Posted on 12/21/2013 3:35:57 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Vol 32 No 52 | 12/21-12/27, World News
North Korea explodes myth of Kim dynasty
Posted on 21 December 2013. Tags: 2013, Vol 32 No 52 | December 21 - December 27
By Foster Klug
Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea’s propaganda machine has long kept alive the myth of a serene, all-powerful ruling dynasty that enjoyed universal love and support at home. In a single stroke last week, that came crashing down.
In attempting to justify the execution of his uncle, who was also considered North Korea’s No. 2 official, young leader Kim Jong Un has given the world a rare look behind the scenes of a notoriously hard-to-read government.
It is not a pretty sight, and many analysts believe Pyongyang’s eagerness to pillory Jang Song Thaek not only destroys the image of unity projected by state-run media, but also acknowledges dissension and a dangerous instability.
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Kim Jong Un “has managed to tarnish his own image, look like a modern Caligula, and give the lie to 90 percent of the bombast emanating from Pyongyang,” said Bruce Cumings, a history professor at the University of Chicago.
“Whatever one thinks of this regime, from the standpoint of the top leadership, this was a politically stupid, self-defeating move,” he said.
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(Excerpt) Read more at nwasianweekly.com ...
In a kingdom the people are not free, they are all subjects who can be executed at the slightest whim of the monarch.
In the end there can be only Un.
What’s the old saw?
‘The first generation builds, the second preserves and the third squanders’.
I get the sense that the UN family has put saddam hussein to shame relative to spontaneous executions....
kim jung un stinks of high madness
I get the sense that the UN family has put saddam hussein to shame relative to spontaneous executions....
kim jung un stinks of high madness
Hopefully in the end there can be Un-less
Dork Dynasty
This just in....
A&E replaces Robertson family with Kim Jong & Co
First episode to have cameos from Dennis Rodman, Kanye West, and Baraq Obama.
I beg your pardon?
What kind of dunderhead would believe anything the NK said?
If they said it was raining I would leave my umbrella at home.
They lie.
All the time.
About everything.
They are something like demonrats in that regard.
Millionaires dress in very expensive and stylish clothes.
Billionaires dess however they want.
I would have thought that A&E, in keeping with their desired target audience, would want to replace the Robertson's show with a reality show about Barney Frank's home life. They could call it "D*ck Dynasty" [vowel censored].
Their primary commercial sponsor could be K-Mart
Problems with the law can also be made to go away with bribes. “Two people in Cheongjin, North Hamgyong Province were sentenced to two years in prison for watching a South Korean film. They were put in prison in Kangwon Province but paid some money and were released three days later,” a defector testified. “Rumor has it that prison guards are getting rich.”
A source said, “There’s a widespread sense that everything from cradle to grave can be solved with money.” In border regions, guards earn money by turning a blind eye to or even helping would-be defectors.
Currently, a U.S. dollar is worth about 7,000 North Korean won. Would-be defectors pay border guards $40 to cross the Apnok or Duman rivers, and $60 to carry old or feeble people on their back.
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/11/16/2013111600456.html
Gee, just like OUR border!
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