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(2nd LD)S. Korean man says purported photo of N. Korean successor his own(Asahi TV hoax)
Yonhap News ^ | 06/10/09 | Sam Kim

Posted on 06/10/2009 11:06:47 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

(2nd LD) S. Korean man says purported photo of N. Korean successor his own

By Sam Kim

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean man said Wednesday the photo of a man a Japanese television station claims to be that of the successor to North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is, in fact, his own.

The photo, shown by Japan's Asahi TV earlier Wednesday, shows a young man wearing sunglasses and a white T-shirt. The report said the photo, which it says it obtained exclusively, is of Kim's third son, Jong-un, who is apparently preparing to take over the communist regime.

However, a 40-year-old South Korean man, Bae Seok-bum, told Yonhap by phone the picture is his own. It was posted on an Internet community he runs on shamanism in February this year so Bae could show the facial similarities between himself and Kim Jong-il.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hoax; kimjongun; nkorea; successor

One of Asahi TV photo

Photo of S. Korean Mr. Bae at a farm in Seochon

How Asahi TV photo could have been lifted


1 posted on 06/10/2009 11:06:47 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; nw_arizona_granny; ...
Asahi TV was taken for a ride. A great way to make a quick buck or to discredit a potentially hostile media outlet.
2 posted on 06/10/2009 11:08:34 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
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Yeah, that's what they'd like you to believe. Hehehehe...

:^)

3 posted on 06/10/2009 11:09:01 AM PDT by Dumpster Baby (The chair is against the wall. John has a long mustache.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster; Tijeras_Slim; Constitution Day; Petronski; aculeus; dighton; Ezekiel
It was posted on an Internet community he runs on shamanism in February this year so Bae could show the facial similarities between himself and Kim Jong-il.

I look just like Mussolini, but you don't hear me braggin'.

4 posted on 06/10/2009 11:10:41 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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Hi, Benito! :-)
5 posted on 06/10/2009 11:11:33 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
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Is he ronery?


6 posted on 06/10/2009 11:13:55 AM PDT by Dallas59 ("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Yeah like CBS news with Dan Rather after Freepers get done with this network LOL!


7 posted on 06/10/2009 11:14:34 AM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: TigerLikesRooster

That’s gonna hurt.


8 posted on 06/10/2009 11:56:10 PM PDT by tanuki (The only color of a leader that should matter is the color of his spine.)
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