North Korea, Sanctions, and Kim Jong-un
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"Sir, a message from the Americans:
'Congratulations on launching your first submarine; stop
'Now prove that it works; stop
'Dive; stop'
Orders, sir?"
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No, it's a spoof.
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I feel pretty stupid but on the internet anything's possible, just as in NK
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Didn't the North Korean team that participated in the 2010 edition win the WC? That's what Dear Leader told me.
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Apparently this video is viral, put a bag over your screen or something.
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It also pissed kim off.
I think he doesnt hate that his head was put on people that can dance, but was made to dance along side obama
Suprised putin is not fuming about the kung fu match scene.
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The video at around the 2:30 mark perfectly describes their nuclear strike capability.
The video at around the 2:30 mark perfectly describes their nuclear strike capability.
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He holds a black belt in judo. And he's not like the Kims, awarding himself various titles and achievements - he got there on merit. It's believed that, if he so wished, he could have represented the Soviet Union at the Olympics.
He is, quite literally, the only world leader with a signature martial arts move.
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Possible coup as the fat man himself has not been seen for a month
Rumours of North Korean coup grow as Kim Jong-un disappears
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has seemingly disappeared with no public sightings of the leader in more than a month prompting speculation he may be under house arrest or seriously ill.
The 31-year-old despot was last seen in public at a concert in Pyongyang on September 3, one of his regular public appearances since taking control of the country.
While there have been steady rumours of everything from bad health to a palace coup in recent weeks experts say the appearance of three top North Korean leaders in South Korea on Saturday could signify a shift in power.
"We're not sure where he is, or what's happening. We don't know whether he's in the hospital or whether he's been put under house arrest," Remco Breuker, professor of Korean studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands, told the ABC.
"No matter who is in charge nominally, the North Korean system remains the same.
"Kim Jong-un's never been in charge, it's the people behind him. The old friends of his fathers. Those are the people in charge."
Among the delegation attending the Asian Games closing ceremony was Hwang Pyong-so, a member of North Korea's Organisation of Guidance Department which some see as a rival power base to Jong-Un.
Kim Jong-un has missed a number of high profile national events including celebrations for the founding day of the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea and a legislative session of the Supreme People's Assembly last month, the Guardian reports.
Yesterday he was absent from a meeting to mark the 17th anniversary of Kim Jong-il’s election as general secretary of the ruling party.
Observers have offered numerous explanations for the dictator's disappearance, with some noting he appeared to be limping at an event marking the 20th anniversary of his grandfather in July (see the video above).
North Korean state media said Mr Kim was suffering from "discomfort" but did not elaborate further.
According to the Guardian, it is widely accepted in diplomatic circles that Kim is now receiving medical treatment in one of the family's well-appointed villas.
Others have speculated the North Korean leader's absence is a deliberate attempt to confuse the west by projecting "confusion and chaos".
"[That is] exactly what North Korea wants since it increases the risk profile of the country," Asia Pacific Global Research GroupCEO Jasper Kim told the ABC, noting it increases the rogue state's bargaining power.
http://www.9news.com.au/world/2014/...f-north-korean-coup-as-kim-jong-un-disappears
Rumours of North Korean coup grow as Kim Jong-un disappears
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has seemingly disappeared with no public sightings of the leader in more than a month prompting speculation he may be under house arrest or seriously ill.
The 31-year-old despot was last seen in public at a concert in Pyongyang on September 3, one of his regular public appearances since taking control of the country.
While there have been steady rumours of everything from bad health to a palace coup in recent weeks experts say the appearance of three top North Korean leaders in South Korea on Saturday could signify a shift in power.
"We're not sure where he is, or what's happening. We don't know whether he's in the hospital or whether he's been put under house arrest," Remco Breuker, professor of Korean studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands, told the ABC.
"No matter who is in charge nominally, the North Korean system remains the same.
"Kim Jong-un's never been in charge, it's the people behind him. The old friends of his fathers. Those are the people in charge."
Among the delegation attending the Asian Games closing ceremony was Hwang Pyong-so, a member of North Korea's Organisation of Guidance Department which some see as a rival power base to Jong-Un.
Kim Jong-un has missed a number of high profile national events including celebrations for the founding day of the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea and a legislative session of the Supreme People's Assembly last month, the Guardian reports.
Yesterday he was absent from a meeting to mark the 17th anniversary of Kim Jong-il’s election as general secretary of the ruling party.
Observers have offered numerous explanations for the dictator's disappearance, with some noting he appeared to be limping at an event marking the 20th anniversary of his grandfather in July (see the video above).
North Korean state media said Mr Kim was suffering from "discomfort" but did not elaborate further.
According to the Guardian, it is widely accepted in diplomatic circles that Kim is now receiving medical treatment in one of the family's well-appointed villas.
Others have speculated the North Korean leader's absence is a deliberate attempt to confuse the west by projecting "confusion and chaos".
"[That is] exactly what North Korea wants since it increases the risk profile of the country," Asia Pacific Global Research GroupCEO Jasper Kim told the ABC, noting it increases the rogue state's bargaining power.
http://www.9news.com.au/world/2014/...f-north-korean-coup-as-kim-jong-un-disappears
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The fat mans younger sister is running things for now.
There are fears the younger sister of Kim Jong-Un is running North Korea as the mystery behind the leader's disappearance intensifies.
With the erratic dictator not having been seen publicly in more than a month, defectors of the secret state now believe Kim Yo Jong is in charge.
Kim Yo Jong was born in 1987 or 1988 and attended private school in Switzerland with her brother, both staying in the North Korea embassy there and attending a Swiss school under assumed names, CNN reports.
Kim Yo Jong is the youngest of seven siblings their father, the former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, had with four different women.
She has stepped up to a more senior role in the government run by her brother and is considered to be in a "very powerful position", according to defectors group the North Korea Intellectuals' Solidarity.
Michael Madden, who runs the blog North Korea Leadership Watch, told CNN Kim Yo Jong was close to her father and after returning from Switzerland she was appointed to positions of responsibility in the government, including dealing with policy and receiving intelligence briefings.
She acts "almost like a White House chief of staff would," Mr Madden said.
Victor Cha, Center for Strategic and International Studies, told the network Kim Yo Jong's leadership, if true, would be "quite alarming".
"It's very difficult for the North Korean system to run without one of the Kim family at least titularly in charge," he told CNN.
"If in fact she is running the country as someone in their early- to mid-20s, to me that is quite alarming.
"It means something is seriously wrong with Kim Jong Un and there is some sort of void that they are trying desperately to fill."
The North Korea Intellectuals' Solidarity group has not revealed its source for identifying Kim Yo Jong as temporary leader and CNN reports it could not independently verify the information.
The same goes for information on the whereabouts of Kim Jong-Un, with broad speculation about him being under possible house arrest or battling a debilitating disease.
"From a debilitating battle with gout, to house arrest and outright regime collapse, speculation over the reason behind Kim Jong Un's lengthy absence from public life is intensifying as North Korea prepares to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of its ruling party (today)," The Guardian reports.
http://www.9news.com.au/world/2014/...r-kim-yo-jong-running-north-korea-ill-brother
There are fears the younger sister of Kim Jong-Un is running North Korea as the mystery behind the leader's disappearance intensifies.
With the erratic dictator not having been seen publicly in more than a month, defectors of the secret state now believe Kim Yo Jong is in charge.
Kim Yo Jong was born in 1987 or 1988 and attended private school in Switzerland with her brother, both staying in the North Korea embassy there and attending a Swiss school under assumed names, CNN reports.
Kim Yo Jong is the youngest of seven siblings their father, the former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, had with four different women.
She has stepped up to a more senior role in the government run by her brother and is considered to be in a "very powerful position", according to defectors group the North Korea Intellectuals' Solidarity.
Michael Madden, who runs the blog North Korea Leadership Watch, told CNN Kim Yo Jong was close to her father and after returning from Switzerland she was appointed to positions of responsibility in the government, including dealing with policy and receiving intelligence briefings.
She acts "almost like a White House chief of staff would," Mr Madden said.
Victor Cha, Center for Strategic and International Studies, told the network Kim Yo Jong's leadership, if true, would be "quite alarming".
"It's very difficult for the North Korean system to run without one of the Kim family at least titularly in charge," he told CNN.
"If in fact she is running the country as someone in their early- to mid-20s, to me that is quite alarming.
"It means something is seriously wrong with Kim Jong Un and there is some sort of void that they are trying desperately to fill."
The North Korea Intellectuals' Solidarity group has not revealed its source for identifying Kim Yo Jong as temporary leader and CNN reports it could not independently verify the information.
The same goes for information on the whereabouts of Kim Jong-Un, with broad speculation about him being under possible house arrest or battling a debilitating disease.
"From a debilitating battle with gout, to house arrest and outright regime collapse, speculation over the reason behind Kim Jong Un's lengthy absence from public life is intensifying as North Korea prepares to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of its ruling party (today)," The Guardian reports.
http://www.9news.com.au/world/2014/...r-kim-yo-jong-running-north-korea-ill-brother
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EDIT: South Korea say they have exchanged artillery fire with North Korea. It's not clear if this is on land or at sea. BBC.
"Have I Got News For You" laid the blame squarely (or roundly) at the door of the Supreme Leader's equally supreme liking for Emmental cheese.
Now, however, they're taking a darker line and pointing out that numbers #2, #3 and #4-in-command arrived "suddenly" in Seoul on a mission of diplomacy, hinting that perhaps their respective numbers in the hierarchy recently increased by one.
BBC.
Intriguingly a reporter has tweeted the front page of an NK newspaper today; it's not the one who's ill but the one who's Il.
More at BBC (includes some rehash of first article).
Picture source on twaddle.
"Have I Got News For You" laid the blame squarely (or roundly) at the door of the Supreme Leader's equally supreme liking for Emmental cheese.
Now, however, they're taking a darker line and pointing out that numbers #2, #3 and #4-in-command arrived "suddenly" in Seoul on a mission of diplomacy, hinting that perhaps their respective numbers in the hierarchy recently increased by one.
BBC.
Intriguingly a reporter has tweeted the front page of an NK newspaper today; it's not the one who's ill but the one who's Il.
More at BBC (includes some rehash of first article).
Picture source on twaddle.
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Satirical online rag The Daily Mash has an inside line on the story; KJU's foot was apparently injured when he dropped a skyscraper on it.
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Reuters is reporting that His Flatulence, The Little Dictator Who Could has made a public appearance.
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Indeed, he walked with the aid of a stick and gave his expert "overview" on the construction of a new Science Village (which looks the size of a reasonable town). It had actually already been constructed so he was presumably telling them where to source some residents.
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Mystery solved - His Flatulence, The Little Dictator Who Could, was away from public life because of an ankle operation:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-...-kim-jong-un-had-ankle-surgery/5849376?pfm=ms
I think we all know how this happened - Jong-un van Damme and Dennis Rodman teamed up together to defeat a coalition of the Washington Imperialists, Harlem Globtrotters and Omicron Persei 8 in a game of hand grenade basketball, thus proving Best Korea as the greatest of all nations and freeing the people from the tyranny of political freedoms and a plentiful supply of food.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-...-kim-jong-un-had-ankle-surgery/5849376?pfm=ms
I think we all know how this happened - Jong-un van Damme and Dennis Rodman teamed up together to defeat a coalition of the Washington Imperialists, Harlem Globtrotters and Omicron Persei 8 in a game of hand grenade basketball, thus proving Best Korea as the greatest of all nations and freeing the people from the tyranny of political freedoms and a plentiful supply of food.
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