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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Nov-07-08 01:33 PM
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'Fake photo' revives Kim rumours
Source: BBC

There is fresh speculation about the health of North Korea's "Dear Leader" Kim Jong-il, amid suggestions that an image of Mr Kim may have been doctored.

The image, released on Wednesday, appeared to show Mr Kim in good health while inspecting two military units.

But an analysis by the UK's Times newspaper highlighted incongruities around the leader's legs, and the BBC found what look like mismatched pixels.

It has given new life to suggestions Mr Kim may be seriously unwell.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7715458.stm


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   He reportedly had some kind of brain surgery  tekisui   Nov-07-08 01:35 PM   #1 
   Dunno ...  meegbear   Nov-07-08 01:38 PM   #2 
   Next would be Mini-Kim, presumably...and I've heard he's even more foul tempered  htuttle   Nov-07-08 01:38 PM   #3 
   That new stand-in must be really new  DS1   Nov-07-08 01:43 PM   #4 
   ...  meegbear   Nov-07-08 01:49 PM   #5 
   Oh Dear!  mr_hat   Nov-07-08 02:22 PM   #6 
   Kim Jong Joe (the Plumber) surfaces in Korea  Kalifornia.Kid   Nov-07-08 02:40 PM   #7 
   "Seriously unwell" - that's a tactful way of putting it (nt)  Posteritatis   Nov-07-08 02:56 PM   #8 
   Yeah, the shadow of his leg is really off.  tclambert   Nov-07-08 02:56 PM   #9 
   I thought he emitted his own? His spokesdroids say so! (nt)  Posteritatis   Nov-07-08 06:56 PM   #16 
   But why fake a photo when they could put a double in place?  tclambert   Nov-07-08 02:58 PM   #10 
   Terrible photoshopping  jennied   Nov-07-08 03:37 PM   #11 
   Another doctored photograph  Gasping4Truth   Nov-07-08 03:47 PM   #12 
   Plus, there's no shadow between his legs. Fake. nt  greyl   Nov-07-08 03:54 PM   #13 
   Some poor N. Korean photoshop peon is now off the the labor camps  cobalt1999   Nov-07-08 04:00 PM   #14 
   I don't buy it  dotcosm   Nov-07-08 05:06 PM   #15 
   I didn't realize you were doing a FARK photoshop contest!  Joe Bacon   Nov-08-08 12:04 AM   #17 
   Trotsky's Elbow  Turbineguy   Nov-08-08 03:44 PM   #18 
 
tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Nov-07-08 01:35 PM
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1. He reportedly had some kind of brain surgeryUpdated at 9:49 AM
after a stroke. That came from SK press.

He is probably nearly dead. Who takes his place?
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Nov-07-08 01:38 PM
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2. Dunno ...
I've never heard any other names other than his.
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Nov-07-08 01:38 PM
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3. Next would be Mini-Kim, presumably...and I've heard he's even more foul tempered
Seriously, though. The top military staff that has surrounded him all of these years were inherited from his father's reign. I suspect they've been making most of the decisions all along.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Nov-07-08 01:43 PM
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4. That new stand-in must be really new
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Nov-07-08 01:49 PM
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5. ...
Edited on Fri Nov-07-08 01:49 PM by meegbear
:spray:

Damn iPhone camera, piece of shit.
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mr_hat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Fri Nov-07-08 02:22 PM
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6. Oh Dear!
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Kalifornia.Kid (602 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Nov-07-08 02:40 PM
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7. Kim Jong Joe (the Plumber) surfaces in Korea
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Nov-07-08 02:56 PM
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8. "Seriously unwell" - that's a tactful way of putting it (nt)
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tclambert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Nov-07-08 02:56 PM
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9. Yeah, the shadow of his leg is really off.
But then, sunshine never did strike Kim at the same angle as the rest of humanity.
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Nov-07-08 06:56 PM
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16. I thought he emitted his own? His spokesdroids say so! (nt)
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tclambert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Nov-07-08 02:58 PM
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10. But why fake a photo when they could put a double in place?
Edited on Fri Nov-07-08 02:58 PM by tclambert
President Kim, meet Dave . . .
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jennied (397 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Nov-07-08 03:37 PM
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11. Terrible photoshopping
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Gasping4Truth (199 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Nov-07-08 03:47 PM
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12. Another doctored photograph
Edited on Fri Nov-07-08 04:38 PM by Gasping4Truth
was discussed lately at shorpy.com:



... the D.L. greeting an assortment of functionaries whose hovering selves levitate shadowlessly over a stone platform.


(On edit: linked to a mirrored version of the pic, because cross-site inlining with shorpy.com did not work out)
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greyl Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Nov-07-08 03:54 PM
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13. Plus, there's no shadow between his legs. Fake. nt
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Nov-07-08 04:00 PM
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14. Some poor N. Korean photoshop peon is now off the the labor camps
He screwed up.
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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Nov-07-08 05:06 PM
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15. I don't buy it
Look at the leg shadow of the guy on the right -- not directly adjacent but the next one over. Seems his leg shadow was "doctored" too. Why?

And the line -- that's such an obvious "oversight" if it were a deliberate attempt to mislead. Again, why? More likely that portion of the barier simply did not have the line on it.

The photo may have been photoshopped, like most are today anyway, but I think he was really standing there at that time.
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Joe Bacon Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Nov-08-08 12:04 AM
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17. I didn't realize you were doing a FARK photoshop contest!
:rofl:
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18. Trotsky's Elbow
North Korean style.
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