Posted on 12/23/2011 7:05:08 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Mourners weep at escalator used by Kim Jong-il
20/12 12:23 CET
North Korean state media has released a still photograph of what is believed to have been Kim Jong-il’s last public appearance before he died.
He is seen on a supermarket escalator, with his son and future successor Kim Jong-un among those behind him.
Today the escalator they travelled down has been turned into a shrine.
“I can’t imagine how happy it would make us and our fellow citizens if he could ride on this escalator again,” said one woman, amid a group of mourners, weeping around the moving staircase. “I still feel that he is alive, with his bright smile. I can also hear his voice.”
It is uncertain when Kim Jong-il visited the supermarket in Pyongyang. But what does seem sure is that the escalator he rode on will now have a hallowed place in North Korean history.
This undated picture, released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on December 17, 2011 shows North Korean lreader Kim Jong Il (C), accompanied by his son Kim Jong Un (R), inspecting the Kwangbok Area Supermarket just before opening in Pyongyang. AFP PHOTO / KCNA via KNS ---EDITORS NOTE---HANDOUT RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS Source: HWT Image Library
Ya but Obi’s golf score is improving and he did buy a bone for his dog...
Yes, two completely different elevators. They are so beside themselves, they are getting sloppying and making glaring mistakes. About those columns: No mirror on the ones in the “post” video, not to mention absence of roof lighting. Another North Korean photo fabrication.
Who are you going to believe, the North Korean Government Media or your lying eyes?
Cry...or DIE!!
Well, I suppose this means that no one will be allowed to shop in this workers’ paradise supermarket, if, in fact, anyone was ever allowed to shop there. Must not be any heat in the supermarket either. Can we say, photo op?
I am referring to the original picture, allegedly taken on December 17th, a day, maybe two days after Kim Jong il actually died.
Come to think of it, if they intend to make this escalator a shrine, then, perhaps they should place a wax figurine of KJi dressed in say, a white toga, on the UP escalator, as if he were ascending upward. The symbolism would be obvious. Oops, I forgot, these are godless folks.
It is all very disturbing.Either the fear is very deep or the propaganda has been ingrained very well.National Geo was running the special Lisa Ling did on North Korea 2 night ago.To watch each person after cataract surgery bow before the photo and thank the Great General for restoring their sight without realizing he caused it from the malnutrition was stunning.I really wonder how many do it from feat of the camps and really can think for themselves.
It is all very disturbing.Either the fear is very deep or the propaganda has been ingrained very well.National Geo was running the special Lisa Ling did on North Korea 2 night ago.To watch each person after cataract surgery bow before the photo and thank the Great General for restoring their sight without realizing he caused it from the malnutrition was stunning.I really wonder how many do it from fear of the camps and really can think for themselves.
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