"Dear Leader" Kim Jong-il Dead (and other North Korea related news)

[pjfootballer]

When I see **** like this it makes me want to ***** slap people in this country that piss and moan about things that are irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. Like showing your ID for example.

Or the 99 percent occupiers.

[styx491]

@jkfecke
Jeff Fecke RT @MattBinder: Wait for confirmation on Kim Jong Un death rumors. Twitter is also reporting that "Jonas Brothers are the best band."

That's hilarious

[RVAbrendan]

People are claiming the source that reported this isn't a real news outlet.

[No Excuses]

There is a tweet on a fake BBC news account that "confirmed" this story and twitter is blowing up with it.

People don't even check the source.

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Despite reports, I'm not actually dead. My eyes are closed because I'm just praying for Justin Bieber to follow me

[Park City Skins]

http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/0...eader-is-dead/

No evidence North Korean leader is dead

By Barbara Starr

The U.S. intelligence community has found no evidence to suggest North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is dead, a senior U.S. official said Friday following posts on China's version of Twitter that claimed Kim had been assassinated while in Beijing.

U.S. intelligence officials have been looking into such rumors for more than a week, according to the official, who has direct knowledge of the latest U.S. analysis.

"With that society you can never be 100% sure, but we just don't see any evidence of it," the official told CNN. "It's a closed society, but at this point we do not believe it's true."The preliminary analysis of the rumor suggests it is part of a "calculated effort to disrupt the economy of South Korea at a fragile time by suggesting things are going haywire up north," the official said.

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[China]

So it's clear that since it's been this long without North Korea refuting these reports that North Korea has limited internet access and doesn't know what's going on. Or else they don't care... or he's really dead.

[China]

North Korean government labels cell phone users as war criminals

In North Korea, using a cell phone could come with the accusation and punishment of being a war criminal.

According to The Telegraph, anyone caught using a mobile phone or attempting to flee to China during the 100-day mourning period for late leader Kim Jong-il will be considered a war criminal and "punished accordingly."

Kim Jong-il, 69, died on December 17 from a heart attack. His son, Kim Jong-un, has taken over as North Korea's president.

When Jong-il died, the country was swept in massive mourning and public outpourings of grief. However, according to The Telegraph, with reports of increasing poverty and oppression and diminishing food supplies, tens of thousands of people are trying to escape to neighboring countries.

The ban on cell phones seems to stem from the North Korean government wanting to keep a tight reign on information flow in and out of the country, according to The Telegraph. This isn't the first time North Korea has stifled cell phone use; in 2008, the government reportedly confiscated mobile phones for the same reason.

Click on the link for the full article

[Dan T.]

Is there any hope that the North Korean people can join the 21st century? They have been so crippled and brainwashed by a bizarre closed patriarchal society that it would take generations for any kind of reform to take effect.

[deejaydana]

If you want to see a truly terrifying documentary about North Korea and life under the Kim Jong iL regime, I suggest Kimjongilia. I have it TIVO'ed and I've been working my way through it. It's so damned sobering/depressing you'll be hard pressed to get thru it in one single viewing but it's still worth the effort because it lets you know just how cruelly the people of North Korea have been treated for such a long time (and how much some of them risked in getting out of the country).

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

It turned out that the Kim Jung Un death rumors were really just confusion over the 70th bday party for Kim Jong Il

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02...ation-rumours/

http://shanghaiist.com/2012/02/13/la...assassinat.php

Is there any hope that the North Korean people can join the 21st century? They have been so crippled and brainwashed by a bizarre closed patriarchal society that it would take generations for any kind of reform to take effect.

Know how Germany has had all sorts of issues reconciling East and West? Now multiply that by a thousand. I really don't think South Korea wants reunification at this point.

[pjfootballer]

It's sad that things like this still go on in the world today, regarding North Korea.

[China]

N. Korean army vows to turn Seoul to ashes

SEOUL — North Korea's military Monday threatened "special actions" soon to turn parts of the South Korean capital to ashes, accusing Seoul's conservative government of defaming its leadership.

The North has for months been criticising the South's President Lee Myung-Bak in extreme terms and threatening "sacred war" over perceived insults.

There have been no incidents but the language has become increasingly vitriolic. Some analysts said they believe a military provocation is likely.

"The special actions of our revolutionary armed forces will start soon to meet the reckless challenge of the group of traitors," said a statement on the official news agency.

The North said its targets are "the Lee Myung-Bak group of traitors, the arch criminals, and the group of rat-like elements including conservative media destroying the mainstay of the fair public opinion".

It said the actions "will reduce all... to ashes in three or four minutes... by unprecedented peculiar means and methods of our own style".

Click on the link for the full article

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

Oh **** off North Korea. Your schtick is old.

[RVAbrendan]

N. Korean army vows to turn Seoul to ashes

...including conservative media destroying the mainstay of the fair public opinion".

Click on the link for the full article

Now that's rich.

[China]

It said the actions "will reduce all... to ashes in three or four minutes... by unprecedented peculiar means and methods of our own style".

I think we should all speculate what this might be. I'm guessing some sort of Solex Agitator...you know, in North Korean terms that's just a giant magnifying glass.

Kim Jong Un is remembering fondly how he used to burn ants with one when he was a child.