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| Kim Jong-Un's presents caught as train derails |
| 2010-12-27 |
| A TRAIN carrying birthday presents for North Korea's future leader derailed this month in a possible act of revolt by the regime's opponents, a Seoul-based radio station targeting North Koreans said. Open Radio for North Korea said the Pyongyang-bound train carrying gifts for Kim Jong-Un, the youngest son and heir apparent of leader Kim Jong-Il, derailed upon departing from Sinuiju, on the border with China, on December 11. It quoted a military intelligence official in the North's northwestern province of North Pyongan as saying sabotage may have caused the crash. "The North's railways are so outdated... but in this case, the railway tracks were so badly ruined that it looks like someone intentionally damaged them when the train was about to pass," the intelligence official was quoted as saying. The South's National Intelligence Service said it was checking the report. Jong-Un, believed aged 27, was in September made a four-star general and given senior posts in the ruling communist party during the North's biggest political meeting for three decades. The source said the presents for Jong-Un, whose birthday is on January 8, include a large number of expensive watches and TVs. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 So how much Hennessy was spilled? 20,000 gallons? |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2010-12-27 15:06 |
| #1 PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > HIGH FLYING TROOPS NEEDED [for PLA]. Carrier Pigeons. D *** NG IT, MUTTLEY, STOP THAT PIGEON, STOP THAT PIGEON, STOP THAT PIGEON NOW! * WMF > "REVERSE PLAY" TAKING PLACE ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA. * WMF > CHINA IS NOT READY FOR WAR: IFF A WAR CHINA ONLY HAS 18-20 DAYS OF OIL FOR NATIONAL ACTIVITIES + MILITARY OPERATIONS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-12-27 02:42 |