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| North Korea shuts down universities for 10 months |
| 2011-06-29 |
| Please, let this not include Womyns Studies, I can hear the wails from the poor dears already North Korea has shut down its universities for the next 10 months and sent students to work in factories, agriculture and the construction sector as it struggles to rebuild its economy. That will give them an "education" alright. Pyongyang has told the North Korean people that the nation will have achieved its aim of becoming "a great, prosperous and powerful nation" in 2012, which marks the 100th anniversary of the founder of the reclusive state, Kim Il-sung. In addition, Kim Jong-il will turn 70 in February and the "Dear Leader" hopes to be able to transfer his power and an economically stronger nation to his son and heir-apparent, Kim Jong-Un. Reports in South Korea indicated that the government in Pyongyang on Monday ordered all universities to cancel classes until April of next year. The only exemptions are for students who will be graduating in the next few months and foreign students. The reports suggested that the students will be put to work on construction projects in major cities while there are also indications that repair work may be needed in agricultural regions that were affected by a major typhoon recently. Analysts in Japan claim there may be other reasons behind the decision to disperse the students across the country. "One reason is that there is a possibility of demonstrations at university campuses," said Toshimitsu Shigemura, a professor at Tokyo's Waseda University and author of a number of books on the North Korean leadership. "The leadership has seen the 'Jasmine Revolution' in Africa and it is very frightened that the same thing could happen in North Korea," he said. "They fear it could start in the universities." Professor Shigemura also said that North Korea has purchased anti-riot equipment from China in recent months, including tear gas and batons, while there has been an increased police presence at key points in Pyongyang in recent months |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #15 WORLD NEWS > NORTH KOREA RUSH TO BUILD APARTMENTS FOR 2012 EVENTS. Whoa, Soccer = the Asteroid-Solar Flare = Kim Jong-Un's inaugaural = ... Who knew??? VERSIES * SAME > [US-Japan] FUTENAM RELOCATION PLAN MAY FALL APART: DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS. Nippon DM Toshimi Kitazawa, as per Local = Mainstream/Popular resistance to relocate MCAS Futenma anywhere in Okinawa Perfecture. IOW, NIPPON VOTERS = IFF THE AMERS + USMC hav Have HAVE H-A-V-E HHHAAAVVVEEEE, D *** YOU, TO STAY IN JAPAN + OKINAWA, KEEP 'EM WHERE THEY ARE ALREADY AT. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-06-29 22:20 |
| #14 "Kimmy Rouge" gets my vote for Snark-Of-The-Day(tm). |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2011-06-29 20:37 |
| #13 Any chance shutting down Harvard for 10 months and having them pick vegetables? Give them a real education. |
| Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165 2011-06-29 17:00 |
| #12 That's so they can't use books for toilet paper. |
| Posted by: Flemble Uloger1837 2011-06-29 16:48 |
| #11 (sorry -- obviously I'm not one of the "smart guys") |
| Posted by: Pollyandrew 2011-06-29 16:43 |
| #10 The Kimmy Rouge? First they came for the "smart guys" and sent them to the collective farm...and killed them. |
| Posted by: Pollyandrew 2011-06-29 16:40 |
| #9 The Kimmy Rouge? First they came for the "smart guys" and sent them to the collective farm...and killed them. |
| Posted by: Pollyandrew 2011-06-29 16:40 |
| #8 I dunno. If you get an education in NKor you might end up working at Yongbyon. Think I'd rather work on a farm. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-06-29 16:18 |
| #7 The Kimmy Rouge? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-06-29 15:27 |
| #6 Same thing happened in China during the Cultural Revolution. It didn't work out well for them. |
| Posted by: gromky 2011-06-29 14:05 |
| #5 The Korean Workers Party may have been founded a 100 years ago. Korea has been around (occupied or not) for for about 3000 years. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2011-06-29 11:51 |
| #4 100th birthday of the old buzzard. North Korea needs to collapse now. It's the only way to save people. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-06-29 11:03 |
| #3 100 years, my a$$. Korea was occupied by Japan until 1945. |
| Posted by: Spot 2011-06-29 08:18 |
| #2 Well, they probably figure that if they are going to die from starvation anyway, why not go out with a bang and be "heroes". |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2011-06-29 02:42 |
| #1 TOPIX > NORTH KOREA THEATENS TO LAUNCH [merciless]"RETALIATORY SACRED WAR" ON SOUTH KOREA, for alleged slander agz it by frontline = DMZ ROK troops. I'm a'guessin the ROK Boyz weren't too impressed, or silent?, about seeing pics of sickly, starving, near-skeletal Babes on those 2011 DPRK Beach/Bikini Calendars. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-06-29 02:06 |