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oXoCube
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada197 Posts
December 12 2013 22:42 GMT
#2141
This is maybe the one NK execution where I wouldn't be entirely surprised if the government accusation was actually true.

Which of course isn't to say that their method of dealing with it isn't disgusting.
BoZiffer
Profile Joined November 2011
United States1841 Posts
December 12 2013 23:15 GMT
#2142
On December 13 2013 07:40 furymonkey wrote:
Do you think Kim Jong-un wants to reform the country? and to do so, he has to remove the existing roots, while bringing the people he can trust up to rank?

Or he simply wish to continue what NK always been doing, but just consolidating his power?


Both are possible but I'm afraid only one is really probable...
iMAniaC
Profile Joined March 2010
Norway703 Posts
December 12 2013 23:43 GMT
#2143
On December 13 2013 07:40 furymonkey wrote:
Do you think Kim Jong-un wants to reform the country? and to do so, he has to remove the existing roots, while bringing the people he can trust up to rank?

Or he simply wish to continue what NK always been doing, but just consolidating his power?


He might even want to "reform" it even further away from freedom for its people...

“Jang was a very iconic figure in North Korea, particularly with economic reform and innovation,” said Zhu Feng, professor of international relations at Peking University, and a specialist in North Korea. “He is the man China counted on to move the economy in North Korea. This is a very ominous signal.”

[...]

Mr. Jang had visited China on a number of occasions and had been considered the most important advocate of the Chinese style of economic overhaul that the government in Beijing has been urging North Korea to embrace.


Source

In addition, from late November:

Activity has been observed at a North Korean nuclear site consistent with an effort to restart a reactor, the International Atomic Energy Agency chief, Yukiya Amano, has said.


Source

And early December (last week)

North Korea has deployed more attack helicopters and rockets near a disputed western sea border with South Korea, the South’s intelligence chief told Parliament on Friday, raising fears that the North might be planning a provocation to deflect attention from reports of a brutal internal power struggle.


Source

However, all of this doesn't mean that there's going to be some kind of provocation from North Korea. First off, it might all be tied to the ousting of Kim's uncle, and it may have been preparation for a way to get the attention away from the ousting if it didn't go as smoothly as it did. Secondly, North Korea moves stuff around on a regular basis and it doesn't necessarily mean anything. Unfortunately, with North Korea, you never know. Especially if some of the higher-ups in the military start fearing for their positions, seeing how Jang was arrested and executed in quick succession, and some sort of power play appears, a small-scale attack on South Korea (like the sinking of Cheonan or shelling of Yeonpyeong were) seems kind of probable, if I've understood the experts correctly. But, as I said, with North Korea, you never know.
iMAniaC
Profile Joined March 2010
Norway703 Posts
December 16 2013 19:17 GMT
#2144
Eh?

In a move that George Orwell’s Ministry of Truth would have applauded, North Korea has erased 99 per cent of its state news archive.

Around 35,000 articles have vanished from the official website of the Korea Central News Agency (KCNA), and approximately 20,000 articles from the website of the Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the ruling Workers’ Party.

As a result, KCNA’s digital archive now only reaches back to October, with the exception of a small number of articles about Kim Jong-un, such as “Kim Jong-un Sends Congratulatory Message to Youth”, from August 2012.


Source

The article continues on to say that it may be temporary, due to server load or just difficulties in removing just the ones about Kim's late uncle, but if any of those are the case, then it's weird that they've taken the trouble to get those articles removed from Google searches as well...
Caihead
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada8550 Posts
December 16 2013 19:20 GMT
#2145
On December 17 2013 04:17 iMAniaC wrote:
Eh?

Show nested quote +
In a move that George Orwell’s Ministry of Truth would have applauded, North Korea has erased 99 per cent of its state news archive.

Around 35,000 articles have vanished from the official website of the Korea Central News Agency (KCNA), and approximately 20,000 articles from the website of the Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the ruling Workers’ Party.

As a result, KCNA’s digital archive now only reaches back to October, with the exception of a small number of articles about Kim Jong-un, such as “Kim Jong-un Sends Congratulatory Message to Youth”, from August 2012.


Source

The article continues on to say that it may be temporary, due to server load or just difficulties in removing just the ones about Kim's late uncle, but if any of those are the case, then it's weird that they've taken the trouble to get those articles removed from Google searches as well...


Well they don't call it a purge for nothing...
"If you're not living in the US or are a US Citizen, please do not tell us how to vote or how you want our country to be governed." - Serpest, American Hero
RvB
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands6262 Posts
December 16 2013 19:54 GMT
#2146
Or they'll edit them.completly to shift out his name everywhere going full 1984.
jello_biafra
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United Kingdom6639 Posts
December 16 2013 19:59 GMT
#2147
On December 17 2013 04:54 RvB wrote:
Or they'll edit them.completly to shift out his name everywhere going full 1984.

They've already removed him from a documentary that's been shown 9 times before on state TV.
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ticklishmusic
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States15977 Posts
December 19 2013 22:00 GMT
#2148
Dennis Rodman goes ahead with his visit to his friend-for-life Kim Jong Un a week after the latter executed his uncle and rewrote the history of his country.

I thought the NFL was the sport where head injuries were a problem.
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
December 19 2013 22:05 GMT
#2149
Dennis Rodman is just absolutely bananas, dont read too much in to it.
Honestly I think its a good thing that Kim has an American friend.
Call me Marge Simpson cuz I love you homie
heliusx
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States2306 Posts
December 19 2013 22:41 GMT
#2150
On December 20 2013 07:00 ticklishmusic wrote:
Dennis Rodman goes ahead with his visit to his friend-for-life Kim Jong Un a week after the latter executed his uncle and rewrote the history of his country.

I thought the NFL was the sport where head injuries were a problem.


He was always bananas but I think what he's doing is definitely beneficial to America. He's pretty brave!
dude bro.
jinorazi
Profile Joined October 2004
Korea (South)4948 Posts
December 19 2013 23:51 GMT
#2151
Governments want rodmen to go, they can assess the situation depending on how rodmen is treated (seen with un or not, shown on tv, mood of un, etc plus interview upon his return)


I'm really curious of how the nkorean conservatives feel about kim-rodman relationship
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Jisall
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States2054 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-20 17:33:46
December 20 2013 17:33 GMT
#2152
Lol Looks like North Korea is at it again. Issuing thread via Fax.

Source
Monk: Because being a badass is more fun then playing a dude wearing a scarf.. ... Ite fuck it, Witch Doctor cuz I like killing stuff in a timely mannor.
mainerd
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States347 Posts
January 03 2014 20:09 GMT
#2153
BEIJING -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful uncle was stripped naked, thrown into a cage, and eaten alive by a pack of ravenous dogs, according to a newspaper with close ties to China's ruling Communist Party.


Link
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goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44237 Posts
January 03 2014 20:39 GMT
#2154
On January 04 2014 05:09 mainerd wrote:
Show nested quote +
BEIJING -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful uncle was stripped naked, thrown into a cage, and eaten alive by a pack of ravenous dogs, according to a newspaper with close ties to China's ruling Communist Party.


Link

wtf. just when i started to see hope for humanity i see this.

fuck this world
this is a quote
Zooper31
Profile Joined May 2009
United States5711 Posts
January 03 2014 21:05 GMT
#2155
On December 21 2013 02:33 Jisall wrote:
Lol Looks like North Korea is at it again. Issuing thread via Fax.

Source


Who the fuck still uses the fax?
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TheFish7
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States2824 Posts
January 03 2014 21:11 GMT
#2156
On January 04 2014 05:09 mainerd wrote:
Show nested quote +
BEIJING -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful uncle was stripped naked, thrown into a cage, and eaten alive by a pack of ravenous dogs, according to a newspaper with close ties to China's ruling Communist Party.


Link


So what you're saying is that Kim Jong Un is basically Joffrey from Game of Thrones
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Jisall
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States2054 Posts
January 03 2014 21:47 GMT
#2157
On January 04 2014 05:09 mainerd wrote:
Show nested quote +
BEIJING -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful uncle was stripped naked, thrown into a cage, and eaten alive by a pack of ravenous dogs, according to a newspaper with close ties to China's ruling Communist Party.


Link


Someone got Anti-Vick'd lol. I feel bad for his uncle though, no matter how much of a prick the dude was, that has got to be a shit way to go.

On January 04 2014 06:05 Zooper31 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2013 02:33 Jisall wrote:
Lol Looks like North Korea is at it again. Issuing thread via Fax.

Source


Who the fuck still uses the fax?


My work. We also use software from 1990's hahaha. Still ahead of the not-so democratic peoples republic of korea
Monk: Because being a badass is more fun then playing a dude wearing a scarf.. ... Ite fuck it, Witch Doctor cuz I like killing stuff in a timely mannor.
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States43533 Posts
January 03 2014 21:53 GMT
#2158
It's very unlikely to be true. Who the fuck keeps a pack of ravenous dogs around just in case they need a guy torn to shreds by dogs? I'd sooner believe the dogs were ripped apart by ravenous North Koreans.
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PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-03 22:06:11
January 03 2014 22:00 GMT
#2159
its not that out of this world imo. It is not beyond any governments ability to find some dogs and starve them for a few days.
I hope its bs. it sounds so out of place in this time.
ok maybe north korea doesnt have 120 "hunting hounds" but I dont think its out of their ability to find enough dogs to do the trick.

im pretty sure its bullshit. Wel see north koreas reaction, if they dont respond at all, then its bullshit. if they deny everything its probably true
Call me Marge Simpson cuz I love you homie
Belisarius
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia6233 Posts
January 03 2014 22:04 GMT
#2160
I feel like any justification that begins with "who the fuck does X" is invalid when we're talking about North Korea.

That said, I do think it's likely that this was made up by whatever Chinese tabloid ran it.
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