The secret history of Kim Jong Il

On December 21 2011 10:09 optical630 wrote:
can someone explain the defect part, i dont understand how he became a traitor just by talking to his sister.

On December 21 2011 10:12 Chocolate wrote:

He left NK and the guy who set him up with his sister was an agent for NK. The agent told him to go back and the teacher said no, so they killed his family. He became a traitor because they didn't want him to talk about things like this and because he left.

On December 21 2011 13:04 doubleupgradeobbies! wrote:
ffffff at chinese internet censorship, this is taking so much getting used to, I wish i could read it ><

My friend, who still lives in North Korea, will spend the rest of his days tormented with guilt. At the same time, he did not forget to beg me over and over that this incident was a state secret and that I was not to tell a soul, not even my wife. I kept his secret for some 16 years. There seems little point now in protecting a party, a government, and a leader that failed to do the same for its people.

On December 21 2011 13:08 AnachronisticAnarchy wrote:


You probably shouldn't say that...

On December 21 2011 13:04 doubleupgradeobbies! wrote:
ffffff at chinese internet censorship, this is taking so much getting used to, I wish i could read it ><

On December 21 2011 14:11 Mobius_1 wrote:


I can read it though... Try and try again?

On December 21 2011 14:34 doubleupgradeobbies! wrote:


Ahh it finally loaded, is it normal for you to be able to access stuff just by trying again and again? I'm kinda new at dealing with the firewall :D

On December 21 2011 15:38 Mobius_1 wrote:


This isn't the firewall blocking it, it's just China having slow connection to websites abroad. If it's a firewalled site your browser should returns a 101 error.

Living under a totalitarian regime requires a daily suspension of disbelief. Nowhere is that more true today than in North Korea, where otherwise ethical people contort themselves into untenable moral positions because they've bought into the oft-repeated notion that their country is "Paradise on Earth." Simply to survive in North Korea, citizens must believe they are living in a chosen land. And when ideological indoctrination morphs into reality, the dictator need not even be nearby to spread fear. Not if average people will do his bidding for him.