Posted on 12/17/2013 10:48:51 AM PST by mojito
North Korea's military and political elite lined up in formation to swear fealty to its leader Kim Jong-un today as observers studied the position of top aides to see who survived the recent purge of Kim's uncle.
Kim's paternal aunt Kim Kyong-hui was not present at any of the events after her husband Jang Song-thaek, known to have been North Korea's second most powerful man, was suddenly purged and executed last week.
The aunt was reportedly in favor of her husband's ouster from the government. Jang has been charged of alleged drug abuse, womanizing, and treason by attempting to create his own powerbase within the regime.
"With Jang now out of the picture, North Korea is ready and set to go to start assembling people behind Kim Jong-un's sole and only leadership," said Park Chang-kwon, senior research fellow at Korea Institute for Defense Analyses in Seoul.
The occasion for the state photograph was commemoration ceremonies to mark the second anniversary of the death of Kim's father, Kim Jong-il.
Top officials sat with Kim on a wide stage at the Pyongyang Indoor Gymnasium with a huge portrait of Kim Jong-il behind them, heads bowed as the traditional North Korean funeral dirge played.
At several points during the speeches, all rose to applaud the "immortal and glorious exploits" of the late leader. Kim Jong-un, wearing a gray Mao suit, did not speak at the ceremony.
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That’s right! Time to get the heck out of Dodge, err, Pyongyang!
She has a cold.
wow
“Auntie who? We don’t know any Auntie you speak of!”
She might have made the run to China.
They know what is expected of them and they know what happens if they do not comply
I had an aunt who mas married to a Communist.
Just like the polit bureau atop Lenin’s tomb on
May day. Who is where and who is missing?
FMCDH(BITS)
Would it be in Christmas like to hope Dennis Rodman goes missing while in North Korea?
Freegards
LEX
“She’s on the roof and she won’t come down.”
HF
Because if you replace the kids with the current journalist crop, it would look much much worse.
/Chrissy might be humping his leg
Un either ripped a gasser off or you are seeing the effects of severe brain washing since childhood.
She’s in the North Korean Witness Protection Program.
Is that Hillary’s Mom?
It’s about Obams’s mama Stan Lee. I mean Stanley.
Kim Jung Un better watch out. He who lives by the sword often dies by it. Yes, Bashar is still there in Syria, but that country has nearby support from it’s evil big brother Iran. North Korea may have China to pay it’s bills, or maybe not. Krazy-Kim could now have become such a dangerous nuisance, that the Chinese will allow him to be ‘permanently re-assigned’ without their intervention.
Yep. Like us (for now) with the IRS. It only gets worse. “The beatings will stop once moral improves”.
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