Posted on 11/17/2004 12:50:28 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo
Edited on 11/17/2004 1:06:30 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Report from Sankei (Japanese) newspaper (conservative) coming in today (per link).
Said that a number of hand made circulars have been circulating widely around North Korea (Pyongyang, Nampo, Chonjin, Sinuiju), etc. The flyers are by an underground anti-Kim Jong-il group active in North Korea.
Sankei says they support the defector Hwang Jang Yop, who is now in South Korea.
There are several flyers which counter the common DPRK Party myths and deifications about Kim Jong-il, showing Kim as a spoiled aristocrat rather that a man of the people, with the Russian nickname "Yura" who did not even grow up nor was born in North Korea. Driving wedges between Kim and the starving people, commenting on the rich food he eats while people starve. Saying the "Chuche" Ideology of the North is a big farce which merely enslaves the Korean people. Another underground flyer (again hand written and many copies run off) that is making the rounds in North Korea says "Kim Jong-il killed his father Kim il-Sung".
Sankei reports the North Korean Secret Police is mobilizing in an attempt to find out who is doing this. They have re-instituted/re-fortified a civilian registration system in Pyongyang to track citizens with an eye toward cracking down on this type of subversion. The flyers also contain detailed personal information on Kim Jong-il that only those in select positions would know. Accordingly, north Korean defectors theorize that these flyers are gaining some cooperation from some people in positions of power in the NK military or Party (anti-Kim elements emerging?).
Copies of these flyers have been spotted (or made it out to) China and picked up by sources there.
(Developing)
If I remember correctly, the name "Nodong" is the designation of the CIA. It's the name of the location the missile was first sighted in.
You know, this reminds me of the final days of various Roman emperors: "They went under b/c they were above the law. They became less than men b/c power had made them gods."
Along with a lot of government leaders around this rock we live on! God bless America!
Something seems to be going on in there.
Me, I'd be looking for Chinese fingerprints and a hand-picked successor.
You are not allowed to quote Ms. Garafalo on this thread! :-)
Think maybe China had an indication of some looming fate of Kim since they deployed many troops along the PRC/NK border over the past few months? Seems too coincidental, IMO.
What's your take on this? (Not only what it means, but is it true, as it appears to come from Debka - not exactly an ironclad guarantee of accuracy . . . )
I mentioned on another thread that even after Papa Doc died in Haiti, they didn't take his portraits down for some time (just making sure he was really dead, I guess.)
Debka is no closer to this action than any of us, even bloggers in pajamas on the internet. Nobody can tell me that Debka has researchers or agents in North Korea, either. It is not plagarism, but let's just say they borrow from what is already out there (at least vis a vis the DPRK stuff).
If his pictures are down it's a sure sign there's been a coup.
This could be a rise of even more hardliners..
Earlier thread that didn't get enough attention. (I tried!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1280015/posts
A lot of stuff is going on with various who have interest in the Korean peninsula. No doubt the re-election of Bush two weeks ago is the beginning of the beginnning o the tipping point. If Kerry had won, all bets would be off. These things must come first, a trickle perhaps, rays of hope, and then more things afterward, before the big downfall. That might take another year or two, but I think it will be soon in relative terms. (And of course, I hope it is tomorrow, with a stable and friendly alternative put immediately in place). I wouldn't be surprised if he actually commits suicide at some time, but he could be assassinated, or otherwise flee to Europe to a safe haven where 70% of his money probably is anyway.
These mutligenerational dynasties represent "anti-fascism," people! [/sarcasm] Something tells me that if Mussolini had stuck with his original socialism and took over Italy in its name he'd still be running the place!
Somehow, I doubt that'll fly too well with an already starving population who often hears rumors of China's prosperity...
At least I hope...
bump!
That's eggsackley what I'm thinking.
1. Bush re-elected
2. Daschle deposed
3. Arafat dead
4. Kim Jong-mentally-ill removed???
There's always hope!
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