Gizmodo Kim Jong-il Photo Shop Contest
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Gizmodo has an excellent array of Kim Jong-il photos; In Which We Provoke Kim Jong Il in 77 Offensive and Hilarious Ways. Some are sure to become often used classics.

Gizmodo has an excellent array of Kim Jong-il photos; In Which We Provoke Kim Jong Il in 77 Offensive and Hilarious Ways. Some are sure to become often used classics.
Kim Jong Il Announces Plan To Bring Moon To North Korea
H/T MajK
President Reagan’s diary is about to be published. There are some excerpts in the article, including the following vintage Reagan remark:
A 1981 entry on Cuban leader Fidel Castro said: “Intelligence reports say he Castro is very worried about me. I’m very worried that we can’t come up with something to justify his worrying.”
There will [...]
We’ve probably all seen some of this video before, but I didn’t know what the rifle was; a .557 Tyrannosaur. If an elephant or rhino is charging you, it might be the weapon of choice, other than that, I don’t think I’d want to give a try. . . more than once, anyway.
1. WALL STREET JOURNAL is read by the people who run the country.
2. WASHINGTON POST is read by people who think they run the country.
3. NEW YORK TIMES is read by people who think they should run the country, and who are very good at crosswords.
4. USA TODAY is read by people who think they [...]
With everything else going on this month, we’ve been late in putting this out there, but perhaps it can help you when you’re back at Borders on the 26th looking to trade in that book of cute kitten pictures that your Aunt Marge got you for some inexplicable reason.
Movies
North Korea: A Day In The Life
Filmed [...]
As part of the continuing effort to hit the KFR where it hurts - right in their pampered lifestyles - USA Today reports that the US Government has placed an export ban on the Apple iPod and other items:
…the list of proposed luxury sanctions, obtained by The Associated Press, aims to make Kim’s swanky life [...]
Uberprotestor Cindy Sheehan has made her voice heard in the Pyongtaek Base Consolidation fight.
Clearly going into this knowing nothing about the situation, they didn’t even bother to make their own signs. Or, if they did, they forgot F7…
(Excerpts after the jump)
A group of US peace activists led by Cindy Sheehan staged a protest outside [...]
Update 2: The concert is canceled, and “Voice of People” is no more!
Update: In an update the post on the upcoming DPRK ‘Rock Festival,’ the Guardian has a Q&A with the admin of the ‘Voice of Korea’ propaganda site, Jean-Baptiste Kim. A sample: “Your biggest misconception is that you believe North Koreans are all dying [...]
After missile and nuclear tests and uranium enrichment, the U.S. sanctions North Korean firms while Pyongyang reverses, making overtures. It’s not an accident, it’s a pattern of strategic disengagement.
- #Vanity Fair, of all publications, has a lengthy article on North Korea’s counterfeiting operations, including Office 39. Well worth a read. (h/t NE Asia Matters)
- #The Chosun Ilbo has an article about a new book by Chang Jin-song (formerly affiliated with the North Korean Workers' Party) that details Kim Jong-il private life, including the inside scoop on all his lady friends. According to Chang, one unfortunate young lady to get Kim's attention was, "brutally executed after she spurned Kim's persistent advances and fell in love with another man."
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