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Looks like Rodman is already back pedaling and apologizing for his antics. Someone must have called him..
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02-21-2014, 09:24 AM | #152 |
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Sketches from UN report......
Haunting sketches show horror of North Korean prison camps | Fox News Also I watched 'Camp 14' last night on Netflix. Interviews a former prisoner along with two former guards. Really intense stuff. |
02-21-2014, 09:28 AM | #153 |
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I guess I'm fine with those atrocities getting some press, but is there anything in that report we didn't already know?
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02-21-2014, 09:54 AM | #154 |
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All of the stress position drawings could have been made at Abu Ghraib.
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03-11-2014, 05:56 PM | #156 |
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More like Kim Jong-Unanimous!
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03-11-2014, 06:01 PM | #157 | |
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03-11-2014, 06:54 PM | #158 | |
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03-12-2014, 02:21 PM | #159 |
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Just reminds me of this:
Iraqi presidential referendum, 1995 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia where Saddam Hussein got 99.47% of the vote. I would be interested in knowing what happened to the 3052 people that voted against him. |
03-29-2014, 05:02 PM | #160 |
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This book shows just how demented and fucked up everything is inside North Korea...
Amazon.com: Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea eBook: Barbara Demick: Kindle Store Definitely a sad state of affairs there.
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04-08-2014, 08:36 AM | #161 |
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Be careful if Kim Jong-Un invites you over for a BBQ.
North Korean official 'executed by flame-thrower' - Telegraph
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04-08-2014, 09:13 AM | #162 | |
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Like a really bad cartoon over there. One that has been on for way too long.
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04-08-2014, 11:27 AM | #163 |
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04-09-2014, 05:20 PM | #164 |
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Interesting viewpoints from some recent North Korean defectors.
How much longer will North Korean regime last? - Telegraph
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04-09-2014, 05:31 PM | #165 | |
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04-15-2014, 06:24 PM | #166 |
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Couldn't decide if this belonged here, or in the Strava/Runkeeper thread. Run a marathon in Pyongyang next year!
Pyongyang Marathon 2015 - Experience North Korea
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04-15-2014, 10:06 PM | #167 |
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Here's some photos and info about this year's marathon.
Photos from North Korea's Very Unusual Marathon - The Wire It would be an interesting experience, but you'd have to fork over some money that funds the regime. I know these groups based in the UK exist, they get lots of tourists in and out of North Korea on "supervised tours" every year without incident, but you're funding a brutal dictator and all that. |
04-23-2014, 06:06 PM | #168 |
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Some photos of a tourist's trip to North Korea. Obviously, this is the version of North Korea the regime wants you to see, but it's interesting to get an idea of what a visit would be like.
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04-24-2014, 08:20 AM | #169 |
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I'm torn by this.
On one hand, the allowing of foreigners into the country will eventually introduce enough of the outside world to entice change (as it did for the USSR). On the other hand, this is a regime that literally kills babies born in labor camps. Nothing should be done to support the regime. |
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I occasionally enjoy reading up on the NK official news site to see what's going on over there. Stuff like this makes for entertaining reading.
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05-15-2014, 01:39 PM | #172 |
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A video game where you get to play as Kim Jong Un, AND have Dennis Rodman as your sidekick?
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!! Kim Jong Un Video Game Is The Enemy Of Capitalist Pigs
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05-18-2014, 09:38 AM | #175 |
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How many get executed for this?
Many feared dead as North Korea apologizes for Pyongyang apartment building collapse | Fox News |
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Maybe those dead were the ones that built/designed the apartment and that WAS their execution.
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I imagine the collapse was intentional and will be used as the reason to execute those that have fallen out of favor with the party.
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05-18-2014, 06:07 PM | #179 |
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Fox News: Learn "lead" vs "led," please.
I'm also quite shocked that North Korea would let this story out and not blame it on a US/South Korea bombing or something.
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I'm beginning to think that communist dictator regimes aren't very trustworthy
The reportedly executed ex-lover of Kim Jong Un seems to be very much alive
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05-21-2014, 10:56 AM | #181 |
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Interesting to watch.
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I kept waiting for the Red Hour to start.
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1. Dude looks fatter. Maybe he'll die early?
2. Can you imagine the trepidation that sub captain had, hoping everything would actually work while Kim was on board? 3. Surprising to read they actually have 60 (albeit probably not very capable) submarines. I wonder how many of those are operable? |
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06-19-2014, 06:48 PM | #190 |
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Their subs are all diesel/electric boats from the 1950's and such. So...not exactly cutting edge. A torpedo with a 4-mile range? LOL. Those things are so noisy that I have a feeling US surface ships can detect them much farther away than that.
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The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea - N.Korean Leader Getting Fatter |
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I thought the guy was relatively young? Could have cancer or a thyroid condition.
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06-20-2014, 10:20 AM | #195 |
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Exactly.
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06-20-2014, 10:21 AM | #196 |
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In a place like North Korea, a thing like genocide doesn't even necessarily stand out, but one might be going on right now.
Report: A Genocide May Be Happening in North Korea - TIME |
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I'd argue a genocide has been happening ever since the end of the Korean War. What else do you call it when the government systematically starves millions of citizens to death, and then executes countless others for various & sundry reasons?
Maybe it needs to have a specific ethnic targeting to be a genocide, but it's still millions of people being killed. |
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pfft, everyone knows Kennedy was killed by the CIA and not the military.
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I know I've said it before, but Kim Jong-Whothehellcares comes off like a fucking cartoon character:
North Korea says Seth Rogen's new movie is an 'act of war' | The Verge
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