N. Korea: Security around Kim tightened, while he is on tour.

JoongAng Ilbo ^ | 11/20/2012

[TigerLikesRooster]

Haven't heard about his own lapel pin yet. Putting Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il together is OK. You can quibble about which of the two should be on the right, but it can be acceptable that late leader and the reigning leader can be placed side by side. On the other hand, if the trio of grandfather, father, and son are to be shown simultaneously, which one will occupy the center? The current ruler is Jong-eun, so you can argue that he should occupy the center, but Kim Il-sung is an Eternal President. He cannot be sidelined according to N. Korean dynastic cult. Should Chia Head be sidelined? The trio arrangement is nearly impossible to settle. That alone should be a reason enough for NK dynastic regime to be terminated, saving the agony of portrait arrangement. LOL

[Jabba the Nutt]

Is Kim the only fat person in North Korea?

[darrellmaurina]

19 posted on Mon Nov 19 2012 22:58:04 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) by AmericanInTokyo: “It would be so easily, relatively speaking, to flip one of these guys and pay him off and, if it made geopolitical sense, do the deed.”

I'm not so sure it would be easy in North Korea, but I do think the Kim dynasty has not forgotten what happened with the KCIA official who shot President Park, or the previous effort by a North Korean agent who shot Park's wife while trying to shoot President Park.

It only takes one well-placed person willing to die to topple a dictatorial regime focused on a personality cult.

Unfortunately, suicide bombers don't seem to be in fashion in North Korea. Where are the Muslim jihadists when we could actually use one?

[fishtank]

LAPEL PINS...

I would love to have a North Korean-style lapel pin with Obama and Frank Marshall Davis side by side.