North Korea; The state of Isolation.
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the kims built themselves up, like gods, and their people practically worship them. reminds me so much of ww2 era japan where the people worship their emperor so much, like a god.
and the ironic thing is that the elder kim, kim il sung, was an actual war hero back in ww2. he was a resistance leader against the japs then. he fought against the bad guys, then he got absolute power and it corrupted him to be a bad guy himself.
and the ironic thing is that the elder kim, kim il sung, was an actual war hero back in ww2. he was a resistance leader against the japs then. he fought against the bad guys, then he got absolute power and it corrupted him to be a bad guy himself.
rottenramone
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Could it be Kim Jong Il who is still holding power, or is he merely a figurehead for his military govt? He could be personally blinded by the propaganda machine too, while his govt runs the whole show.
Could it be Kim Jong Il who is still holding power, or is he merely a figurehead for his military govt? He could be personally blinded by the propaganda machine too, while his govt runs the whole show.
rottenramone
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he's ronerly.....
interesting thought, it could very well be. like how the military govt of japan during ww2 made use of their emperor as figurehead to control the masses
Van_halen, i think we have much in common! haha on all these Worldissues/history stuffs that is.
But even so that UN is like another League of Nations, at least it does help in many of the world disasters. Like many of the civil wars in the African countries, like eg, Sierra Leone.
And i read on wikipedia that the successor of Kim Jung Il would highly like not be his son. As quote
"North Korea remains silent on the issue of an appointed successor. South Korean media have suggested that he is grooming his son, Kim Jong-chul; however, Kim Yong Hyun, a political expert at the Institute for North Korean Studies at Seoul's Dongguk University, believes any appointee would be outside the family. "Even the North Korean establishment would not advocate a continuation of the family dynasty at this point."[24] His eldest son, Kim Jong-nam, was earlier believed to be the designated heir, but he appears to have fallen out of favor after being arrested at Narita International Airport in Narita, Japan, near Tokyo, in 2001 while traveling on a forged passport"
Interesting question of him being only a figurehead. But his lifestyle seems to tell me that he is less of a figurehead, and more of a supreme leader whom does nothing but, sit around and enjoy.
As quoted
"No one enjoys luxury goods more than paramount leader Kim Jong-il, who boasts the country's finest wine cellar with space for 10,000 bottles. Kim has a penchant for fine food such as lobster, caviar and the most expensive cuts of sushi that he has flown in to him from Japan."[27] His annual purchases of Hennessy cognac reportedly total to $700,000, while the average North Korean earns the rough estimate equivalent of $900 per year"
But can't help but say he looks extremely........funny. hahaha
But even so that UN is like another League of Nations, at least it does help in many of the world disasters. Like many of the civil wars in the African countries, like eg, Sierra Leone.
And i read on wikipedia that the successor of Kim Jung Il would highly like not be his son. As quote
"North Korea remains silent on the issue of an appointed successor. South Korean media have suggested that he is grooming his son, Kim Jong-chul; however, Kim Yong Hyun, a political expert at the Institute for North Korean Studies at Seoul's Dongguk University, believes any appointee would be outside the family. "Even the North Korean establishment would not advocate a continuation of the family dynasty at this point."[24] His eldest son, Kim Jong-nam, was earlier believed to be the designated heir, but he appears to have fallen out of favor after being arrested at Narita International Airport in Narita, Japan, near Tokyo, in 2001 while traveling on a forged passport"
Interesting question of him being only a figurehead. But his lifestyle seems to tell me that he is less of a figurehead, and more of a supreme leader whom does nothing but, sit around and enjoy.
As quoted
"No one enjoys luxury goods more than paramount leader Kim Jong-il, who boasts the country's finest wine cellar with space for 10,000 bottles. Kim has a penchant for fine food such as lobster, caviar and the most expensive cuts of sushi that he has flown in to him from Japan."[27] His annual purchases of Hennessy cognac reportedly total to $700,000, while the average North Korean earns the rough estimate equivalent of $900 per year"
But can't help but say he looks extremely........funny. hahaha
shaneypants
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I don't know, but I'm a little traumatised by that video documentary bout North Korea. It's almost like it's a fake country altogether. Like one of those freak towns you see in movies. It's like a real-life thriller movie.
Actually I would think UN is kind of a flop. Rwanda, Israel, Iran, Vietnam... All have shown that UN is unable to help the world as much as it is willing to. To think about it, it's stupid for the Security Council to have five permanent members with veto power. And in case we haven't realized, UN was formed out of the shadows of the League of Nations.
Perhaps UN is gonna turn into another useless League of Nations again.
I think that North Korea's Kim is a totally useless bum who only knows how to spend his people's money. Argh, can someone just decide to drop something on North Korea one day? But I don't want the US to do so. Let the world see how idiotic The People's Republic of North Korea can get.
On another note, I actually LIKE the idea of Marxism. But it's wrongly interpreted by leaders like Stalin, Mao, Kim.
Perhaps UN is gonna turn into another useless League of Nations again.
I think that North Korea's Kim is a totally useless bum who only knows how to spend his people's money. Argh, can someone just decide to drop something on North Korea one day? But I don't want the US to do so. Let the world see how idiotic The People's Republic of North Korea can get.
On another note, I actually LIKE the idea of Marxism. But it's wrongly interpreted by leaders like Stalin, Mao, Kim.
gutturalpiss
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The whole idea of "Globalization" (including puppets like those in the UN, and the organization itself which doesn't really exist) is bogus and cause for such states, such situations, such people, such leaders. You will see. In the end, the isolated ones will be the winners.
Phil
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You know, that's really very very far from the reality. Communism in the USSR collapsed inwards due to a multitude of reasons and factors, both internal and external.
Funny thing is, I did an almost similar question for my A level history and I just had to comment on this.
I read that Kim has fresh sushi air-flown to him daily from Japan. All these while some of his people eat grass. Oh yes, there were instances where the really deprived ate grass for sustenance.
Oh well, of course there are many reasons other than just this ONE political reason... But the concept of glasnost had been rather influential in the collapse of USSR and it just makes sense to highlight the more important event...
Xypher
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I saw this place called the axe murder site on google earth.. Just beside the heavily guarded (1mil+ soldiers) border..
"Joint Security Area (Panmunjom). This is the site where two US Officers and four Korean soldiers were killed by north korean soldiers while attempting to trim the branches of a tree that obstructed the view of this border crossing."
I think its too much.. They are losing their human in them..
"Joint Security Area (Panmunjom). This is the site where two US Officers and four Korean soldiers were killed by north korean soldiers while attempting to trim the branches of a tree that obstructed the view of this border crossing."
I think its too much.. They are losing their human in them..
