Posted on 11/24/2017 10:29:59 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
‘Oh” is all that’s known for the name of the North Korean soldier whose escape to South Korea became a viral video. But we do have a bit more to the story.
Shots hit the 24-year-old five times in the lungs and intestines as he ran to freedom in the heavily guarded border zone. He’s now recovering in intensive care. His stomach contained raw corn kernels — a clear sign of brutal food shortages, though North Korea’s border guards are usually the regime’s most trusted, and favored, troops.
With “more than 20 years of experience as a surgeon,” said Lee Cook-jong, Oh’s chief surgeon, “I have not found parasites this big in the intestines of South Koreans” — or anywhere outside medical textbooks.
The refugee also has tuberculosis and hepatitis B. At 5 feet 5 inches and 130 pounds, he’s much shorter and lighter than the average South Korean his age.
You can see why he’s the third North Korean soldier to defect this year. And why the regime has its forces digging new trenches and planting obstacles to prevent any similar escapes, and reportedly has also switched out the troops that had been on the border.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
American & Korean BBQ, Cajun crawdad boils and apple fritter cook-offs all along the border
They weren’t even through the digestive process... probably only hand a couple bite’s worth in him snatched on the fly from a field, no time for roasting.
They are sinister if a few kernels from one cob [if that] is the only thing in his stomach and the only thing in his intestines are worms. Maybe with his ride-alongs eating the corn, he may be one guy from whom corn does not escape intact.
Being from Illinois we ate raw corn all the time but yes, there is a prime window for it- after the silks turn brown and before the husks begin to from green turn yellow... you open it and jam a thumbnail into the kernels to see if they still drip milky juice.
Indians thought it such a big deal that they held the Green Corn Ceremony in the season.
So we planted it two weeks apart to keep it coming...
I suspect the problem is the soldiers don’t know how bad off they really are. Based on their limited frame of reference, they are normal and actually better off than the general population
If they were using Monsanto seeds they wouldn’t be starving...
Such utter misery those people live in. For one lousy, fat boy. Counting my blessings and hope he can’t slaughter them all before he is overthrown or otherwise stopped. The aftermath is uncertain..except for the massive humanitarian crisis that is waiting following that regime.
The cellulose surrounding it isn’t easily digested in the human digestive tract. Eaten raw, it would mostly serve as roughage and give the sense of fullness while adding little nutritional value.
That’s the lever of control that needs to be removed. The officers and soldiers and the secret police need to endure the same suffering as the peasants. As long as they get special treatment, they’ll continue to impose Kim’s will over the country.
Issue hot dogs to all the border/DMZ troops and have them put one on each bayonet. Attacking NorK soldiers will all surrender at the sight.
Now that’s as corny as the Korean’s raw kernel.
LOL :)!
Not to be picky, but hobos were migrant workers who lived by a pretty high standard of ethics, as opposed to tramps. As a kid, I used to visit the hobo camps in Redding CA. My cousins and I would talk to them around the campfire about where they had been, where they were going and what they did. They seemed to appreciate the conversation and after about an hour, we would ask them for money to do downtown and play pool. They always gave us some money.
I do not know if hobos exist today.
“Billiy crapped corn and I don’t care!”
Very clever.
gosh, a sample population of One gives you zero statistical evidence of anything....but hey, folks, don’t let that fact sway your opinion of the rest of the million folks in uniform there.
One thing I learned as a Soldier was never to underestimate the threat. A motivated foe starving foe equipped with a rock or two is harder to beat than a well fed and well trained/led foe who does not care to fight.
That said, NORK is a failed state, just need to let the people of NORK know that and give them some “real” news regarding the status of the rest of the world....
I hate to admit this but I picked up 2 McRib sangwiches for $5 Yesterday.
I know it aint BBQ but they were pretty dang good!
Beats raw corn kernels.
Off topic, but I guy I know called one of those blind dating sites they used to have on the TV.
He went to picked her up and claims it was 400 lbs of woman!
He opened the door on his Mercedes and helped her in... The car listed starboard....
He got in and asked her “Where would yo like to go”?
She said ‘Golden Coral’ LOL
When I was a kid in ohio the migrants were never menacing and always were gone by this time of year
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