Housecleaning
Kim taking precautions to prevent a coup while he’s away.
Interesting
Did they get cannon-ized?
I think that’s a good sign. He’s making sure that potentially opposing military men are out of the way.
The paranoia of hard core communists is always predictable.
Worried about a coup while he’s out of the country.
Replacing the Generals with other Generals.
Goal: Take power and influence away from those most likely to lead a coup to overthrow Kim and his regime.
No evidence needed. Kim is just playing the odds.
‘Replaced’ as in, ‘Fed To The Dogs’ Replaced? *SHUDDER*
PLEASE don’t ever forget that our President is dealing with a blood-thirsty nut job, here. Lil’ Kimmie has NOT hesitated to kill his own relatives; I pray that PDJT’s SS is on their game if and when they meet.
Yes, I would like the PEOPLE of NK to be FREE, but I also don’t want any of us losing sight of the fact that we’re dealing with a violent, psycho, unpredictable PUNK, here.
(Same goes for Putin.)
I think the generals are more a danger to North Korea than any other nation. Fear and extortion was at best a mediocre living for even those in charge.
“Shuffling the deck before the meeting.”
Always 10% that don’t want to go along with the program. Their goal; screw things up for everyone else.
Dear Leader or not, Kim’s bound to have Big Time internal opposition. Plenty of the Old Guard that were aced out of a better job when Kim Jong-il died or saw compadres used for target practice. His recent on again-off again behavior may validate his doing the “needful” internally.
Hardliners?
Headline: Kim PURGES North Korean officials ahead of tense Trump summit
“No Kwang-chol, first minister of the Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces, has replaced Pak Yong-sik as defense chief, while Ri Myong-su has been replaced by his deputy, Ri Yong-gil. — UK Daily Star (06/04/18)
And ...
“Army General Kim Su Gil’s replacement of Kim Jong Gak as director of the KPA’s General Political Bureau was confirmed in a North Korean state media report last month when Kim Su Gil accompanied North Korea’s Kim Jong Un on a field guidance trip to A BEACH TOURIST ZONE with other officials.” — Reuters (06/03/18)
And ...
“According to a defector to South Korea who once served North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, this different and rarely seen side of Kim Jong Un featured in a documentary to educate party officials who lead the lowest rungs of the leadership apparatus or state-run enterprises.
“The video shows Kim Jong Un standing on AN UNSPECIFIED STRETCH OF COASTLINE gazing toward the horizon as tears trickle down his cheek. (Emphasis mine)
“A narrator explains that the North Korean leader is distraught over his inability to radically overhaul the economy to make the reclusive country a vibrant power.
“The defector learned about the video from a contact who remains in North Korea.” — Asahi Shimbun (05/30/18)
And just where might that unspecified stretch of coastline be? Just a guess:
“In the SEASIDE CITY OF WONSAN, North Korean families cook up barbecues on the beach, go fishing, and eat royal jelly flavor ice cream in the summer breeze. For their leader Kim Jong Un, the resort is a summer retreat, a future temple to tourism, and a good place to test missiles.” — Reuters (10/10/17)
It would be great if we can end all hostilities with North Korea and pull them away from China. The North Koreans aren’t any worse than the Nazis or Japanese were in WW2 and we allowed a lot of them to go unpunished because we either needed them to help stabilize the countries after the war, or needed their expertise in certain fields. It’s not like we can’t work with people who have blood on their hands in certain situations. If North Korea agrees to denuclearization and ends all aggressive behavior towards us, then we should give them security assurances and work toward pulling them away from China.
Makes perfect sense if Kim wants to survive and not have the “old school” Norks destroy what’s left of the country before civilization has a chance to set in...
How were they executed? Thrown into a vat of piranas?