Posted on 10/10/2005 12:03:42 PM PDT by ASA Vet
Pyongyang, October 9 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman
of the DPRK National Defence Commission, was awarded honorary doctorate in law of Far-Eastern State University of Russia. An awarding ceremony took place on Sunday.
Kim Jong Il was present there.
Also present was Kang Sok Ju, first vice-minister of Foreign Affairs.
On hand were Konstantin Borisovich Pulikovski, presidential envoy to the Far East Region of the Russian Federation,
and his party and Andrei Karlov, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, and staff members of the Russian embassy here.
Vladimir Ivanovich Kurilov, president of the university, who had come to the DPRK together with the presidential envoy,
courteously presented the certificate of the honorary doctor of law,
a medal and dress of the honorary doctor to Kim Jong Il, noting that the university decided
to award the honorary doctorate in law to Kim Jong Il in recognition of his distinguished contribution to the development
of education, science and culture and arts for peace and progress of human civilization.
Kim Jong Il expressed thanks for this and had a photograph taken with the president of the university.
When I read the headline, I assumed it was from Harvard.
...in recognition of his distinguished contribution to the development of education, science and culture and arts for peace and progress of human civilization.
Uh. Ok. Whatever.
For those who don't follow the elaborate personality cult propaganda that Kim Jong Il employs, he's amongst other things, an accomplished classical music composer, rivaling the greats of Europe, and a master golfer that routinely makes holes-in-one. All this tripe is fed to north koreans via official party channels. It is all they know. Kim is one sick puppy. And I didn't even go into the part about kidnapping japanese women for his personal harems.
KJI is one of the last in a long line of Stalinist dictators like Nicolai Ceausecu (sp?), Idi Amin, and of course, Fidel. Like Caligula of old, the people were taught that their glorious leader was a god and not a mere man.
The North Korean Press Agency just announced that Kim got the winning Home Run for the Astros against the Braves in the 18th inning.
Next thing ya know they'll make him an honorary nuclear scientist!~}
-From CIA World Fact Book
North Korea, one of the world's most centrally planned and isolated economies, faces desperate economic conditions. Industrial capital stock is nearly beyond repair as a result of years of underinvestment and spare parts shortages. Industrial and power output have declined in parallel. The nation has suffered its eleventh year of food shortages because of a lack of arable land, collective farming, weather-related problems, and chronic shortages of fertilizer and fuel. Massive international food aid deliveries have allowed the regime to escape mass starvation since 1995, but the population remains the victim of prolonged malnutrition and deteriorating living conditions. Large-scale military spending eats up resources needed for investment and civilian consumption.
Great work Kim, maybe you'll be eligible for the Nobel peace prize once you nuke a few cities.
Or a Great HUMANitarian prize from Planned Parenthood.
"Far-Eastern State University of Russia", or "F-U Russia" for short.
Meanwhile, anti-American universities are pissed they couldn't be the first to do it.
Does this mean that he is now on the short list for the next Supreme Court appointment?
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