you pay for it, it must be true.

 

[equationgirl]

He's got his dad's good looks I see needs to do more work on the hair to reach his old man's standard,now we know why there's food shortages in NK,fat boy's eaten it all.

He's rumoured to have diabetes and heart disease despite not yet being 30.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I'm sure they'll have the diabetes taken outside and shot soon enough.

 

[equationgirl]

I'm sure they'll have the diabetes taken outside and shot soon enough.

But what about the heart disease?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

But what about the heart disease?

The heart disease and its family will be sent to a camp in the mountains for 10 years.

And then shot.

 

[xes]

Who'd pay to read that?

you don't have to pay to read that bit, the real juice is on the inside (I would imagine)

 

[rekil]

Jong Tae Se, "the people's Rooney", is a peculiar case. Born in Japan to SK parents but obtained NK citizenship. Currently banging them in for bundesliga 2 mid tablers Bochum.

 

[dennisr]

"Juche propaganda videos can be so boring. I edited one and added a better soundtrack. Have a funky good time with the North Korean People's Army (before they starve to death)."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=lwoSFQb5HVk

 

[strung out]

brilliant

 

[elbows]

Here is the final episode of Kim looking at stuff, in a new supermarket. With bonus idiotic BBC news commentary.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16294154

They seem to have missed the most obvious 'looking at stuff' photo from the visit though.

 

[frogwoman]

i havent liked the tone of much of the reporting the last few days tbh.

 

[2hats]

I thought this might interest some:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srIbYRcPUDM

It's a report by (possibly) the only foreign TV reporter in Pyongyang right now, AP's Rafael Wober.

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[Captain Hurrah]

Here is the final episode of Kim looking at stuff, in a new supermarket. With bonus idiotic BBC news commentary.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16294154

They seem to have missed the most obvious 'looking at stuff' photo from the visit though.

Public mourning broadcast on state television news, from the same shop.

 

[TitanSound]

I was listening to the Today programme on the way to work and there have been stories on the state run news channel that "natural phenomenon" have occurred after his death. Apparently a huge glacier cracked with a "thunderous roar" and a "red glow" came from the sky to illuminate words of his carved into a mountain.

A bizarre place for sure.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Jong Tae Se, "the people's Rooney", is a peculiar case. Born in Japan to SK parents but obtained NK citizenship. Currently banging them in for bundesliga 2 mid tablers Bochum.

On a related note, North Korea are currently the Unofficial World Champions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unofficial_Football_World_Championships

 

[not-bono-ever]

I was listening to the Today programme on the way to work and there have been stories on the state run news channel that "natural phenomenon" have occurred after his death. Apparently a huge glacier cracked with a "thunderous roar" and a "red glow" came from the sky to illuminate words of his carved into a mountain.

A bizarre place for sure.

at the time of KJI's birth a double rainbow filled the skies on the sacred Mt Paektu ( the joy in the hearts of party members )*

* even though he was actually born in Siberia

 

[frogwoman]

Lol, yeah right

 

[Diamond]

i havent liked the tone of much of the reporting the last few days tbh.

How so?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I was listening to the Today programme on the way to work and there have been stories on the state run news channel that "natural phenomenon" have occurred after his death. Apparently a huge glacier cracked with a "thunderous roar" and a "red glow" came from the sky to illuminate words of his carved into a mountain.

A bizarre place for sure.

It's not so different from the kind of crap you often hear in Catholic countries, tbh.

 

[Citizen66]

It's exactly like Christianity, main difference being that the Christian propagandists don't bestow magical abilities on the living.

 

[DotCommunist]

some do- faith healing, prophecy etc

 

[TruXta]

some do- faith healing, prophecy etc

Fucking saints.

 

[krtek a houby]

It's not so different from the kind of crap you often hear in Catholic countries, tbh.

I don't remember hearing about glaciers shattering for Bertie Aherne's birth... banks maybe...

 

[TruXta]

I don't remember hearing about glaciers shattering for Bertie Aherne's birth... banks maybe...

His mum's hymen rupturing?

 

[JimW]

Very like what you get in Buddhist hagiography, though don't think anyone ever made any wild claims about Milarepa's golf handicap.

 

[skyscraper101]

One of my favorite batshit 'magic phenomena' stories surrounding Kim Jon-Il is the story about when he was born, a mystical tree carving honoring his birth suddenly appeared. When he came to power, that tree became a pilgrimage point which people were encouraged to visit and pay respect to the Dear Leader and admire the magic carving in the tree which honored his birth.

Then one day on a guided tour of the country, the esteemed officials directed a Japanese botanist to this great site of pilgrimage and told them the story of the magic tree. The Japanese guy politely remarked that due to its age, the tree couldn't even have existed when Kim Jong-Il was born.

It was cut down the next day.

 

[frogwoman]

How so?

The sneering mixed with the type of purience you got from the americans with the royal wedding. "the young heir, is he fit to lead, etc"

 

[Diamond]

Sneering? Not sure what you're getting at there.

And I'm also not quite sure how you are supposed to comment or speculate on the passing of power from one generation of a hereditary tyranny to the next.

In fact, "is he fit to lead", "who is he", "how will he lead" seem like the only valid questions to ask in light of how little is known about him and the degree of power he might wield.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I find the lazy bandying about of the term 'brainwashed' to be sneering, and ignorant. Particularly when it is being used to describe pictures of well-fed Pyongyang residents (by definition the favoured few) balling their eyes out dutifully. It shows a misunderstanding of what's happening, imo.

As an aside, Hillary Clinton's comment that her 'prayers were with the NK people in this difficult time' beggared fucking belief. Not sneering, just unfuckingbelievable.

 

[frogwoman]

they must be completely brainwashed, look at them, freaks. I bet there are soldiers behind them etc.

But look, the young heir, can he even carry this weight on his shoulders blah blah fucking blah.