Never mind the garbage that comes out of American radio. The North Koreans have cooked up some serious hit songs recently (iTunes doesn’t seem to have them yet for some reason). The only thing is that’s it’s tough deciding which one’s the best…
Loading …As a brigandish and high-handed imperialist, I decided to revisit the KCNA in a brisk way.
The KCNA is the official North Korean news site. Yes, they really write like that. It hasn’t changed in the last six months. In fact, the stories seem to be exactly the same, except for the one about children kicking butt in Paduk (aka Go).
A couple thoughts to keep you inspired on a hump day:
“Kim Jong Il provided the historic June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration, a programme for implementing the joint declaration in all fields, thus converting the north-south relations into those of reconciliation and cooperation and ushering in a new era of reunification in which the Koreans powerfully push forward the movement for national reunification in the idea of “By our nation itself” and with the will to embody it.”
“Great irony is that Japan, a political dwarf not entitled to talk about human rights, took the lead in railroading the anti-DPRK “resolution” through the recent session, behaving as if it were a ‘human rights judge.’”
Thanks to Allen for bringing this news of the Korean summit to my attention.
In this photo, the European Pressphoto Agency photographer captured irrefutable proof of the North Korean leader’s bulging belly. This likely is his last-ditch effort to bring forth a suitable heir.
Oh, and the flowers the North Korean people are holding in the background? They’re plastic.
As much as Western and Arab media differ in their points of view, they both agree that North Korea has the oddest government in the world:
In 2002, for example, according to South Korea’s ministry of unification, celebrations for Kim Jong-il’s 60th birthday led to a 36 per cent drop in industrial productivity.
Granted, in the United States, we have an event which hurts productivity just as much. It’s called March Madness.
North Korea is going to have more problems, and I feel sorry for its people.
Torrential storms have battered the country, especially in the southeast, destroying infrastructure, washing away soil, and killing hundreds of people. For a country that already struggles with food, this is a brutal blow. Analysts say they will require extra food aid for one or two years.
The North Korean government requested international assistance, and in a rare move, broadcast video footage to the outside world of affected areas.
According to the KCNA, Pukchang County received 672mm of rain (26.5 in.) over the course of six days. Some areas had a peak rate of 90mm (3.5 in.) per hour, devastating buildings and farmland.
To their credit, the KCNA didn’t let the national disaster hamper their daily bashing of South Korea’s Grand National Party, the United States, and Japan.
So much for civilization.
President Bush is having a colonoscopy Saturday, and will temporarily cede power to Dick Cheney. It’s been rumored that Cheney has been unhappy with the president’s inability to “get things done”, and will try to initiate his agenda as quickly as possible. This includes initiatives to:
It’s rumored that France will be spared due to the recent election of Nikolas Sarkozy.
Meanwhile, Yahoo! doesn’t want your kids knowing what Cheney looks like.
Todd Schnitt: This was the guy in the billboards with a bald Britney Spears. As seen in the first picture, he’s not winning too many “Sexiest Man” awards. But the bald one is just too freaky, and it’s the reason he’s up here.
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It looks like North Korea has slightly more firepower than we thought:
At approximately 11:20 P.M. EST North Korea changed the world forever. Using an advanced space missile that the world has yet to even wrap their mind around, the North Koreans showed of [sic] their firepower to the world by hitting the moon.
If it seems like the man in the moon has a extra few zits, now you know why.
yahoobreakingnews.com: North Korea unabashedly blows up the moon
Thanks to My Tiny World for spreading the word of this stunning event!
It seems like everyone wants to be a democrat. A couple days ago we noted some of Hugo Chavez’ democratic values. George W. Bush has continually talked about spreading democracy and freedom throughout the world (at least no one can say he’s had mixed success).
Even North Korea is officially “The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.”*
Enter Vladimir Putin. (He does judo!)
Not only does he proudly proclaim his democrat bonafides, he claims he’s the only democrat.
Nicely done, although Hugo and George may want a few words with you.
He points out there’s stuff in the West, like Guantánamo, that shouldn’t exactly be features of a modern democracy. No word on how he defended some of his policies in Russia, besides saying “I’m not an authoritarian.”
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Thanks to a friend for re-invigorating my interest in the North Korean government with this article: Kim Jong Il captures Japanese artists’ imagination.
It would have been nice to buy a T-shirt or something from there. However, I could have lived quite contently without knowing someone had depicted Kim Jong Il in Japanese-style bondage.
In observing the North Korean media, I eventually burned out. My mistake was trying to check the KCNA’s website every flippin’ day trying to make sure that I didn’t miss anything. The fact is that the KCNA’s not a scarce resource; it’s a gushing geyser of information that’s impossible to exhaust in a reasonable amount of time.
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