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Kim Jong-il dead: 10 things you may not know about the 'great successor' Kim Jong-un
The Telegraph (UK) ^
| 8:06AM GMT 19 Dec 2011
| Danielle Demetriou
Posted on 12/19/2011 5:01:43 AM PST by Hunton Peck
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So young, but arready so ronery....
To: Hunton Peck
“However, he also acquired a reputation as a student for being extremely competitive, particularly in sports, with skiing and basketball apparently his favourites.”
lol. not exactly the body of an athlete.
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posted on
12/19/2011 5:04:51 AM PST
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: Hunton Peck
the cloak of power about his shoulders and who knows what the NK will get for their new dictator.
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posted on
12/19/2011 5:05:51 AM PST
by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
To: Hunton Peck
Basketball... is apparently a big passion of his... As part of condolences, zer0 is sending Madame Halfbright over to attend the funeral and present a gift basketball.
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posted on
12/19/2011 5:07:26 AM PST
by
C210N
(Dems: "We must tax you so that we can buy our votes")
To: nuconvert
Perhaps like his father the young Kim will take up golf and get 6 holes-in-one the first time he tries. Certainly he is already able to leap tall buildings and is more powerful than a locomotive, but we may have to wait and see if he can dodge a speeding bullet.
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posted on
12/19/2011 5:09:52 AM PST
by
The Great RJ
("The problem with socialism is that pretty soon you run out of other people's money" M. Thatcher)
To: Hunton Peck
9/ Following in the footsteps of the godlike reverence that surrounded his father, the younger Kim's birthday has apparently been made a national holiday, celebrated annually on 1 January. ...and to think I had mistaken all those celebrations for New Year's.....
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posted on
12/19/2011 5:10:33 AM PST
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Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: Hunton Peck
Dry English Sarcastic dark humor,.....or just open reporting on North Korea?????
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posted on
12/19/2011 5:12:17 AM PST
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Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: nuconvert
"lol. not exactly the body of an athlete."
Not important for him. Would you play basketball against him and win? Not if you wanted to live long enough to have a celebratory beer afterwards. No, it would be better to lose and live another day...
To: C210N
“Basketball Jong, I gotta basketball Jong, I gotta basketball Jong oh baby, oo-oo oo...”
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posted on
12/19/2011 5:14:44 AM PST
by
equaviator
( "There's a (datum) plane on the horizon coming in...see it?")
To: Hunton Peck
Sitting with father...what a family.
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posted on
12/19/2011 5:17:21 AM PST
by
Bobalu
(even Jesus knew the poor would always be with us)
To: Hunton Peck
How come Occupy Pyongyang isn’t calling for elections?
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posted on
12/19/2011 5:17:52 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
('People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
To: Bobalu
"porcine" seems to spring to mind, as well as "the banality of evil."
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posted on
12/19/2011 5:23:57 AM PST
by
aruanan
To: The Great RJ
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posted on
12/19/2011 5:27:18 AM PST
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: Hunton Peck
6/ However, he also acquired a reputation as a student for being extremely competitive, particularly in sports, with skiing and basketball apparently his favourites.
7/ His moment in his father’s spotlight reportedly came when his elder half-brother Kim Jong-nimmed a former favourite fell out of favour after being caught trying to enter Japan on a fake passport in order to visit Tokyo Disneyland.
8/ A Japanese chef who used to work as Kim Jong-il’s personal chef has described the new successor as “a chip off the old block, a spitting image of his father in terms of face, body shape and personality”.
9/ Following in the footsteps of the godlike reverence that surrounded his father, the younger Kim’s birthday has apparently been made a national holiday, celebrated annually on 1 January.
10/ Soldiers across North Korea have reportedly been shown a documentary film about the incoming leader over recent months, which is said to begin with the words: “Following in the footsteps of the General, offering guidance to the troops, comrade General Kim Jong Un delivers a great blow to the enemy with the resourcefulness of his keen insight.”
I first read the above commentary as serious,...but the more I read it, the better it reads as droll, dry, English comedy. Actually, very, very, very good comedy.
Then again, is it intended as humor or reporting?
The Japanese chef’s complement,...hehehe.
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posted on
12/19/2011 5:29:07 AM PST
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Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: nuconvert
Initial reports are he was a D student in poor physical shape, literally the runt of his family.
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posted on
12/19/2011 5:45:26 AM PST
by
omega4179
(We can't wait!............. for the end of an error.....1-20-13)
To: Cvengr
North Korea: An ongoing Monty Python skit with nukes...
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posted on
12/19/2011 5:52:45 AM PST
by
Hunton Peck
(See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
To: Cvengr
"Following in the footsteps of the godlike reverence that surrounded his father, the younger Kims birthday has apparently been made a national holiday, celebrated annually on 1 January." All Koreans advance their age on January 1st. They count the nine months gestation as their first year, so even if a Korean were born on March 15, for example, the following January 1st, they would be considered two years old, and increase their age by one every January 1st.
If an American asks a Korean how old they are, they will typically ask in return, "Korean age or American age?"
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posted on
12/19/2011 5:52:49 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Bobalu
Looks like a family that runs a resturant by me.....the mother looks like she could be a cashier just about anywhere..you want to use American Express...3% more
To: Hunton Peck
The plumpish Brilliant Comrade Supreme Leader in waiting, Kim Jong-un, can't wait for his chance at the whip.
To: Hunton Peck
"How you like me NOW, Hans Brix?!!!"
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posted on
12/19/2011 6:36:48 AM PST
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Sicon
("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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