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.
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Why North Korea Conducted a Second Nuclear Test
Monday, May 25th, 2009The title assumes North Korea did test a nuclear device, which I think likely, and not an equivalent amount of TNT, initially thought a possibility in 2006 until radioactive isotopes of krypton and xenon were detected.
There are several reasons for a North Korea to conduct a nuclear test and it’s difficult if not impossible [...]
North Korea to Bring Moon to DPRK (The Onion)
Friday, March 13th, 2009Kim Jong Il Announces Plan To Bring Moon To North Korea
Long-term Goals in North Korean Brinksmanship
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009The Taepo Dong 2 (TD-2) (대포동 2호) missile launch(es) North Korea likely is preparing for, and recent voiding of all political-military deals with South Korea, are part of Pyongyang’s long-term strategy of regime survival. While these actions also have less important near-terms goals – expressing displeasure with ROK President Lee Myung-bak’s relatively hard-line approach [...]
Kim Jong-il Online Dating Testimonial
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009H/T MajK
New Movie on North Korean Defectors: Kimjongilia
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009“Kimjongilia” [김정일화] is a documentary the depicts why the defectors fled, describes their escapes, and recounts the dangers they faced in China, hunted by Chinese police as well as North Korean intelligence services.
The director, N.C. Heikin, felt she must do something to expose the human rights disaster that North Korea is after hearing of Kang [...]
First Succession Rumor of 2009: The Dear Leader Selects Son Number Three, Kim Jong-un
Thursday, January 15th, 2009In November I speculated that Kim Jong-il’s apparent stroke in August might prompt him to select a successor before he dies or becomes incapacitated. Reporting from Yonhap claims that Kim Jong-il’s third son, Kim Jong-un (김정운) (also Romanized as Jong-eun and Jong-woon, has been chosen as his successor:
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has [...]
French Doctors on Treating Kim Jong-il Since the 1990s; Confirms Stroke
Thursday, December 11th, 2008French doctors have been treating North Korean elite – to include Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il – since the early 1990s. Rumors of European physicians treating the Kim Jong-il have been around for years, but the bizarre details were bound to surface sooner or later; here are a few (h/t PS) [original text in French, [...]
Kim Jong-il’s Health and Timing Succession
Friday, November 7th, 2008If reporting over the past two months has been accurate, it seems that Kim Jong-il suffered a stroke (or perhaps a heart attack), in mid-August, was in the hospital for a time, but is now recovering. A French neurosurgeon, Francois-Xavier Roux, is thought to have treated Kim, which would point to a stroke, though [...]
They’ll be Hair to Pay
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008From Mainichi and via the Chosun Bimbo, “In his first reported appearance following news of his hospitalization, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il lost his temper while watching a college soccer match, denouncing several players’ long hair as “disgusting,” according to a source close to the North Korean government. The outburst was followed by a [...]
