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Link is to Japanese from original South Korean source. First, and turning prematurely green, an obligatory picture of assailant (patent liar of the evening Korean Central TV out of Pyongyang for many years), tasked with emotionally reporting specifically on Kim Jong il, missile launches, underground nuke tests, heightened military alerts and the like, and now -- conceivably, on issues relating to Kim Jong Un. Secondly, her recent five-star performance wearing black mourning Korean "hanbok", telling the world that the Beloved Dear Chia Pet was no longer with us--a real tear jerker /sarc.

/begin my excerpts Star Anchor of Korea Central TV off the Screen for 50 Days, What Happened? Yang Seung-shik Ri Chun-hee(age:68,) the star anchorwoman of N. Korea's Korea Central TV, has not been seen on screen for over 50 days, it has been confirmed. Her absence is quite unusual. As a star anchor for 40 years, she had been reporting major stories such as activities of N. Korean leader Kim Jong-il. Japan's Sankei Shimbun reported on Dec. 12 that she was last seen on Oct. 19 news broadcast. Since then, she has been absent. /end my excerpts

The face that launched a thousand N.Korean tirades Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:42am EST By Jon Herskovitz and Christine Kim SEOUL, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The one certainty in unpredictable North Korea is that if the state detonates a nuclear device or leader Kim Jong-il visits a duck farm, Ri Chun-hee will be on TV boasting about the amazing accomplishment. Ri is the forceful grandmother speaking with the authority of the state as the main newscaster for North Korea's only TV channel. Her face is one of the few broadcast abroad and her stentorian reports thunder across airwaves from the...