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N.Korea Ends Experiment with TV Commercials
Chosun Ilbo ^
| 11/09/09
Posted on 11/16/2009 4:31:43 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; nw_arizona_granny; ...
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posted on
11/16/2009 4:32:28 PM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Ahh, commercial free tv. Ok, gotta give ‘em a high five for that.
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posted on
11/16/2009 4:35:21 PM PST
by
bgill
(The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Is it not true that North Korean society--at least as viewed from the perspective of the Korean Workers Party--iss segmented into about two or three classifications. At the top, a very small percent, are *trusted comrades*, and in the middle, another small percent, are *regular cadres*, and then at the bottom, probably 80%, or "untrustworthy traitors"?
If so, that is a pretty small market to appeal to, just the small elite of the country, I don't know why they would have to put it on TV for the masses to see.
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posted on
11/16/2009 4:35:37 PM PST
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Major Hasan: One American "clinging to guns and religion" Obama couldn't have cared less about!!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
To: TigerLikesRooster
What do they do during the breaks on Sunday Night Football? Don’t tell me that they have to listen to Chris Collinsworth patter on. Those poor people.
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posted on
11/16/2009 4:39:10 PM PST
by
thesharkboy
(<-- Looking for the silver lining in every cloud, since 1998)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Guess the eating dirt commercials haven’t led to increased sales of dirt.
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posted on
11/16/2009 4:42:47 PM PST
by
rod1
To: TigerLikesRooster
Commercial-free. Do they have pledge breaks?
Can I receive that instead of Public Broadcasting-TV.
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posted on
11/16/2009 4:44:46 PM PST
by
rod1
To: rod1
Well, there is a catch, though. Non-stop Kim Jong-il hagiography.
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posted on
11/16/2009 4:47:06 PM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I guess the commercial for the new “tree debarker” “Lunch in under 30 seconds” didn’t go over very well.
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posted on
11/16/2009 4:52:40 PM PST
by
Popman
To: TigerLikesRooster
“the Yonhap news agency reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il fired Cha Sung-su, chairman of the Central Broadcasting Commission...”
I guess it is a safe to assumption that when they say “fired” he was basically dragged outside and a bullet was put into his brain.
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posted on
11/16/2009 4:56:43 PM PST
by
A Texan
(Oderint dum metuant)
To: GOP_Raider
Small beer ping. With a name like "Taedonggang", it better be good!
"occasional advertising of goods on [North] Korean Central TV started July 2 with a commercial for Taedonggang Beer but stopped on Aug. 29."
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posted on
11/16/2009 5:01:36 PM PST
by
dynachrome
(Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir!)
To: A Texan
Yeah, I doubt the guy got a severence package. Probably sent the family a bill for the bullet.
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posted on
11/16/2009 5:03:31 PM PST
by
Tolsti2
To: dynachrome
“Enjoy Taedonggang beer - or else!”
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posted on
11/16/2009 5:06:59 PM PST
by
Nachoman
(Think of life as an adventure you don't survive.)
To: martin_fierro
“I’d buy that for a dollar!”
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posted on
11/16/2009 5:07:07 PM PST
by
6SJ7
(atlasShruggedInd: ON)
To: Tolsti2
Hell, they probably took care of the family before they dragged him out of the office.
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posted on
11/16/2009 5:08:07 PM PST
by
A Texan
(Oderint dum metuant)
To: bgill
That is why the free market invented the TIVO...
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posted on
11/16/2009 5:10:17 PM PST
by
surfer
To: TigerLikesRooster
A Unification Ministry official It's like they read 1984 and built a country around it.
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posted on
11/16/2009 7:07:02 PM PST
by
1010RD
(First Do No Harm)
To: 1010RD
Unification Ministry For several years until 2007, many weren't sure which side they were on. It sort of functioned as a laundering conduit. Launder money and information on behalf of NK regime. Label nice-sounding name for SK government money and give it away to big wigs in NK to use it as they see fit. Buy Champagne or weapons. No questions asked. Or give favorable spin on every negative news from NK. Sometimes suppressed it.
Now it appears to be back on working for SK interest.
Under prior left-wing regime, the name "Unification Ministry" did carry some(sinister) connotation which betrays its official mission.
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posted on
11/16/2009 7:23:13 PM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Close. The three parts of a fascist state can be classified as Inner Party (the top), Outer Party (the middle), and proles (the slaves).
Remember, modern statists don’t take Orwell’s 1984 as a cautionary tale. They take it as a how-to manual.
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posted on
11/16/2009 9:00:35 PM PST
by
piytar
(Go Away RNC, Steele, Graham, and the rest of the lib-loser GOP. WE'RE TAKING OUR PARTY BACK!)
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