North Korea

Post by **think positive** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:01 pm

stui magpie wrote:Seriously, I nearly put this video in the what makes me laugh thread. Lil Kim the north korean demi god and Barry O, the US Presidente star in **** knows what because I don't understand the chinese lyrics. But I can tell satire when I see it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUgEmezpS_E

Apparently Lil Kim is a tad pissed and wants the video removed. Lucky for him almost no one else in his country will see it because, guess what, they don't have internet access.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/ ... 6997490681

Man that guy sure is a bit wierd, like an actor in a bad movie

Post by **Jezza** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 12:15 am

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/o ... ntensifies

What's happened to Kim Jong-un?

Post by **Jezza** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:04 pm

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/14/world ... .html?_r=0

He's alive, albeit with a walking stick at the moment indicating recent health problems.

Post by **Jezza** » Wed May 13, 2015 10:28 pm

This man is out of control! Now he kills his Defence Minister for falling asleep during an event attended by Kim Jong Un and for not carrying out his instructions.

Clearly Kim is doing everything he can to ensure any threats to his leadership are dismantled as quickly as possible. He seems far more ruthless and imposing than his father was and to think some of us thought that North Korea might change for the better after Kim Jong-Il died in December 2011.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32716749

North Korea's Defence Minister Hyon Yong-chol has been executed for showing disloyalty to leader Kim Jong-un, South Korea's spy agency has told parliament.

MPs were told Mr Hyon was killed on 30 April by anti-aircraft fire in front of an audience of hundreds, the Yonhap news agency reports.

It said Mr Hyon had fallen asleep during an event attended by Kim Jong-un and had not carried out instructions.

The news comes weeks after the reported execution of 15 senior officials.

Among them were two vice ministers who had challenged Mr Kim over his policies and members of an orchestra, the South's National Intelligence Agency (NIS) said at the time.

Mr Kim purged and executed his once-powerful uncle for treachery in 2013.

Analysts told the BBC that while reshuffles of officials are commonplace in North Korea, the execution of a figure as close to Mr Kim as Mr Hyon was surprising and could give cause for concern about the country's stability.

Post by **David** » Wed May 13, 2015 10:29 pm

Jezza wrote:This man is out of control!

If only that were literally true.

swoop42 · Post by **swoop42** » Wed May 13, 2015 11:09 pm

To be honest I'm surprised someone hasn't put a bullet in him for the greater good of the North Korean people.

Post by **David** » Wed May 13, 2015 11:58 pm

I honestly wonder if that would solve anything. How do you 'save' a brainwashed population? I'm sure there are plenty of generals who would be happy to carry on his good work.

pietillidie · Post by **pietillidie** » Thu May 14, 2015 2:10 am

swoop42 wrote:To be honest I'm surprised someone hasn't put a bullet in him for the greater good of the North Korean people.

To reiterate, it's a buffer zone in a standoff between powers; North Koreans are trapped while China, the US (and allies) and Russia keep each other at bay. No At the same time, with rusty old short-range missiles pointed at Greater Seoul and Greater Beijing, there is the assumption that the one in charge is by definition the stablest pair of hands, despite the distracting haircut!

However, as David says, the nation itself is also a giant hills cult. I'm tipping you wouldn't like many North Koreans much more than the good folks down at ISIS, so it would be a slow process culturally, too, despite the good stories you might read about escapees.

HAL · Post by **HAL** » Thu May 14, 2015 2:12 am

What kind of people are you talking about?

pietillidie · Post by **pietillidie** » Thu May 14, 2015 2:13 am

HAL wrote:What kind of people are you talking about?

Can you play the haegeum?

Post by **Jezza** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 9:55 pm

North Korea have reportedly carried out their biggest nuclear test to date that has sparked global outrage from various countries including the USA, Japan, South Korea and Russia.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37317782

Tannin · Post by **Tannin** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 10:17 pm

This would be as opposed to "global outrage" from only one country then.

Post by **stui magpie** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 10:31 pm

Hey, if you can use a howitzer to execute a sleepy minister, you can use a nuke to remove a few people who were being sarcastic.

Post by **Jezza** » Tue Feb 14, 2017 11:44 pm

Kim Jong-Un's half brother is reportedly killed in Malaysia.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... orth-korea

Post by **stui magpie** » Wed Jun 21, 2017 7:33 pm

North Korea may have just made a very big mistake.

His name is Otto Warmbier

Not a bad article here. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-21/o ... cy/8639538

expect any thoughts that Nth Korea is a humorous aberration to be replaced by "this joint is $@&^# and needs to be torn down"

Shit's gonna get real. Soon.

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