Posted on 12/28/2011 1:50:31 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo
Link is to Japanese from original South Korean source.
First, and turning prematurely green, an obligatory picture of assailant (patent liar of the evening Korean Central TV out of Pyongyang for many years), tasked with emotionally reporting specifically on Kim Jong il, missile launches, underground nuke tests, heightened military alerts and the like, and now -- conceivably, on issues relating to Kim Jong Un. Secondly, her recent five-star performance wearing black mourning Korean "hanbok", telling the world that the Beloved Dear Chia Pet was no longer with us--a real tear jerker /sarc.
Three North Korean defectors are in their 60s, 50s, and 40s. One worked for 20 years at Korean Central Broadcasting. Another with Chonjin University as a professor, and another with Northeast Asian bank Singapore office, all with knowledge about "Patty" (Ri).
Ri was initially attached to the Korean People's Army Acting/Propaganda Troupe. But her legs were said to be too short, so she was put in television announcing work on behalf of the Party.
Once she turned sixty, she spent time enjoying leisure in her home, and was called in to the studio on occasion for big projects. The Party has rewarded her for her loyalty by providing a US Cadillac and a gorgeous, large home in Pyongyang.
Kim Jong il personally supported her.
In the early 1990s when her adulterous affair had been discovered, one of the defectors was instructed to "destroy all communication from or regarding Ri Chun Hee."
It can truly be said that Ri was very dispondent at the news of the passing of Kim Jong-il.
Crocodile tears start at 60 seconds into clip, and escalates from there.
http://joongang.joinsmsn.com/article/528/6988528.html?ctg=1000&cloc=joongang|home|top
Ri Chun-hee having an affair... I have some trouble envisioning that, but strange things do happen from time to time, and this is one of them.:-)
By the way, I noticed that Jang Sung-taek himself is not really healthy either. Not that he is in any imminent health trouble, but something to watch for.
Who was she having an affair with?
Thanks for the G-2 scoop on "Fishlips" health, too. BTW, one wonders where eldest son Kim Jong Nam is these days. Beijing? (Safe house?). Macao? Shanghai? Some rural area with nom de plume? Now that is one marked man. He certainly was not welcome at his father's send off today in Pyongyang. I guess going to Tokyo Disneyland and getting caught has its price, eh? Not to mention Tokyo "soapland" (whore) hostesses blabbing on about the Number 1 Son in Japanese tabloids and his prowess (or lack of it I should say). What a drama. Worse than the Sopranos. Gangsters, hits ordered on people, and everything.
By the way, I noticed that Jang Sung-taek himself is not really healthy either. Not that he is in any imminent health trouble, but something to watch for.
The picture of Ri in dark clothing on the right reminds me of the KNP, and the ROK MP women I worked with forty-five years ago in my duties in S.Korea. They were fun to work with (S). No humor whatsoever. Stone faces, and their only facial expression was similar to the Mr. Spock raised eyebrows.
Unwed Chinese single guys with no chance of ever getting married say : “ zhe’s not guilty, hot babe “ ..
Are you sure that Pyongyang Patty is a woman?
“Are you sure that Pyongyang Patty is a woman?”
After hearing her voice, one certianly wonders.
“By the way, I noticed that Jang Sung-taek himself is not really healthy either. Not that he is in any imminent health trouble, but something to watch for.”
Could be some interesting times ahead ......
Cry or die.
Be glad that those Korean female MPs showed no expression. Ever heard of “kimchi temper?”
There aren't many of them, but when Korean women decide to be soldiers, they do an excellent job.
I would have pity for those who end up on the wrong side of a Korean female soldier's wrath — except that in most cases, the targets probably deserved it, and the female soldier was asked to administer the discipline both because she will be harsher than her male colleagues and because being disciplined by a woman is an added humiliation to the offender subjected to her “tender mercies.”
Let's just say the ROK Army is not known for laxity in discipline, and Korean female soldiers who have to prove their toughness make the men look weak by comparison.
I'm not sure I agree with you, though, about Korean female soldiers not being fun to work with. It's hard to find an ugly Korean woman, no matter how stern they may look, and once they figure out that not all “nurangmori” (a nasty term for yellow-haired Americans) are immoral lazy slobs who drink constantly and cheat on their wives, marriages to Americans who Korean women can respect based on the American guy's self-discipline and respect for women who want to have a career outside the home are not unheard of. Most Korean men are not exactly enamored with the idea of marrying a very assertive woman with military training unless she's the daughter of a high-ranking officer, so sometimes an American looks like a good alternative to permanent singleness.
Most of us know that sooner or later North and South Korea will reunite. If the country decides to remain militarized at levels anywhere remotely close to what it has today, perhaps out of fear of a resurgent China, a unified Korean military could be a truly dangerous deterrent to any potential threats. Think Switzerland, but with a military tradition of fierce independence dating back millennia rather than centuries and a bitter hatred for the forced handover to Japanese colonization following the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War, and you've got a pretty good idea what role a unified Korea might play in Asian regional politics.
Personally I think that's a good thing. I probably wouldn't think that way if I were a Chinese military planner or a Japanese parliamentarian concerned about the future of Japan's declining population.
Two Lee’s, a Pak, and a So, all married with children. Nice ladies, but they were stone faced, did their jobs meticulously.
I was the MP TDY to the local Army Medical division at Camp Red Cloud assigned to work with the Korean National Health Department, and these ladies were my counterpart in their respective units be it ROK, or KNP. We worked well together as we respected each other, the people, the soldiers, and the importance of our mission.
Dan Rather
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