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China-Japan-Koreas
North Korea vows to revisit 'nuclear issue' after alleged plot
2012-07-21
[LA Times] North Korea said Friday it will "review the nuclear issue" after arresting a North Korean defector for allegedly plotting to destroy statues of the late leader Kim Il Sung at the behest of the United States and South Korea.
Oh, for goodness sake. We want young Pudgy dead -- we don't care about a bunch of poorly executed statues of a guy who already is dead. Just for the record, we don't care about the stupid portraits everywhere throughout the country, either.
Whack Fat Boy and the portraits and statues will take care of themselves...
State media reported Thursday that North Korean defector Jon Yong Chol said South Korean and U.S. intelligence agencies had ordered him to return to the country to blow up statues and monuments, a bid to make it appear that North Korea was suffering internal unrest. Jon appeared on North Korean television Thursday giving an extensive account of how the alleged attacks were planned.

South Korea has denied the allegation as groundless. One government official was quoted in the newspaper Chosun Ilbo dismissing the idea as an "improbable plot."

The North Korean Foreign Ministry added in a statement run on state media Friday that by backing the plot, the U.S. had violated a deal with Pyongyang to pull back on its nuclear program.
Posted by:Fred

#2  So how long do y'all think Jon Yong Choi will still be pushing oxyen after that TV spot?

I suspect he's already toast.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2012-07-21 21:28  

#1  The North Korean Foreign Ministry added in a statement run on state media Friday that by backing the plot, the U.S. had violated a deal with Pyongyang to pull back on its nuclear program.

This, of course, should surprise no one...but 'pulling down statues' does have a certain Stalinist feel to it. Somewhere, Iosif Vissiaronavitch smiles.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2012-07-21 07:49  

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