Kim Jong Il - DEAD!

[W.G.Ewald]

A week after N. Korean leader’s death, signs of smooth transition - The Washington Post

In the span of one week, Kim Jong Eun became North Korea's "Great Successor" and his political party's "Outstanding Leader." The country's state-run newspaper, as if introducing the next step, urged him to become the military's "Supreme Commander." And, so far, there is no evidence of opposition to his ascension from within the secretive Stalinist nation.

 

[asianobserve]

A spitting image of his grandfather:

 

[thakur_ritesh]

wow man, the two look so damn similar!

whats with the double chin in the family

 

[asianobserve]

whats with the double chin in the family

The perk of being Kims...

 

[niharjhatn]

The perk of being Kims...

As well as an ability to gain or lose weight on a whim

Check out this photo of him in college

and look at the butterball now

 

[Ray]

The dead tells no tales!

 

[asianobserve]

The dead tells no tales!

What do you mean?

 

[W.G.Ewald]

All of North Korea is an insane asylum.

Video: Magpies 'mourn' Kim Jong-il in North Korea - Telegraph

 

[niharjhatn]

What do you mean?

I am the leader of country X. You live in country X. As leader of country X I say I am the greatest. Outside world believes it because no one else is allowed to interact with the outside world. You don't like me, and plan to blab to the outside world. I kill you. You = dead = can't speak = I stay great.

The effects of this can be seen in NK...

 

[asianobserve]

The North Korean "crying game" is in full swing.

North Koreans' Tears, Sadness Upon Kim Jong Il's Death - TIME

 

[thakur_ritesh]

The North Korean "crying game" is in full swing.

North Koreans' Tears, Sadness Upon Kim Jong Il's Death - TIME

i doubt its a "crying game" being played out, and something i can talk from experience.

when indira gandhi was assassinated, india bid a very tearful adieu and left behind a country depressed.

another example, in the 1996 cricket world cup we lost to minnows in sri lanka, a defeat that was seen as a huge humiliation and a huge let down by the national team, and i recall most of the people for the next 2 days at least couldnt get over the defeat.

here is someone, kim jong il, around whom there was this tremendous aura built around, who was seen as all powerful, who was invincible, who had these mystic powers for whom mother nature would get happy and depressed, who was mightier than the mightiest, around whose personality there was this huge propaganda, and when you lose someone who has been portrayed like that, people crying their hearts out, howling, screaming, emotional outbursts is a but natural culmination. this country is in a deep state of shock and depression.

have they reported people committing suicides in grief? wont be surprised if people have.

 

[asianobserve]

Well the word "game" comes in because of the very OA (over acting) manner in which these NOKORs express their grief for their deceased Kims. It's more of a sarcasm.

 

[thakur_ritesh]

Well the word "game" comes in because of the very OA (over acting) manner in which these NOKORs express their grief for their deceased Kims. It's more of a sarcasm.

yeah, something that has intrigued me as well. when the cameras move closer to bereaved crowd they start to scream and howl but when the cameras aren't close by but at a distance, they are crying but not screaming.

 

[asianobserve]

It struck me that these NOKORs are fund of Cadillacs...

 

[amoy]

Kim Jong-il is said to be versatile. He co-conducted a movie / opera "Flower Girl" which was classic. Up to date the theme song is popular, even among Chinese

On NK's 1-Won (Yuan) bank note there's the 'flower girl'

 

[asianobserve]

Kim Jong-il is said to be versatile. He co-conducted a movie / opera "Flower Girl" which was classic. Up to date the theme song is popular, even among Chinese

Indeed he is versatile, he can also be an idiotic ruler (as he presided one of the most disastrous era in any country with millions of his countrymen killed by famine).

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Kim Jong-il: How to embalm a dictator | News | National Post

 

[niharjhatn]

Indeed he is versatile, he can also be an idiotic ruler (as he presided one of the most disastrous era in any country with millions of his countrymen killed by famine).

He can also ride a horse in a way that puts both John Wayne and Clint Eastwood to shame...