Posted on 12/06/2012 8:10:40 AM PST by darrellmaurina
Footage of three weapons that were found on a North Korean assassin when he was arrested on the platform of a subway in Seoul in September 2011 were shown on CNN on Monday.
The weapons, which would not be out of place in a James Bond film, included what at first glance appears to be a black torch with a wrist strap and the word "police" along one side. Upon closer inspection, however, one end has three holes and each contains a bullet, with a trigger mechanism in the body of the torch.
Two of the bullets remain in the weapon, which military authorities in the South said they have never seen before. Tests have shown that the flashlight-gun was accurate and the projectile was able to penetrate deep into a mattress from a distance of 16 feet, meaning it would have been lethal at short range.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
I guess North Korean technology factories are good at something.
Let’s hope they don’t get better at missiles.
Torch = flashlight, IIRC.
Not Gangnam Style?
In a word, China.
Three weapon types of close: "an ordinary-looking ballpoint pen that contained a poison-tipped needle", medium: "another pen was capable of firing a small projectile coated in a poisonous chemical" and far (somewhat): "... the projectile was able to penetrate deep into a mattress from a distance of 16 feet."
These are indeed assassin tools.
Many people in South Korea have relatives in the North.......
Add to that the almost universally accepted fact that they produce the most perfect counterfeit $100 US Note as well as engaging in worldwide drug dealing and numerous other criminal acts. From this Time Magazine article (02/24/12); "Since the superdollars were first detected about a decade ago, the regime has been pocketing an estimated $15 million to $25 million a year from them. (Other estimates are much higher — up to several hundred million dollars’ worth.)."
North Korea exists because two super-powers have propped it up, Soviet Union first, now China. The fact that it can get away with such acts is because it can and takes a childish delight in doing so against the United States.
I thought they looked down on gays in North Korea?
I wonder how this will affect the election?
The left wants a welfare state and to be nice to the Norks
Go Mrs. Park!
11 posted on Thu Dec 06 2012 14:38:58 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) by GeronL: “I wonder how this will affect the election? The left wants a welfare state and to be nice to the Norks. Go Mrs. Park!” Good question re. the election. One side note... I believe that Park Geun-hye (박근혜) is single. I am not aware that she ever married. For those reading who don’t know, her father was the authoritarian president of South Korea whose wife was assassinated by a North Korean who was trying to kill the president but killed the first lady instead. From that point on, Park Geun-hye acted as the de facto first lady of South Korea despite her young age. She’s now 60 (if I remember correctly) and a powerful politician in her own right, serving in the Korean unicamareal legislature and as head of the main conservative party, once known as the Grand National Party and now renamed the New Frontier Party. She lost a close race for the GNP presidential nomination in the last election. For those who are interested, here’s the English version of her campaign website: http://www.parkgeunhye.or.kr/english/ Things could get very interesting for women in Asia. The new leader of China has a wife who is a two-star general in the Chinese military and South Korea may soon get a woman president who is the daughter of a general who served as president of the country. Asian women leaders have been rare in history, but not unprecedented. Those women who have become political leaders in Asia have traditionally been seen as “dragon ladies” — fiery and fierce women who make men look mild by comparison. I would not want to be on the wrong end of a weapon wielded by one of Park Geun-hye’s soldiers if she is elected president.
11 posted on Thu Dec 06 2012 14:38:58 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) by GeronL: "I wonder how this will affect the election? The left wants a welfare state and to be nice to the Norks. Go Mrs. Park!"
Good question re. the election. One side note... I believe that Park Geun-hye (박근혜) is single. I am not aware that she ever married.
For those reading who don't know, her father was the authoritarian president of South Korea whose wife was assassinated by a North Korean who was trying to kill the president but killed the first lady instead. From that point on, Park Geun-hye acted as the de facto first lady of South Korea despite her young age. She's now 60 (if I remember correctly) and a powerful politician in her own right, serving in the Korean unicameral legislature and as head of the main conservative party, once known as the Grand National Party and now renamed the New Frontier Party. She lost a close race for her party's presidential nomination in the last election and is now running again as the candidate of her party.
For those who are interested, here's the English version of her campaign website:
http://www.parkgeunhye.or.kr/english/
Things could get very interesting for women in Asia. The new leader of China has a wife who is a two-star general in the Chinese military and South Korea may soon get a woman president who is the daughter of a general who served as president of the country. Asian women leaders have been rare in history, but not unprecedented. Those women who have become political leaders in Asia have traditionally been seen as "dragon ladies" -- fiery and fierce women who make men look mild by comparison.
I would not want to be on the wrong end of a weapon wielded by one of Park Geun-hye's soldiers if she is elected president.
Its a better idea than electing a guy who thinks North Korea are the good guys and South Korea should emulate it
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