Kim Jong-Il is dead

[USSWisconsin]

Some real corkers in that "collection" the US executing children, sawing into skulls and pulling peasant teeth - they must all have gold teeth? The Americans seem to accomplish this without even getting dirty or rumpled, the uniforms are spotless and wrinkle free. The artist has some artistic talent AND plenty of gruesome imagination.

[mustavaris]

If the Commies were good at something, propaganda art was one of their fortes.

[The Black Ghost]

If the Commies were good at something, propaganda art was one of their fortes.

So were we ;)


Anyways, good riddance to Kim, he was a murderous bastard.

[tankie]

If his trained harem is going begging , :whome:

[tankie]

That christmas present - some piece of crap in a box with 'made in Korea' stamped on it.

Like Kim's coffin



I was gutted at first when I heard the Supreme Leader had died -



thought we'd lost Diana Ross

[YellowFever]

According to some profiles I've read in Korean newspapers regarding the chubby one, he's just like his dad when it comes to taste.

Loves western movies and online video games and he holds one helluva grudge and is a true believer in the commie system.

[tankie]

And the oscar goes to...

The people of North Korea for there convincing public out pour of grief.

[tankie]

According to some profiles I've read in Korean newspapers regarding the chubby one, he's just like his dad when it comes to taste.

Loves western movies and online video games and he holds one helluva grudge and is a true believer in the commie system.

He's gonna have a helluva gettin even with S/K , they cheered in the streets :Dancing-Banana:

[tankie]

Headline: Kim Jong-Il dies.

North Koreans officially marked his death by having their first meal in thirty years

[Dreadnought]

This one is for you Tankie....

Kim Jong Il: 18 Strange 'Facts' About The North Korean Leader

Huffington Post UK Michael Rundle
First Posted: 19/12/11 10:01 GMT Updated: 19/12/11 10:55 GMT

Deceased North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was a complex, often brutal dictator who prioritised military might and his own comfort ahead of feeding his own people.

He was also a man who seemed to radiate weirdness.

Perhaps it was his style of dress, or his keen ability to look at things without smiling. Perhaps it was his claim to have invented the hamburger. Whatever the cause, there is no shortage of funny, bizarre and odd facts about Kim Jong Il floating around on the internet.

Here are some of our favourites:

He Was Born Under A Double Rainbow

According to Kim Jong Il's official biography, he was born in a secret military camp on Baekdu Mountain during North Korea's Japanese occupation and his arrival was prophesised by a double rainbow and marked by the sight of a new star and a swallow in the sky. Unfortunately the truth appears to be more mundane - according to Soviet records, Kim was born in the Siberian village of Vyatskoye in 1941.

He Loved Waterslides

Recently-taken satellite imagery of some of Kim Jong-Il's personal mansions (the Communist leader had at least 17) show that the leader made great efforts to build and maintain a series of ludicrously loopy waterslides.

He Was Afraid Of Flying

Kim Jong Il was reportedly terrified of flying and always travelled in armoured private trains - one of which he eventually died inside. His father, Kim Il-sung, was also afraid of flying.

He Kidnapped Short People

According to one of Kim Jong Il's former tutors, the leader used pamphlets advertising wonder-growth drugs to lure small people into traps, from where they would be deported to "uninhabited islands" to remove their "substandard" stock from the genepool.

He Was The World's Greatest Sportsman

According to national media, in 1994 Kim Jong Il shot a record-breaking round of golf in which he achieved 11 holes-in-one, and a total score of 38 - by far the greatest score in history. And it was his first try, having never before played the game. No other media organisation reported the news, however…

He Could Control The Weather

According to reports the former leader spread rumours that he could make it rain on demand, depending on his mood.

He Kidnapped Two Directors To Remake Godzilla

Kim Jong Il loved movies - he had a collection of more than 20,000 - and his 1973 book 'On The Art Of Cinema' became a manual for North Korean directors. Disappointed with their work, however, he took matters into his own hands. No, he didn't direct a film himself, as far as we know. Instead he kidnapped two respected South Korean directors in 1978 (Shin Sang Ok and Choi Eun Hee) and forced them to remake Godzilla. Their movie, Pulgasari, only emerged after the couple were forced to remarry in 1983 having spent years inside labour camps. They eventually escaped on a trip to Vienna, where they fled to the US embassy in 1986.

A clip of that movie:Kim Jong il's Monster Movie: So Bad It's Good - YouTube

He Was Suspected Of Killing His Brother At Age Five

Kim's younger brother Kim Shu-ra drowned in the family's swimming pool in a mansion in Pyongyang when he was five. Soviet reports claimed that the young future leader might have been responsible for the incident.

He Drank $700k Worth Of Cognac A Year

According to a study a few years ago by Dr. Jerold Post, a former CIA psychologist, Kim Jong Il loved Hennessey cognac - which sells for around $630 a bottle in North Korea, or just under the average annual income ($900). According to the study he averaged around $650,000 to $720,000 of cognac a year.

He Did Not Use Toilets - Because He Didn't Need To

According to an official biography posted on the North Korean state web site, that has since been removed, Kim Jong-il did not defecate.

His Son - And New North Korean leader - Kim Jong Un Is Obsessed With The NBA.

Swiss-educated Kim Jong-un was apparently obsessed with professional basketball and worshipped Kobe Bryant of the LA Lakers. Friends who knew him said that he was a "fiercely competitive player" eve though he was also shy and awkward with girls. He was not aggressively anti-American and had photographs of himself with NBA players. No one is sure of when they were taken.

He Considered Himself To Be An Internet Expert

North Korean citizens were not able to freely use mobile phones or the Internet, but Kim considered himself to be a communications expert. "I'm an Internet expert too," he told South Korea's president in 2007. "It's all right to wire the industrial zone only, but there are many problems if other regions of the North are wired."

He Forced Staff To Become Drug Addicts

One of Kim's former staff members wrote a book in which he said that the Dear Leader forced his men to take the same painkillers as him so that he would not be the only one who became addicted after falling off a horse. Thoughtful.

He Ate Donkeys

One of Kim's former chefs reported in 2004 that the leader developed a taste for nice French wine, lobster and donkey meat.

He Had Many, Many Titles

Among Kim Jong Il's official titles were: Shining Star of Paektu Mountain, Guiding Sun Ray, Dear Leader, Great Leader, Respected Leader, Brilliant Leader, Sun of Socialism, The Great Sun of Life, Great Man Who Descended From Heaven, Invicible And Ever-Triumphant General and Highest Incarnation of the Revolutionary Comradely Love.

He Was A Rice Obsessive

According to a nephew of Kim's first wife, Lee Young Nam, the leader had female staff inspect each grain of rice he ate to make sure it adhered to standards of length, weight and colour.

He Invented Hamburgers

North Korean newspaper Minju Joson once reported that Kim Jong Il had invented something called the "double bread with meat" and created factories to produce them in order to feed his students and teachers. Given North Korea's anti-American stance it wasn't politic to admit they were in fact hamburgers.

He Forced Women To Have Cosmetic Surgery

According to one report, Kim forced waitresses at restaurants frequented by foreigners in Pyongyang to have cosmetic surgery in order to appear more "western".

Kim Jong Il: 18 Strange 'Facts' About The North Korean Leader

[YellowFever]

Dread.....tankie......

You guys are having way too much fun.

Stop it.

[chakos]

Loves western movies and online video games and he holds one helluva grudge and is a true believer in the commie system.

Im so looking forward to crushing him on World of Tanks. Probably one of them wallet warriors with premium accounts and tanks that fire gold ammo and consumables.

Either way i will destroy him in my Iosef Stalin 7. How deliciously ironic

[USSWisconsin]

According to an official biography posted on the North Korean state web site, that has since been removed, Kim Jong-il did not defecate.

This explains a lot.
He was too greedy to part with anything?
He just liked being full of it?
He had a recycling center built into that outfit of his (appropriate in its brown color) - where by his most excellent "produce" was feed back to him via a tube?
Perhaps it was seasoned with donkey extracts?

[xinhui]

LOL

China's Premier Wen Jiabao, for unknown reasons, has put off his visit to Myanmar scheduled for next week

Wen Jiabao to skip Myanmar visit; Chinese envoy meets Suu Kyi


China's Premier Wen Jiabao, for unknown reasons, has put off his visit to Myanmar scheduled for next week and adding to the intrigue, a Chinese diplomat met pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi for the first time.

Wen, who was scheduled to attend a summit of Mekong River countries in Myanmar on Dec 19-20 will now be represented by State Councillor and top diplomat Dai Bingguo.

Dai Bingguo will represent China at the Mekong meeting, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Liu Weiman told a media briefing here today.

He also said Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar met 66-year-old Suu Kyi and "listened" to her ideas on the bilateral relations.

"Madame Aung San Suu Kyi has proposed a number of times her desire for contact with Chinese side, and the Chinese ambassador to Myanmar's meeting was in answer to this".

Liu saidThe ambassador "listened to Aung San Suu Kyi's ideas. China has always strived to develop a comprehensive strategic partnership with Myanmar, and supports the Myanmar government's efforts to advance economic and social development and promote domestic reconciliation".

The meeting between Chinese diplomat and Suu Kyi assumes significance because it was rare since Beijing, which backed the military regime, has not known to have any contact with her in the past.

The meeting coming close after the recent visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that was regarded as a fence mending meeting with the pro-democracy leader whose prolonged detention has lead to international isolation of Myanmar for long.

[Guest]

This is the South African Nando's Ad that was taken off/ banned? Appropriate given the situation.