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RZM

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21. I can't watch. The pain is too great.

Reply to David__77 (Original post)

Wed Dec 28, 2011, 02:04 AM

Dec 2011

Just kidding. Fuck him.

LOL. All I'm getting is a frosty street and a bunch of fake wailing.

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In case anyone's curious... live feed of Kim Jong il's funeral from N. Korea TV. [View all] David__77 Dec 2011 OP

Wow. rug Dec 2011 #1

The Kim il Sung funeral was insane - the whole city seemed bonkers. David__77 Dec 2011 #7

Only on DU will you find a thread of people talking listening to a live feed from North Korea. rug Dec 2011 #14

The mourners' hair and clothing are more Western this time than last time. JVS Dec 2011 #37

Here's an additional live stream link for CNN - w/English speaking commentators - CNN Tx4obama Dec 2011 #2

I'd rather watch it in Korean. rug Dec 2011 #4

Very curious ..... and a little uncomfortable to watch. polly7 Dec 2011 #3

It's like listening to souls in purgatory. rug Dec 2011 #9

Yeah I couldn't find the window that the visual was showing and was hunting for it with grantcart Dec 2011 #10

I think I'll wait for the highlights and subtitles jberryhill Dec 2011 #5

my god the sound is strange grantcart Dec 2011 #6

You should open it in Windows Media or VLC to see video. David__77 Dec 2011 #11

It opened in Windows Media and then grantcart Dec 2011 #15

It's a website... here's the link David__77 Dec 2011 #22

I hope nobody brought their bratty kid with them! jberryhill Dec 2011 #8

Don't you worry. pa28 Dec 2011 #29

For some reason, I keep thinking of freeper reaction to Reagan's death Hugabear Dec 2011 #12

Carefully scripted hysteria grantcart Dec 2011 #13

To be fair, I've seen some fairly hysterical S. Korean funerals. David__77 Dec 2011 #17

I think it is cultural RZM Dec 2011 #25

Hope the guy with the nuclear launch codes is not in this crowd! grantcart Dec 2011 #16

This sounds like a pack of coyotes we had out back last Spring. Old and In the Way Dec 2011 #18

I was really hoping the bolts would give way and his coffin would slide off the car, torpedo... Poll_Blind Dec 2011 #19

I doubt the generals are even out there freezing their asses off. David__77 Dec 2011 #24

Sorry, I need a break from this. rug Dec 2011 #20

I can't watch. The pain is too great. RZM Dec 2011 #21

OK, back to the feed. rug Dec 2011 #23

Was he in a casket on the roof of a car???? Old and In the Way Dec 2011 #26

Yes! rug Dec 2011 #27

It was a Lincoln for his father, same thing - casket on top. David__77 Dec 2011 #28

Only Clark Griswold would put a casket on the roof of a limo... Historic NY Dec 2011 #33

Or Mitt Romney! jberryhill Dec 2011 #34

hahaha...that's precisely the thought I had when I saw this. Old and In the Way Dec 2011 #35

Thanks, a bit late, but the announcer himself is quite grieved. joshcryer Dec 2011 #30

Was that "I wish to die!"? joshcryer Dec 2011 #31

Indeed. David__77 Dec 2011 #32

Are the NKs going to plant the little shit or hifiguy Dec 2011 #36