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2012-01-11 China-Japan-Koreas

North Korea Punishes Citizens for Lack of Emotion at Leader's Death

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Posted by tipper 2012-01-11 10:53|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 I told you that lot looked like they were ordered to,

"Weep like you mean it, But don't break ranks".

Posted by Redneck Jim 2012-01-11 11:41|| 2012-01-11 11:41|| Front Page Top

#2 If you fed them decently, they would cry you a river.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2012-01-11 13:05|| 2012-01-11 13:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Nobody is that stupid. More likely it is one faction putting down another faction while they have the chance.

Posted by Mike Ramsey 2012-01-11 17:09|| 2012-01-11 17:09|| Front Page Top

#4 More likely it is one faction putting down another faction while they have the chance.

Plausible; no sense letting a good crisis go to waste. Or maybe just setting an example for the rest.

Posted by SteveS 2012-01-11 17:33|| 2012-01-11 17:33|| Front Page Top

#5 There were similar waves of arrests in Stalin's Russia. At some (political) assemblies, somebody would offer praise of Stalin, and people would clap. Then everyone would join in. They would continue for minutes, then hours, until people would faint. Finally, somebody would take the initiative to stop, breaking the spell. Guess who was arrested the next day.

Posted by Eric Jablow 2012-01-11 20:06|| 2012-01-11 20:06|| Front Page Top

#6 ION TOPIX > CHINA, SOUTH KOREA EDGE CLOSER TO FTA.

and

* CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > FTA WID CHINA [+ ROK] COULD HAVE [major = serious] GEOPOLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS, espec for NE Asia.

ARTIC > Beijing = Rising China may be more conducive to supporting the concept of formal DPRK-ROK integration, + ultimately reunification, iff it had potent econ influence in SOuth Korea vee FTAS.

versus

* DAILY TIMES.PK > SOUTH KOREA THINK-TANK WARNS OF NORTH'S ARMY "ADVENTURISM".

ARTIC > ROK Foreign Ministry Institute > DPRK = IRAN? = Kim Jong-Un may order a THIRD NUCLEAR TEST OR NEW MISSLE LAUNCH LATER IN 2012, OR ELSE EARLY 2013.

Aka as January 2013? when Israel's INSS Analysts believes Iran may formally conduct a NucWeaps test???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-01-11 23:01|| 2012-01-11 23:01|| Front Page Top

#7 Kim Jong-il died December 17 of ~~a heart attack~~ what is suspected to be acute lead poisoning in his armored train.

FIFY. No thanks necessary, but free drinks gratefully accepted :-)

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2012-01-11 23:25|| 2012-01-11 23:25|| Front Page Top

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