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Has Kim Jong-Un lost control of North Korea? Pyongyang is on lockdown and nation's former
UK Daily Mail ^ | October 3, 2014 | Ted Thornhill

Posted on 10/03/2014 10:46:18 AM PDT by C19fan

A former North Korean counter-intelligence officer has claimed that Kim Jong-Un is no longer in control of the nation and is now just a 'puppet leader'. Jang Jin-sung, who used to be an influential officer in Kim Jong-il's propaganda division, made the sensational assertion at a September conference in Holland attended by several elite exiles, it's been reported. The capital, Pyongyang, meanwhile, has been placed into lockdown with even the elite banned from entering or leaving, according to a respected news site. This adds weight to Jin-sung's claim, as a North Korean expert said that this kind of measure is only put in place when a coup has taken place - or is suspected.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kim; kimyungdung; korea; north; northkorea
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I guess the cheese loving dough boy was not up to snuff compared to granddad and pappa. I wonder if something analgous to de-Stalinization will occur in the future.
1 posted on 10/03/2014 10:46:18 AM PDT by C19fan
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That’s good, I’m tired of the Kims, we need us a Jang!


2 posted on 10/03/2014 10:48:39 AM PDT by notdownwidems (Shellback pollywogs! U.S.S. William H. Standley, CG-32 1977-80)
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I guess executing all your senior officers and their families isn’t a great way to make friends.


3 posted on 10/03/2014 10:50:32 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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He’s either dead or detained somewhere. The military might be looking for a new dictator.


4 posted on 10/03/2014 10:51:29 AM PDT by struggle
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“I guess executing all your senior officers and their families isn’t a great way to make friends.”

I’ll believe it when I see the little fat bastard hanging from a lamp post. Those poor Norks have suffered for too long!


5 posted on 10/03/2014 10:53:08 AM PDT by vette6387
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And here I thought Un Hung Lo was next in line....


6 posted on 10/03/2014 10:53:22 AM PDT by illiac (If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
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It would be just fine with me if KJU ended up getting the Ceaucescu treatment in the near future.

I have a feeling that, if and when North Korea is ever opened up, we’re going to find that it has been the closest thing to a biblical Hell man could create on this earth.


7 posted on 10/03/2014 10:53:43 AM PDT by DemforBush (A Repo Man is always intense.)
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To: notdownwidems

Or a Kodos.


8 posted on 10/03/2014 10:55:10 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: C19fan

October Surprise?


9 posted on 10/03/2014 10:55:53 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
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That’s good, I’m tired of the Kims, we need us a Jang!

Me, too................

10 posted on 10/03/2014 10:57:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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He’s laid up and out of commission with gout. So, he can’t go out and point at things. That’s the key to controlling a totalitarian state, pointing at things. They all do it.


11 posted on 10/03/2014 10:58:21 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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China is tired of his antics and wants a more reliable puppet state

If a coup has happened, china is behind it


12 posted on 10/03/2014 10:59:19 AM PDT by PGR88
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attended by several elite exiles,

Sounds like a club 0bama needs to join.

Only elite exile I ever liked was Rick Blaine.

13 posted on 10/03/2014 10:59:25 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (It takes a gun to feed a village,)
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Hopefully now Him Hang Hi.


14 posted on 10/03/2014 10:59:33 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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Maybe the Norks will now become civilized and join S. Korea so their citizens won’t starve to death?

Nah...

5.56mm


15 posted on 10/03/2014 10:59:49 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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Is there another member of the Kim Il-Sung, Kim Jong-Il, Kim Jong-Un dynasty that could step up to become the new Dear Leader if Kim Jong-Un is disabled or dead? Do the NorKs have a succession plan? Or, will there be a free for all within the party as members struggle for the top slot? No one knows and that is why this could be a very dangerous time for the area. Who has control of the NorKs nukes and bio/chem weapons?
16 posted on 10/03/2014 11:01:54 AM PDT by MasterGunner01
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Last time I saw a mouth like that it had a fish hook in it.

17 posted on 10/03/2014 11:02:59 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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When he started killing off his own relatives, everyone else in high places saw themselves as likely to be shot too. No one is going to sit by and let that happen with no reaction.


18 posted on 10/03/2014 11:03:03 AM PDT by armydawg505
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IMHO, Kim Jong-Un is very ill and under the care of a doctor from the US.

Everything is on lockdown until they see if he dies or not.


19 posted on 10/03/2014 11:03:06 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: MasterGunner01

Supposedly there are brothers who could step in.


20 posted on 10/03/2014 11:03:38 AM PDT by C19fan
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