Kim Jong Eun is married, North Korea confirms

Tikki

I checked Macy's and Sears.

There's another one on its way back to Japan for more gifts and possibly some slow-moving sales ladies as well.

PB

perhaps a donation to the North Korean veterans fund oh and if you have any laying around some plutonium. A few kilos should do it.

That would be the best choice for Americans who want to gift the happy couple.

From the article at the link:

"Despite North Korea’s efforts to cultivate Kim’s warm image, however, the young leader oversees one of the world’s most cold-blooded states, one whose government funnels its money to weapons, provides scant food for its people, and punishes those who criticize the status quo."

Gees, change a few words and it sounds like the US. "funnels its money to weapons, provides scant food and punishes those who criticize the status quo."

Check, check and check.

My favourites are the ones who claim North Korea's freer than Western countries in general, or the US in particular.

to NK.

And apparently even after being treated as celebrities and being given access to luxuries no average NK citizen could even dream of many were still not happy about it.

Crossing the Line is a good documentary on Netflix that covers this.

The people of North Korean are and have been suffering horribly for a very long time.

'cause the U.S. is just like N.K.

Yes, we have some problems. But if you seriously think that there are real parallels, you should probably go live there for a year or two.

Just like this guy: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17767626

And you can't walk down the streets without stepping over the bodies of the starving.

Sorry, even with our flaws, I'm not accepting that the United States is as oppressive as North Korea.

Nice try at massive hyperbole, though.

you're right. The US and North Korea are exactly the same.

Hence all the American defectors who have their families shot in reprisal. Oh and the waves of famine that hit us regularly (leading to an obesity epidemic?).

Too bad if "IN YOUR FACE" bothers so many of you but the subtle route is what got us to where we are today.

If you're not walking by bridges and overpasses with homeless, hungry people with all their meager belongings in a shopping cart here in the US then you're lucky. I see it every day. If you haven't driven passed the Rescue Mission and seen the line of people snake out the front door and ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BLOCK then you are lucky. I have and it happens every day.

If you haven't seen the kids - yes kids, teenagers, in the town square drumming on the back of overturned plastic paint drums to try to make it seem more like performance art than begging you are lucky. I have seen them. They travel in groups of at least three or four for protection. Many have their loyal dogs to help with that protection so they can try to sleep at night somewhere that is not secure. The dog will alert them to strangers approaching and wake them.

If you think we don't stifle descent like despotic dictators do then talk to the record number of whistle-blowers who are being prosecuted. Or think about Bradley Manning who has spent most of the last couple of years in solitary. Much of it in only his underwear with just a blanket. Got to make an example for others so no one else dare risk their comfy apartment and trips to Chick-Fil-A.

Talk to the Occupy protestors who have been pepper-sprayed, tased, and infiltrated by government agents. Talk to the possible protestors in Chicago who were imprisoned and then had trumped up charges filed against them before they even hit the streets. SWAT teams descending on them in the middle of the night.

Talk to that Pastor who's video I saw here on DU yesterday. He was arrested, his head was bashed into broken glass and then the pavement. He has eleven stitches. All because he didn't want to have his car searched. So the Border Patrol, which was no where near the border in this event, brought in a dog and claimed the dog alerted. Despite the dog didn't bark or sit by the car which is usally what a dog does to alert. No the pastor's real crime was not cooperating like a sheep. (now I know I saw many comments about the pastor and how he's a bigot etc. but no human deserves what he got).

As for weapons. I'm taking bets now that the sequester that is supposed to cut defense spending next year will never happen. The MIC is too entrenched in too many representatives and senators districts and in their campaign funds. Just think of the poor, the infirm, the hungry and the homeless as each new weapons system rolls off the line - always late and always over budget. But hey, like Rmoney says the "Soviet Union," which hasn't existed since 1991 is our biggest threat. I can't see why China would be a threat. They already have all our jobs and a lot of our debt. Besides there wouldn't be enough Wal-Marts to ship cheap, substandard goods to if they didn't have trade with the US. And GOD forbid if we can't get our next version of the iPhone.

No we are not as bad as NK. It's an awful place. We don't "disappear" people and then just shoot them. We still take the time to trump up lame charges and prosecute them through our "justice" system.

But make no mistake that slope that is alleged to be so slippery is not that far in front of us.

So sorry I bored you.

Hopefully she was married by choice.

firing squads ... forced labor camps .... or do what your told to do ...

PB

going to change that country.

He apparently was educated in Switzerland. Supposedly a fan of Michael Jordan.

That's a big start.

Are we about to be graced with a house full of lil' Uns?


I'll be here all week. Try the scampi, the veal's lousy.....

you deserve for that.

Did she really have a choice? I don't things would turn out well for her and her family for refusing "Dear Leader".

...have more power than he does. To explain: There has been quite a bit of speculation that the NK dictators have always been puppets of the military and have little or no control whatsoever. In such a situation, Kim Jong Eun's wife could actually be the daughter of one of these military figures who is part of the group actually calling the shots. Sort of a reverse Sejanus situation if you've seen I, Claudius.

Just one of the many freaky possibilities given the sketchy nature of that entire set up.

I know it may sound odd but the way NK has been run has led to quite a bit of reasonable speculation that this has been the case for decades.

PB

I mean, they have to live their lives putting on a good face for the sake of 'the party'.

Do they ever relax and just be themselves?

Makes one appreciate something America has to offer, doesn't it?

Worker's paradise? Okay.

heheh.

oh shit, what color are we on?

... identified Kim Jong-un's companion as Hyon Song-wol, a former singer with North Korea's Bochonbo Electronic Music Band, whose popularity, it says, peaked in 1995 with her hit song "Excellent Horse-Like Lady". lol!

And here it is, the most awesomest song EVER!!:

The workers of the Democratic Republic of Korea are truly inspired by the wisdom and compassion of the Dear Leader, and show the magnificence of the Juche Idea.

... WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?

Or my impersonation of a North Korean review of it?

I'm sending some government cheese for a wedding gift!

ruling style. By introducing his wife into state events, it demonstrates he's willing to share the stage.

This may seem to be a small thing but its incredibly important if this country is to emerge from its hellish past.

Congrats to the new couple (and fervent hopes they can create some real change for North Korea).

and possibly it wasn't make public until now. It would make sense given the fact that he had already been tapped as the next leader.

Change comes slow, but I always hope I'll be alive to see the two Koreas reunite. Until then I hope that some improvements are made to the people's lives in the north.

The closest thing I can think of is ancient Egypt where the Pharaohs were considered actual, literal gods, but in ancient Egypt the family of the Pharaoh wasn't hidden.

Is it to make him seem less human?

Even though he is an evil dictator, I hope this doesn't end in a bloodbath.

... You will be assimilated.