Furry Hat Offers Clues to Progress of N.Korean Succession(symbol of NK alpha-male)

Chosun Ilbo ^ | 01/31/11

[TigerLikesRooster]

Furry Hat Offers Clues to Progress of N.Korean Succession

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's son and heir Jong-un is already being treated with the same level of protocol as his father.

A senior South Korean government official last Friday said Kim Jong-un seems to have moved up to the same rank as his father. "The most conspicuous sign is that Kim Jong-un has started wearing a top-quality furry hat that only Kim Jong-il has been wearing so far," the official added.

Kim junior wore the same hat as his father in video clips showing Kim senior's so-called on-the-spot guidance trip to the Mansudae Art Studio in Pyongyang on Jan. 23 and 24.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and his son and heir Jong-un wear Russian-style furry hats during a visit to the Mansudae Art Studio in Pyongyang, in this screen grab released Jan. 23 by [North] Korean Central TV. /KCTV-Yonhap

A former senior North Korean official identified as Choi, who has defected to South Korea, said, "The hat was customized by a foreign master craftsman using top-quality otter fur. It's an unwritten rule that nobody else can wear such a hat, so if Kim Jong-un is also wearing one, it means he has now reached almost the same status as his father."

Unlike Kim senior, who started wearing the hat when the winter started in late October, Kim junior first donned it on Dec. 16, when he inspected a North Korean Army unit.

"It seems Kim Jong-un began establishing himself as the heir in mid-December after three-months of internal consolidation of his status following his first official appearance on Sept. 28 last year," a South Korean government source said,

Among Kim Jong-il's close aides, Kim Ki-nam, a secretary of the Workers Party, and Hyon Chol-hae and Ri Myong-su, senior staffers of the National Defense Commission, sometimes wear similar hats. "But if you look at them carefully, you'll see that their hats are industrial products and the quality is far inferior," a North Korean source said.

The government official said in recent days North Korean TV has repeatedly shown Kim Jong-un without his father in reports on his on-the-spot guidance tours, which was unimaginable only a few weeks ago.

"Every factory Kim Jong-un inspected alongside his father before his first official appearance has now put up a signboard announcing, 'This is a factory that Comrade Kim Jong-un inspected' on such-and-such a date," the official added. "All this shows that Kim Jong-un's status is being consolidated."

[TigerLikesRooster]

Reportedly, the fur hat is made of ferret fur of highest quality and by a top craftman in the field. A ridiculous symbol of the ultimate alpha male in NK, along with that winter coat.

[TigerLikesRooster]

P!

[martin_fierro]

[Big Bronson]

Ha ha ha! He makes the kid dress the same. It’s like Mini-Mini-Me.

I have a hunch that as soon as the old man dies, some general quietly has the kid dispatched as well.

[null and void]

The hair apparent...

[muir_redwoods]

These people are simply too silly.

[CPOSharky]

And using a teleprompter will get you next in line for POTUS?

[Past Your Eyes]

Heyyy, kid. Where’d you get the lid.

[muir_redwoods]

I believe it is possible that they will both die in the same unfortunate boating accident

[nuconvert]

Lol.

[null and void]

At least it's ferret and not spork weasel...

[mewzilla]

Ferret, huh? Made in the Axis of Weasels?

[PIF]

I believe it is possible that they will both die in the same unfortunate boating accident

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Or in a massive train explosion, simular to the one which almost worked a few years back...

[mewzilla]

And in case anyone else is curious, on the origin of the dreaded spork weasel....

Behind the Scenes of a ZOT!

Warning: Do not partake of food or drink while viewing this thread!

That is all.

[GenXteacher]

I don't think it is the hat- it's gotta be the hair....

[mikey_hates_everything]

Coming soon...

[Mmogamer]

Hey don’t diss the Centauri...

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks TigerLikesRooster. Hereditary monarchy for the people’s paradise.

[Back to Elaine’s office]

Ipswitch: Ms. Benes the hat you charged to the company was Sable, this is Neutria.

Elaine: Well, that’s a kind of sable.

Ipswitch: No, its a kind of rat.

Elaine: That’s a rat hat?

Ipswitch: And a poorly made one, even by rat hat standards. I have no choice but to recommend your prompt termination to the board of directors nothing short of the approval of Peterman himself will save you this time.

Elaine: But, but, he’s in the Burmese jungle.

Ipswitch: Yes, and quite mad from what I hear.

Elaine: Wait? Can I fire you?

Ipswitch: No.

[smokingfrog]

[The Great RJ]

Note mini-me is also wearing the same coat.