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

[S.T.real,lights,out]

Whooppss

[abdcskins]

So in 50 words or less, why does North Korea want to bomb us? Because of sanctions?

I don't want a catastrophic war.

[No_Pressure]

So in 50 words or less, why does North Korea want to bomb us? Because of sanctions?

I don't want a catastrophic war.

Korean War, 60 year ceasefire with no peace treaty, crazy people caught in personality cult, all in on weapons programs, sanctions on weapons program, US is devil and S. Korea is devil number 2.

Was that 50 or fewer?

[Bang]

So in 50 words or less, why does North Korea want to bomb us? Because of sanctions?

I don't want a catastrophic war.

because in order to keep a population under control you need something they can fear more than the regime.
the regime protects them from us, the source of all their problems.

Propaganda 101. Create a common enemy, blame them for everything.

~Bang

[Predicto]

There are literally 20 million South Koreans living within shooting range of North Korea's artillery. Seoul is right near the border.

http://www.businessinsider.com/map-o...rs-2010-5?op=1

It's easy for someone sitting in Richmond Virginia to say "we need to send them a message... sometimes you have to make sacrifices."

[visionary]

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2...aration-of-war

North Korea: Sanctions by South would be 'declaration of war'

North Korea threatened Friday to attack rival South Korea if Seoul joined a new round of tightened U.N. sanctions, saying it would regard this as "a declaration of war."

The reclusive North has this week declared a boycott of all dialogue aimed at ending its nuclear program and vowed to conduct more rocket and nuclear tests after the U.N. Security Council censured it for a December long-range missile launch.

On Thursday, Washington unveiled more of its own economic restrictions following Pyongyang's rocket launch last month.

Friday brought a third straight day of fiery rhetoric from the isolated communist state, this time directed against South Korea.

"'Sanctions' mean a war and a declaration of war against us," the North said.

[Bang]

again?


Hell, if a person farts they think it's a declaration of war.





~Bang

[Predicto]

again?


Hell, if a person farts they think it's a declaration of war.





~Bang

Hey, if your farts are as bad as my old college roommate's were - it IS a declaration of war. Chemical warfare bordering on nuclear.

[RansomthePasserby]

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2...aration-of-war

Aren't they technically already at war?

[visionary]

http://www.bnowire.com/2013/01/27/fo...ople-last-year

Food crisis in N. Korea may have killed 10,000 people last year

PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (BNO NEWS) — Thousands of people may have died as a result of severe food shortages in North Korea last year, forcing some people to resort to cannibalism, according to a Japanese news agency which estimates the death toll could be as high as 10,000.

Asia Press, which is based in Japan but secretly works with a group of citizen journalists inside North Korea, said dozens of interviews and reports have led the agency to conclude that “considerable numbers of people” died last year as a result of severe food shortages in North Korea’s North and South Hwanghae provinces.

[Lombardi's_kid_brother]

So in 50 words or less, why does North Korea want to bomb us? Because of sanctions?

I don't want a catastrophic war.

I don't think North Korea wants to necessarily bomb anyone. What they keep doing is adding numbers to the list of "people that will die within 24 hours of any kind of military action against North Korea."

The US could probably annihilate the North Korean army within a week. The question is how many tens of millions of South Koreans will die before that war is completed.

The nuclear program gives them the option of taking a few million Japanese with them and - maybe someday - a few Predictos.

[S.T.real,lights,out]

http://news.yahoo.com/north-koreans-...122128957.html

North Koreans Reportedly Turn to Cannibalism Due to 'Hidden Famine'

News out of North Korean in notorious unreliable, but food shortages in the country have gotten so bad and people so desperate that there are now reports of men murdering their own children for food. These startling reports were compiled by independent reporters commissioned by Asia Press, a independent press agency focusing on Asia, and were published by the Sunday Times. And here's one of the most disturbing thing you'll read this morning:

The source said: "While his wife was away on business he killed his eldest daughter and, because his son saw what he had done, he killed his son as well. When the wife came home, he offered her food, saying: 'We have meat.'

"But his wife, suspicious, notified the Ministry of Public Security, which led to the discovery of part of their children's bodies under the eaves."

And another from Gu Gwang-ho, one of the Asia Press's citizen journalists said:

"There was an incident when a man was arrested for digging up the grave of his grandchild and eating the remains."

The big question here is whether this is all true or new urban legends. Considering this is North Korea and taking into account the country's propensity to keep secrets and publish propaganda pieces—we'll likely never get real confirmation from their end. But Asia Press has worked with citizen reporters in the famine-struck regions of North and South Hwanghae for the past year, and The Independent considers their reports credible.

[China]

North Korea video shows 'US city' hit by missiles

NORTH Korea has posted a video on YouTube depicting a US city resembling New York engulfed in flames after an apparent missile attack.

The video was uploaded by the North's official website, Uriminzokkiri, which distributes news and propaganda from the state media.

The video is shot as a dream sequence, with a young man seeing himself on board a North Korean space shuttle launched into orbit by the same type of rocket Pyongyang successfully tested in December.

As the shuttle circles the globe - to the tune of We Are the World - the video zooms in on countries below, including a reunified Korea.

The focus then switches to a city - shrouded in the US flag - under apparent missile attack, with its skyscrapers either on fire or in ruins.

"Somewhere in the United States, black clouds of smoke are billowing," reads a caption. "It seems that the nest of wickedness is ablaze."



Click on the link for the full article

[visionary]

https://twitter.com/mpoppel

BREAKING -- SMALL EARTHQUAKE DETECTED IN NORTH KOREA: USGS
10:17 PM

Yonhap: Magnitude 5.1 artificial quake detected in NK northeast county of Kilju at 11:58 a.m.
10:19 PM

North Korea earthquake was centered at a depth of just 1 km; very likely to be a nuclear test
10:20 PM

https://twitter.com/Reuters

The USGS said the epicentre was close to North Korea's known nuclear test site. BREAKING
10:26 PM

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https://twitter.com/mpoppel

Kyodo: Japan sets up task force over possible N. Korea nuclear test, government says.
10:47 PM

REU: NORTH KOREA INFORMED U.S. AND CHINA ABOUT NUCLEAR TEST ON MONDAY - YONHAP
10:50 PM

REU: NORTH KOREA INFORMED U.S. AND CHINA ABOUT NUCLEAR TEST ON MONDAY - YONHAP
10:50 PM

https://twitter.com/mpoppel

To compare: 2006 nuke test registered 4.1, 2009 registered 4.5 and today's test registered 4.9
10:57 PM

REU: S.KOREA ON ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL N.KOREA NUCLEAR TEST OR MISSILE LAUNCH - DEFENCE MINISTRY
11:15 PM

REU: S.KOREA CALLS U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING AS CHAIR AT 1400 GMT - YONHAP
11:20 PM

[ixcuincle]

http://twitter.com/edsbs/statuses/301335612005441536

I see North Korea's attempt to make a Harlem Shake video ended in explosive horror.