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"A profoundly drunk North Korean man floated all the way to South Korea on a piece of wood this week—and he's been offered South Korean citizenship.
South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported that the man, who appears to be in his 20s, was found hiding in a house on the island of Ganghwa, an hour from Seoul, on Sunday.
Yonhap reports that when the man was taken into police custody, he was only wearing his underwear and appeared to be intoxicated. (I've got to say, I've never found myself repatriated after a night of drinking—this guy deserves a medal). "
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This is unbelievably awesome. I wonder what he was thinking when he sobered up! One thing is for sure, this is one of the greatest things to happen while drunk.
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He had the best hangover of his life knowing that he escaped North Korea.
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Sometimes you get drunk and instead of doing something awful, you escape communism and get offered citizenship in another nation!
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*becomes the definition of epic win*
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Try to escape with the most clever strategies you could ever think about : Get arrested and die
Be drunk and think about nothing at all : escape north korea without knowing you did it
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So does any North Korean who makes it over the border get to stay there?
If so, we (as in TL users) should start sneaking people across with scuba equipment.
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The Hangover part III ??
Lol what a winner!
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On September 13 2012 05:22 Voltaire wrote:
So does any North Korean who makes it over the border get to stay there?
If so, we (as in TL users) should start sneaking people across with scuba equipment.
Apparently South Korea does not force people to go back to North Korea, but they do allow the option for them to go back if they want to.
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Lucky guy. For those who don't know you get shot if your cross the DMZ, by your own people.
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On September 13 2012 05:24 Phant wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 05:22 Voltaire wrote:
So does any North Korean who makes it over the border get to stay there?
If so, we (as in TL users) should start sneaking people across with scuba equipment. Apparently South Korea does not force people to go back to North Korea, but they do allow the option for them to go back if they want to.
Fat chance they'd get a warm welcome after escaping if they decide to come back.
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Once again another reason to add to why South Korea kicks ass.
That's one hell of a trip though lmao, hope that guy finds a better life in S.K if thats what he wants.
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See,all good things come from drinking!
But seriously tho,this guy will have one good story to tell his kids,kinda.
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I would be soo interested in HOW he did that. Would be cool if he told the public ... well if he can remember what happened.
A really lucky baller!
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wow, he was offered citizenship? if I lived in North Korea, I'd be breaking out the booze and planks right now.
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haha Hangover part three... lol
wonder if he will see it all nowand that you can live without being brainwashed
Quality like my nights out haha
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Most people throw up when they drink to much.
This guy escaped from one of the worst shitholes on the planet, a feat even sober geniuses have had trouble with.
I salute you, random drunk guy. I salute you.
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: P It's hard enough to even get out of the country without being shot/tortured. This guy can do it with a mean drink and a raft.
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this man knows how to party
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Some people get mad skills when they're drunk.
![[image loading]](http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/8601/529598-15117-rock_lee_is_awesome_super.jpg)
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I am raising my glass to this man.
Now, where'd I leave my swimwear again?
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Guys...this is really tragic news overall. Yes, this guy will get his freedom if he does choose to stay, but what about his family? I would be worried sick and scared if I was in his situation.
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If North Korea figures out who he is and he has family...pretty sure they are screwed if he doesn't go back or something.
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I almost wouldn't believe this unless I saw it myself. My props though, guy's got balls or something rather.
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On September 13 2012 05:43 XiGua wrote:Some people get mad skills when they're drunk. + Show Spoiler +
i'd think jackie chan (drunken master 2 was awesome)...not rock lee...moments when i feel old lol
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When I clicked the source link and it wasn't youtube gangnam style I was a little disappointed.
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Tomorrow's Headline:
North Korea bans and imprisons all trees for being western capitalist collaborators .
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On September 13 2012 05:44 Shiragaku wrote:
Guys...this is really tragic news overall. Yes, this guy will get his freedom if he does choose to stay, but what about his family? I would be worried sick and scared if I was in his situation.
Yeah, i saw a documentary of North Korean workers in Russia, it was like a hostage situation, if they decided to run their family (back in Korea) would suffer the consequences.
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On September 13 2012 05:57 DDie wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 05:44 Shiragaku wrote:
Guys...this is really tragic news overall. Yes, this guy will get his freedom if he does choose to stay, but what about his family? I would be worried sick and scared if I was in his situation. Yeah, i saw a documentary of North Korean workers in Russia, it was like a hostage situation, if they decided to run their family (back in Korea) would suffer the consequences.
Well, that is the price anybody who is looking to escape North Korea has to live with. I don't know about this man, though;he was drunk at the time he escaped and may not have expected this.
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Russian Federation80 Posts
One does not simply float away out of North Korean on a piece of wood.
Such a baller.
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Incoming patrol police on the South Korean border, lol to be real though, if north koreans hear about this news ( they will obviously will) then, they will start to migrate massively. We´ll have to wait and see what happens!
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I thought my drunk memories are golden. This guy is a legend.
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Wow!! This is the weirdest thing I have heard in a while.
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Party all night
-Move to South Korea
>Badass.
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Wow, I've heard of winding up in another city, but waking up in another country is new!
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He should really be adamant not disclosing his identity or even having his picture published, even the news being widespread is a mistake from S.kor, his family if he has one will suffer A LOT from this.
As a Belgian I am proud of the mighty deeds alcohol allows one to accomplish... (see mood smiley)
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Wow this is such a funny story... Way to go, epic win!
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if only my hangovers were like this
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I dont know about you guys, but this sounds like bullshit to me : p
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On September 13 2012 05:43 XiGua wrote:Some people get mad skills when they're drunk.
why didn't I think of that?
Good for that guy. Is it common practice to run from north to south korea? I'd imagine if this happened a lot then north korea would talk about how they will blow south korea up so no.
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There must be some really strong alcohol in DRPK to actually wake up and have escaped / immigrated to another country without knowing. For South Korea to offer him citizenship so freely sounds like bullcrap to me.
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Now thats the new ideal for drunkeness. Getting out of a repressive country and being offered citizenship in another. Clearly drunkeness fights repressive regimes.
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maybe he's some amazing tactical north korean spy lol
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On September 13 2012 05:34 starfries wrote:
wow, he was offered citizenship? if I lived in North Korea, I'd be breaking out the booze and planks right now.
If you lived in North Korea this would likely be censored from you!
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Its a shame his whole family will probably be sent to labor camps once the North Korean government figures out. That is one of the main reasons people don't at least attempt to escape, because if they succeed, their families will be punished.
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Lolwut, alcohol sales in NK just went up by 100% :p Don't think they'll report it at all and if they did, the story would probably be that this man died ^^
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In my mind he looks like Homer Simpson.
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i hope he doesn't have family or friends in north korea because then they might be screwed
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At least this man can get something done while intoxicated.. :D
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On September 13 2012 07:48 prplhz wrote:
i hope he doesn't have family or friends in north korea because then they might be screwed
have they released his name?
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It really would not surprise me if he were actually a NK spy. That said, funny story.
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or maybe he's now depressed because his family is over there suffering and he is now in SK with no education and no job experience, how is he to survive without government assistance?
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So was he a party official or a part of the military to have access to all that alcohol in North Korea?
Or was he connected to some underground collaboration to secure alcohol?
And yeah ... fear the backlash >< Just take on the name Sung Park and go on >.>
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"A NEW CRAZE AMONG COMPUTER INTERESTED YOUTH"
"It has been reported that a new craze has started developing among youth interested in the personal computer game "STARCRAFT 2: WINGS OF LIBERTY". They believe you should get intoxiated beyond control and drive off into the great sea on a piece of wood, hoping that one day you will end up on the South Korean shores and being given a South Korean citizenship, instantly granting oneself the mythical ability of becoming a so called "Bonjwa" in the game Starcraft.
More on this as things develop further."
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Its mantoss' long lost twin.
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Drinking will get you places. In this case, SK.
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cant believe that it is so easy to leave North Korea, I cant believe that he was THAT lucky either, wtf! Lucky Guy Award to him. Incredible.
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"Exactly how drunk were you, Soldier?"
"Profoundly drunk, sir. Profoundly."
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haha what a lucky guy *raises glas*
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I have no idea why, but I find the phrase "profoundly drunk" to be disproportionately funny.
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I see a bright future for this guy as a spokesman for soju.
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Did they get a BAC? I just really want to know how drunk you have to be to become a citizen of another nation over the course of a few hours.
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I don't know if I'm completely ignorant or something, but is anyone else wondering how this man was able to acquire that much alcohol living in North Korea? I'd think that they were too poor to get that much, more or less use that much in one night (not knowing they'd be gone possibly forever next morning...).
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hahaha this is fantastic, not to mention ripe for jokes.
I guess this is literally the best night after he could possibly ask for :X
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.... Dude... Where the fuck am I?
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On September 13 2012 08:23 Aerisky wrote:
hahaha this is fantastic, not to mention ripe for jokes.
I guess this is literally the best night after he could possibly ask for :X
Except for the part where his family and relatives get beaten up and locked up into prison camps because he 'escaped'.
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Maybe it´s a spy >_>
Great story  the true hangover.
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On September 13 2012 08:29 Cokefreak wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 08:23 Aerisky wrote:
hahaha this is fantastic, not to mention ripe for jokes.
I guess this is literally the best night after he could possibly ask for :X Except for the part where his family and relatives get beaten up and locked up into prison camps because he 'escaped'.
True, but in his case I suppose I'd prefer to think on the bright side, especially since living in North Korea is already a rather depressing state.
Wonder what kind of things he'll be able to relate, and whether they'll affirm/deny a lot of the existing information we have on NK already. Good for him, even though it does seem kind of too good to be true.
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How did he get a hold of alcohol in NK? :O
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definitely a spy. no way he couldve found enough alcohol to get drunk in north korea
-in all seriousness, I think its awesome that they actually offered the dude citizenship
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that's weird, I had heard that great leader make North Korea happy #1 place for all comrad
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he is now boss of the world no one will do this again
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haha .. this might get other North Koreans to do this :D
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This is a fantastic story. It's like the little Cuban dude except 100x better.
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Wow this really cool, lol
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Fenrax
United States5018 Posts
awesome story
and certainly not a spy because it is not hard hard for NK to put random people into SK to begin so why and a spy wants to be anything but famous.
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Inb4 that guys make a "Underground Raftroad" to S.Korea
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On September 13 2012 11:04 Fenrax wrote:
awesome story
and certainly not a spy because it is not hard hard for NK to put random people into SK to begin so why and a spy wants to be anything but famous.
That's just what they want you to believe 
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Many people here seems too excited for the guy. For all I know hes doomed if he won't comeback to NK or at least his family back in NK is doomed. NK gorvement will punish his family harsh if he doesn't come back. Unless hes some homeless guy that has no relatives but I really doubt that.
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Obviously North Koreans are experts at planking
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First man to wake up after being drunk with good news
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On September 13 2012 05:24 IceCube wrote:
The Hangover part III ??
Lol what a winner!
You stole my thunder. 
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GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
This man, I would trust him to be my tour guide!
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This just in-
Many drunk North Koreans floating toward South Korea!
lol wouldn't that be hilarious?
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Sometimes, alcohol is good for you.
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Probably a North Korean secret agent that is going to spy on South Korea or something, seems too fishy to just escape NK by being drunk.
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You really think that North Korea is going to let this kind of news hit the public anyways? lol ;p
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37055 Posts
Why is it important to mention that he was drunk?
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On September 13 2012 12:54 SeeKeR wrote:
Why is it important to mention that he was drunk?
It makes the story more unlikely/amazing.
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I absolutely love reading interviews about North Korean reactions when exposed to the rest of the world. Not in some sort of sadistic way, but rather am always curious how aware they actually are of their conditions relative to the rest of the world. We hear that technology and communications from China continue to permeate into areas of North Korea, and I wonder how much of the population has true loyalty (which I suppose is still the vast majority) to North Korea and those who have to feign that they do.
I know my mother grew up in third world Taiwan, and despite Chiang Kai-Shek being absolutely awful to the native Taiwanese, was absolutely sobbing in tears when news that their leader passed away, as were all her friends. And the mass sobbing was completely legitimate - there wasn't even any media around. She was simply truly depressed for a matter of time.
On September 13 2012 12:10 Chairman Ray wrote:
First man to wake up after being drunk with good news
LOL
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What made me surprised is that the man had the access to liquor. I thought they forbade the sale because "root of evil aka Democracy" ideas would be developed. Plus it would have been expensive if it is for sale
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On September 13 2012 13:20 jidolboy wrote:
What made me surprised is that the man had the access to liquor. I thought they forbade the sale because "root of evil aka Democracy" ideas would be developed. Plus it would have been expensive if it is for sale
I'm guessing he was one of the more privileged North Koreans
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On September 13 2012 13:25 udgnim wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 13:20 jidolboy wrote:
What made me surprised is that the man had the access to liquor. I thought they forbade the sale because "root of evil aka Democracy" ideas would be developed. Plus it would have been expensive if it is for sale I'm guessing he was one of the more privileged North Koreans
Or there was moonshine!
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This isn't uncommon at least in my experience living there for two years. I remember being in Kuwait and an Iranian ship full of fishermen some how wondering into Kuwait territory and came a shore on our docks
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On September 13 2012 05:22 Voltaire wrote:
So does any North Korean who makes it over the border get to stay there?
If so, we (as in TL users) should start sneaking people across with scuba equipment.
Use to know a guy whose family smuggled themselves into south korea. Think they can usually stay
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Wow wowwow. Sounds too amazing to be actually be true :D
On September 13 2012 05:45 Fawkes wrote:
If North Korea figures out who he is and he has family...pretty sure they are screwed if he doesn't go back or something.
If he goes back they'd probably spare them and kill him
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On September 13 2012 13:39 JieXian wrote:Wow wowwow. Sounds too amazing to be actually be true :D Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 05:45 Fawkes wrote:
If North Korea figures out who he is and he has family...pretty sure they are screwed if he doesn't go back or something. If he goes back they'd probably spare them and kill him
Nah, He would get rewarded since he didn't join the "evil" South. But if he stays, surely his family will suffer, thats why NK people don't mass defect to SK.
Still, many people here got brainwashed so much by the Western media, NK is not that bad compare to the middle East. They have access to many things(hence their Chinese neighbour). They just got the Kim family as their religion thats all.
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On September 13 2012 13:50 Caphe wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 13:39 JieXian wrote:Wow wowwow. Sounds too amazing to be actually be true :D On September 13 2012 05:45 Fawkes wrote:
If North Korea figures out who he is and he has family...pretty sure they are screwed if he doesn't go back or something. If he goes back they'd probably spare them and kill him Nah, He would get rewarded since he didn't join the "evil" South. But if he stays, surely his family will suffer, thats why NK people don't mass defect to SK. Still, many people here got brainwashed so much by the Western media, NK is not that bad compare to the middle East. They have access to many things(hence their Chinese neighbour). They just got the Kim family as their religion thats all.
I have never heard this before. Are you sure?
They rank by far as the worse standard of living in the world by almost all metrics. They're generally considered to be living in the most oppressed society in the world. Of course, I live in the West, so I may have succumbed to this bias you speak of, but with pretty much all of America's negativity focused on the Middle East and NOT North Korea, that's a surprising comment to me that it would be the media distorting our views.
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That's got to be one of the best drunken articles I've read for quite some time. Not only does he get wasted, but he makes headlines by drifting to South Korea on a piece of wood, AND gets offered a South Korean citizenship. That must have been the best damn week of his life lol.
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Hahaha, I feel bad for anyone trying to compete in crazy drunk stories with this guy.
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On September 13 2012 05:20 arb wrote:
Sometimes you get drunk and instead of doing something awful, you escape communism and get offered citizenship in another nation!
That is so funny. I love this thread, what an insane twist of faith.
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On September 13 2012 05:26 SayGen wrote:
Lucky guy. For those who don't know you get shot if your cross the DMZ, by your own people.
They probably thought he was dead, or going to die or he managed to sneak past one of the most dangerous waters in Asia.
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On September 13 2012 14:18 FabledIntegral wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 13:50 Caphe wrote:On September 13 2012 13:39 JieXian wrote:Wow wowwow. Sounds too amazing to be actually be true :D On September 13 2012 05:45 Fawkes wrote:
If North Korea figures out who he is and he has family...pretty sure they are screwed if he doesn't go back or something. If he goes back they'd probably spare them and kill him Nah, He would get rewarded since he didn't join the "evil" South. But if he stays, surely his family will suffer, thats why NK people don't mass defect to SK. Still, many people here got brainwashed so much by the Western media, NK is not that bad compare to the middle East. They have access to many things(hence their Chinese neighbour). They just got the Kim family as their religion thats all. I have never heard this before. Are you sure? They rank by far as the worse standard of living in the world by almost all metrics. They're generally considered to be living in the most oppressed society in the world. Of course, I live in the West, so I may have succumbed to this bias you speak of, but with pretty much all of America's negativity focused on the Middle East and NOT North Korea, that's a surprising comment to me that it would be the media distorting our views.
yea its true
They do have the worst standard living or at least in the top 2. Previously before there was one who somehow escaped and retold his life experience of eating corn out of a cow's dung. Considered himself lucky that day. He was also baffled at how SK lived and wondered why people weren't..umm..."stressed" or more committed to helping NK.
NK is known to use families as a tool/hostages.
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On September 13 2012 13:20 jidolboy wrote:
What made me surprised is that the man had the access to liquor. I thought they forbade the sale because "root of evil aka Democracy" ideas would be developed. Plus it would have been expensive if it is for sale
I doubt it, drinking is a longstanding past-time of both Koreas. If the people of the north were denied access to booze, they'd be MUCH more likely to revolt.
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On September 13 2012 22:32 heroyi wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 14:18 FabledIntegral wrote:On September 13 2012 13:50 Caphe wrote:On September 13 2012 13:39 JieXian wrote:Wow wowwow. Sounds too amazing to be actually be true :D On September 13 2012 05:45 Fawkes wrote:
If North Korea figures out who he is and he has family...pretty sure they are screwed if he doesn't go back or something. If he goes back they'd probably spare them and kill him Nah, He would get rewarded since he didn't join the "evil" South. But if he stays, surely his family will suffer, thats why NK people don't mass defect to SK. Still, many people here got brainwashed so much by the Western media, NK is not that bad compare to the middle East. They have access to many things(hence their Chinese neighbour). They just got the Kim family as their religion thats all. I have never heard this before. Are you sure? They rank by far as the worse standard of living in the world by almost all metrics. They're generally considered to be living in the most oppressed society in the world. Of course, I live in the West, so I may have succumbed to this bias you speak of, but with pretty much all of America's negativity focused on the Middle East and NOT North Korea, that's a surprising comment to me that it would be the media distorting our views. yea its true They do have the worst standard living or at least in the top 2. Previously before there was one who somehow escaped and retold his life experience of eating corn out of a cow's dung. Considered himself lucky that day. He was also baffled at how SK lived and wondered why people weren't..umm..."stressed" or more committed to helping NK. NK is known to use families as a tool/hostages.
No no no Caphe is saying that the living standards in the Middle East is worse that NK, which I found to be shocking, unless by Middle East you're referring to the countries that are being flattened by the US and gang.
The man was bad, but here's the BBC on what he also did:
During Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule, Libya has made great strides socially and economically thanks to its vast oil income, but tribes and clans continue to be part of the demographic landscape.
Women in Libya are free to work and to dress as they like, subject to family constraints. Life expectancy is in the seventies. And per capita income - while not as high as could be expected given Libya's oil wealth and relatively small population of 6.5m - is estimated at $12,000 (£9,000), according to the World Bank.
Illiteracy has been almost wiped out, as has homelessness - a chronic problem in the pre-Gaddafi era, where corrugated iron shacks dotted many urban centres around the country. - Libya crisis: what role do tribal loyalties play? BBC Monitoring, 21st February, 2011
http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/2802/How-bad-was-Gaddafi?
Countries like Saudi Arabia are really decent places to be in (veil aside), according to a woman from Anthony Bourdain (ok we don't know how for sure reliable she is). She said she feels safe being in the streets at 3am there, unlike when she was in the US.
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And people say Alcohol never solves any problems!
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I guess good things can come out of heavy drinking after all. Need to start drinking...
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Incredible. o.o Best wishes on the South side.
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On September 13 2012 23:07 Pulimuli wrote:
And people say Alcohol never solves any problems!
now I can prove them all wrong XD
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On the flip side, you need to be careful about how much you drink in South Korea. If some drunk guy can get from North to South, another drunk guy can end up going from South to North.
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On September 13 2012 13:20 jidolboy wrote:
What made me surprised is that the man had the access to liquor. I thought they forbade the sale because "root of evil aka Democracy" ideas would be developed. Plus it would have been expensive if it is for sale
NK regime touts itself as a democracy. Why would they consider democracy the root of evil?
On September 13 2012 13:50 Caphe wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 13:39 JieXian wrote:Wow wowwow. Sounds too amazing to be actually be true :D On September 13 2012 05:45 Fawkes wrote:
If North Korea figures out who he is and he has family...pretty sure they are screwed if he doesn't go back or something. If he goes back they'd probably spare them and kill him Nah, He would get rewarded since he didn't join the "evil" South. But if he stays, surely his family will suffer, thats why NK people don't mass defect to SK. Still, many people here got brainwashed so much by the Western media, NK is not that bad compare to the middle East. They have access to many things(hence their Chinese neighbour). They just got the Kim family as their religion thats all.
First of all, many Red Army veterans were executed by the Stalinist regime. I bring this up to highlight the fact that the so-called communist dictators (and Kims are much closer to Stalin than to their Chinese counterparts) often don't act in a sane manner. If he got back to NK, he would most likely get executed.
Second of all, NK is way worse than Middle East. In Middle East people don't have to resolve to cannibalism due to famine. In NK this happens periodically.
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Somebody get that man another beer
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So he just got infinite times better life quality, simply from being drunk to the bones?
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I'm confused, how was he able to drink alcohol in the first place? The average North Korean is not able to drink alcohol im pretty sure.
How do we know hes not one of the bad guys?
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On September 13 2012 23:50 sluggaslamoo wrote:
I'm confused, how was he able to drink alcohol in the first place? The average North Korean is not able to drink alcohol im pretty sure.
How do we know hes not one of the bad guys?
You can make alcool yourself with almost anything. My grandfather (R.I.P) told me that when he was a prisonner of Nazis in the 40's he and his buddys used to produce vodka with potatoes and get drunk inside the camps !
If you has the technical knowledge and anything with sugar or starch, you can produce vodka, even in NK.
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In all fairness, considering he managed to get drunk, he probably is probably from the military or upperclass.
You can make alcool yourself with almost anything. My grandfather (R.I.P) told me that when he was a prisonner of Nazis in the 40's he and his buddys used to produce vodka with potatoes and get drunk inside the camps !
If you has the technical knowledge and anything with sugar or starch, you can produce vodka, even in NK.
Doubt the average North-Korean is going to turn potatoes into a luxury product.
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On September 14 2012 00:58 zalz wrote:In all fairness, considering he managed to get drunk, he probably is probably from the military or upperclass. Show nested quote +You can make alcool yourself with almost anything. My grandfather (R.I.P) told me that when he was a prisonner of Nazis in the 40's he and his buddys used to produce vodka with potatoes and get drunk inside the camps !
If you has the technical knowledge and anything with sugar or starch, you can produce vodka, even in NK. Doubt the average North-Korean is going to turn potatoes into a luxury product.
It's North Korea. Potato is probably a luxury product.
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when drunk some people get aggressive, some depressive and some awesome.
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north koreans are gonna start drinking more... or find large pieces of wood to float on
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give this man another round, mouse and keyboard and magic will happen
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On September 14 2012 01:09 andrewlt wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 00:58 zalz wrote:In all fairness, considering he managed to get drunk, he probably is probably from the military or upperclass. You can make alcool yourself with almost anything. My grandfather (R.I.P) told me that when he was a prisonner of Nazis in the 40's he and his buddys used to produce vodka with potatoes and get drunk inside the camps !
If you has the technical knowledge and anything with sugar or starch, you can produce vodka, even in NK. Doubt the average North-Korean is going to turn potatoes into a luxury product. It's North Korea. Potato is probably a luxury product.
Potatoes was just an exemple to show that you can make alcool with almost nothing.
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For those who have trouble understanding how he got alcohol. It is very cheap to make, and most likely shipped from Russia, and therefore not very expensive even in NK.
That said, i have a friend to went down to NK, and they did indeed serve Alcohol so that person getting hold of alchohol doesnt seem unlikely.
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On September 14 2012 01:12 Agathon wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 01:09 andrewlt wrote:On September 14 2012 00:58 zalz wrote:In all fairness, considering he managed to get drunk, he probably is probably from the military or upperclass. You can make alcool yourself with almost anything. My grandfather (R.I.P) told me that when he was a prisonner of Nazis in the 40's he and his buddys used to produce vodka with potatoes and get drunk inside the camps !
If you has the technical knowledge and anything with sugar or starch, you can produce vodka, even in NK. Doubt the average North-Korean is going to turn potatoes into a luxury product. It's North Korea. Potato is probably a luxury product. Potatoes was just an exemple to show that you can make alcool with almost nothing.
You do realize that almost all vodka is made with potatoes, right? It's not the main ingredient in all of them but a portion of most commercial vodkas come from potatoes...
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This is one of the greatest things I've ever heard, the guy's my new hero.
On September 13 2012 23:31 andrewlt wrote:
On the flip side, you need to be careful about how much you drink in South Korea. If some drunk guy can get from North to South, another drunk guy can end up going from South to North.
lol, I can't imagine they'd take too kindly to your drunken ass washing up on their shores.
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On September 14 2012 02:29 jello_biafra wrote:This is one of the greatest things I've ever heard, the guy's my new hero. Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 23:31 andrewlt wrote:
On the flip side, you need to be careful about how much you drink in South Korea. If some drunk guy can get from North to South, another drunk guy can end up going from South to North. lol, I can't imagine they'd take too kindly to your drunken ass washing up on their shores.
More likely is that the ocean currents don't go that way xD
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On September 13 2012 05:24 Phant wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 05:22 Voltaire wrote:
So does any North Korean who makes it over the border get to stay there?
If so, we (as in TL users) should start sneaking people across with scuba equipment. Apparently South Korea does not force people to go back to North Korea, but they do allow the option for them to go back if they want to.
well going back to get killed isnt the best idea perhaps ^^
i think its like in germany, every guy came from DDR was instant citican and also got a little bit of start money ^^
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On September 14 2012 02:47 CoR wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 05:24 Phant wrote:On September 13 2012 05:22 Voltaire wrote:
So does any North Korean who makes it over the border get to stay there?
If so, we (as in TL users) should start sneaking people across with scuba equipment. Apparently South Korea does not force people to go back to North Korea, but they do allow the option for them to go back if they want to. well going back to get killed isnt the best idea perhaps ^^ i think its like in germany, every guy came from DDR was instant citican and also got a little bit of start money ^^
Well, I bet if he stated "please return me to my country" that North Korea would be "proud" and publicize his return by welcoming him back for being loyal. Although I guess at the same time it would probably depend how much North Korea cared about what he was exposed to and if they "fear" he would talk about it to his peers.
I really hope there are updates on this story.
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I wish I could wake up with a hangover that good
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On September 14 2012 02:47 CoR wrote:
well going back to get killed isnt the best idea perhaps ^^
i think its like in germany, every guy came from DDR was instant citican and also got a little bit of start money ^^
More like every guy in the DDR was considered a citizen of the BRD. The same kind of thinking lead to the BRD not having an embassy in the DDR (it was instead called "Ständige Vertretung"). You can't have an embassy in your own country.
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Fenrax
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if he drinks again he will probably wake up somewhere in Las Vegas, in a hotel room with Kate Upton and a million dollar winnings
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Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner.
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On September 14 2012 04:01 FabledIntegral wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 02:47 CoR wrote:On September 13 2012 05:24 Phant wrote:On September 13 2012 05:22 Voltaire wrote:
So does any North Korean who makes it over the border get to stay there?
If so, we (as in TL users) should start sneaking people across with scuba equipment. Apparently South Korea does not force people to go back to North Korea, but they do allow the option for them to go back if they want to. well going back to get killed isnt the best idea perhaps ^^ i think its like in germany, every guy came from DDR was instant citican and also got a little bit of start money ^^ Well, I bet if he stated "please return me to my country" that North Korea would be "proud" and publicize his return by welcoming him back for being loyal. Although I guess at the same time it would probably depend how much North Korea cared about what he was exposed to and if they "fear" he would talk about it to his peers. I really hope there are updates on this story.
They might aswell publicize that and then 2 months later put him in one of their camps.
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On September 13 2012 08:08 Irave wrote:
40oz. to Freedom.
fucking lulz
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you can have jokes about this all day haha xD
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On September 14 2012 05:03 prplhz wrote:fucking lulz
Seriously, I hate to just make posts that do nothing but +1 someone's post, but really, I haven't laughed so hard at a comment in a very long time.
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On September 13 2012 05:47 jinorazi wrote:i'd think jackie chan (drunken master 2 was awesome)...not rock lee...moments when i feel old lol
drunken master was so good, I totally forgot that jackie chan movies were better than the crap movies from nowdays.
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Genious potential unlocked through drunk as fuck status. Win achieved by that man.
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On September 13 2012 05:20 arb wrote:
Sometimes you get drunk and instead of doing something awful, you escape communism and get offered citizenship in another nation!
There is a great deal of difference between communism and what happens in NK. Go read about the meaning of the word communism.
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man what a great story. I can't believe it was alcohol of all things that brought him this great fortune. Honestly...he's kind of my hero :O
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On September 14 2012 06:11 Alpino wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 05:20 arb wrote:
Sometimes you get drunk and instead of doing something awful, you escape communism and get offered citizenship in another nation! There is a great deal of difference between communism and what happens in NK. Go read about the meaning of the word communism.
Yeah yeah its Leninism into the Kim kingdom and shit. Let's not pollute this awesome thread with seriousness.
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If he doesn't have his own family and decides to stay in South Korea =winner
If he has family or for whatever reason, he has to go back to North Korea =loser
His life would have been better without major incident like this if he has reason to go back to North. He might be regretting now, who knows? I would love to hear the follow-up though.
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Obviously he is a spy sent by North Korea to infiltrate the South and learn their secrets.
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