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Korea: Don't laugh at Dear Leader, SKorean athletes warned
AFP ^ | 08/20/08

Posted on 08/21/2008 6:09:44 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Don't laugh at Dear Leader, SKorean athletes warned

Wed Aug 20, 4:14 AM ET

South Korean Olympic athletes have been given detailed guidelines to avoid friction with their North Korean counterparts in Beijing, officials said Wednesday.

Contestants should not point or laugh at badges or portraits depicting North Korea's "Dear Leader" Kim Jong-Il or his late father Kim Il-Sung, the (South) Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) says in a handbook.

"Refrain from pointing, touching or laughing at badges, portraits and remarks idolising the father and son," the booklet advises.

Athletes should also avoid using names like "South Korea" and "North Korea" or even the countries' official titles, the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" and "the Republic of Korea."

They should "maintain an attitude that is resolute and dignified while avoiding political issues in dialogue" when they meet North Korean counterparts, says the 150-page handbook which also covers a variety of other topics.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: communism; etiquette; kimjongil; kimjungoompaloompa; northkorea; olympic
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To: Liberty Valance

That my second fav photo of Chia Pet and his kid that got busted at Tokyo Disneyland LOL!


21 posted on 08/21/2008 7:00:28 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: Artemis Webb

I think puppet doesn’t cross the line do we Folks LOL!


22 posted on 08/21/2008 7:01:16 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: SevenofNine

What?


23 posted on 08/21/2008 7:16:39 PM PDT by WaldenPond
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To: The_Media_never_lie

You really have to wonder how people like Jong, Gore, Edwards and Pelosi get any power.


24 posted on 08/21/2008 7:20:40 PM PDT by modest proposal (Congress (n). Place where you can be supported in comfort by the state to talk stupid)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Time for the Kim Jong Il door mat. My shoes are dirty and I don’t want to track dirt into my house.


25 posted on 08/21/2008 7:37:45 PM PDT by Tamar1973 (Catch the Korean Wave, one Bae Yong Joon film at a time!)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
says the 150-page handbook

they might win more medals at the olympics if they spent their time training instead of reading stupid 150 page rule books
26 posted on 08/21/2008 7:40:06 PM PDT by wafflehouse (RE-ELECT NO ONE !)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
It's Chia Pet, It's’s a chi chi chi chia pet....

The South Koreans need to come with a little dance number set to the old Chia Pet commercials.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzY7qQFij_M

27 posted on 08/21/2008 7:41:57 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland ("We have to drain the swamp" George Bush, September 2001)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Better idea:

Adopt the terms “Free Korea” and “Kim’s Country” to distinguish them.

Trash the 150 pages and the bureaucrats who came up with them.


28 posted on 08/21/2008 7:47:49 PM PDT by BobbyT
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To: chris_bdba

I think North Korea has an official “lights out” time because when photographed from space at night, the PDRK is blacked out while the ROK (Republic of Korea) down south is lit up like a Christmas tree.


29 posted on 08/21/2008 7:50:05 PM PDT by 12Gauge687 (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
I can't believe they let anyone out of country. Why would they go back?

Korea at night aka the fruits of Obamunism

Even the people working the night shift on the offshore squid boats have it better than them!

30 posted on 08/21/2008 7:59:07 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (I will stand with the Muslims ~B Hussein Obomunist ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Verito Possumus~Verified Sleeper!)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Is it ok to refer to them as, “hey, you !@#$ing KorCom?”

How about kimchee breath?

How about loser?


31 posted on 08/21/2008 8:08:26 PM PDT by Rembrandt (We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
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To: rawcatslyentist
I can't believe they let anyone out of country. Why would they go back?

They are depending on the good-will and compassion of the athletes.

Their families are under house arrest after all, and at risk of death.

32 posted on 08/21/2008 8:09:56 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (OVERPRODUCTION......... one of the top five worries for American farmers.)
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To: rawcatslyentist

Hmmm ... You must have old picture. Lil Kim has lights now ... :>)

33 posted on 08/21/2008 9:32:37 PM PDT by Jay Howard Smith (Retired(25yrNCO)Military)
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To: PGR88

They should Sun Young Moon them..


34 posted on 08/21/2008 11:24:56 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Bump.


35 posted on 08/22/2008 1:07:33 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1990507/posts?page=451 SURVIVAL, RECIPES, GARDENS, & INFO)
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