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2004-08-27 China-Japan-Koreas

Mystery surrounds reports of the death of Kim's mistress

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-08-27 12:22:31 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Some say this death would have serious psychological effects on Kim. Kim, who has heart problems, had been refraining from drinking on Kohâs advice.

What happens if a psychopathic Stalinist god-king with nukes goes on a grief-stricken drinking binge? Let's hope we don't find out.

Posted by Mike 2004-08-27 12:45:05 PM|| 2004-08-27 12:45:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I can't figure out how these Korean names work. I'm really confused. Like Kim Jong Nam. If you refer to him in the third person then he's Mr. Kim. So the last name is first. Now here's where I'm really confused: If Kim Il Sung is the father of Kim Jong Il, and Kim is the last name, and Kim Jong Nam is the son of Kim Jong Il & his mother is Sung Hye Lim and he has two other sons named Kim Jong Chul & Kim Jong Woon, then how to Korean people determine their kid's names? Like in Hispanic people your name is First name, middle name, father's last name, dash mother's maiden last name. If you're a woman you lose your mother's maiden last name when you marry & that name becomes your husband's paternal last name. So, with that as a guide, how the hell does one make sense out of this Korean mess? They must not have a naming system. It must just be random.

Posted by Kentucky Beef 2004-08-27 1:07:49 PM|| 2004-08-27 1:07:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Emblematic of a people who revere the turtle as a national symbol,

Go Terrapins!

Posted by Raj 2004-08-27 1:39:52 PM|| 2004-08-27 1:39:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 "Koh Young Hee was cutting his ~~poofy~~ hair"

should've gone for his throat...

Posted by Frank G 2004-08-27 1:43:31 PM|| 2004-08-27 1:43:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Three words: rotten kim chee.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-08-27 2:48:16 PM|| 2004-08-27 2:48:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 She get a nine iron wrapped around her head?

Posted by tu3031 2004-08-27 3:49:27 PM|| 2004-08-27 3:49:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 How much did she weigh? Is/was she tender?

Posted by Shipman 2004-08-27 4:57:07 PM|| 2004-08-27 4:57:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Koreans use the same name system as the Chinese. The surname comes first, the "given" name comes second, and what we think of as the "middle name" comes last.

Taking a hypothetical American named John Gerald Smith, then if his name was given in the Chinese/Korean order it would be "Smith John Gerald". There are always three names, and each is always a single syllable. (The Japanese have multi-syllable names, always two, with the surname first and the given name second.)

It's common for a son to be given part of his father's name, which is why "Il Sung" and "Jong Il". But it doesn't have to be first->second, and that's why "Jong Il" has sons named "Jong Nam", "Jong Chul" and "Jong Woon".

Posted by Steven Den Beste 2004-08-27 9:17:16 PM|| [http://denbeste.nu] 2004-08-27 9:17:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 SDB: I thought you were on a break? :-)

Posted by Frank G 2004-08-27 9:19:18 PM|| 2004-08-27 9:19:18 PM|| Front Page Top

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