north korea politics

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/20/politics/kim-jong-un-north-korea/index.html This should get very interesting. Wonder if there will be a power vacuum there now.

I've heard many times that the war wasn't ended, only paused, and also that North Korea doesn't want the war to formally end. If the US President were to want to end the war, how would they go about it, and are there reasons to keep it at the current range of hostility?

Apparently he has not been seen in public in over a month. The North Korean media has been recycling stock footage with new commentary. Personally I think he is in hiding, undergoing a sex change operation. (Shrug) - could happen.

Excellent documentary last night on PBS about North Korea. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/secret-state-of-north-korea/ Actually gave me a bit of hope.

http://www.uriminzokkiri.com This is not a joke. This is North Korean Official Web site. I got it from a UK news service: It is available in a few languages. Chinese, English and Russian, of course http://www.uriminzokkiri.com/index.php?ptype=english Read their "reports" There is also a...

North Korean army minister 'executed with mortar round' One of the latest purges by Kim Jong-un in North Korea includes an army minister blown to pieces for drinking during the official 'mourning period.' Now everyone look happy, or I blow you up too!

So I'm reading a book review on a survivor from a North korean prison camp. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/12/books/escape-from-camp-14-by-blaine-harden.html It sounds just awful. I'm sure you've all read similar stories. I have a question. How does this mess end? I can't think of any good...

I don't know if this belongs in the USA Politics thread or here (it concerns the US to an extent, but in relation to N.Korea, so Mods move if you wish) I am kinda at my wits end about North Korea. The people are starving to death, their leadership is nuts, and China isn't doing much but...

So sayeth the BBC. As a reward, Best Korea gets a food aid package from the US. I know North Korea has a long history of saying one thing and doing another, but I have a hard time seeing how this is not a good thing. I hope it's a sign that the new leadership is about to turn a new page in...

I admit that I'm totally fascinated by North Korea. It boggles my mind that such a place even exists. The unnecessary human tragedy also boggles the mind and I have a very intense hope to see this tragedy end in my lifetime. With the transition of power to Kim Jung-Eun, this reality is likely to...

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/02/kim-jong-un-looking-at-things/100237/ Proudly following in his father's footsteps. He does appear to be more touchy-feely than Dad, though. :D

So, the hypothetical situation occurs. You, as you are now, with all your knowledge and mores and education get whisked off to North Korea, where a group of old men tells you YOU are the new glorious leader. As long as you play along you get to live like a god, with every decadence indulged. A...

News organizations are reporting North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has died, as reported by state-run TV. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16239693

Kim Jong Il's dictatorship could end within days. The mysterious Kim Jong Un could finally be seen at a party conference next week, which has been hyped up as a "new great revolutionary surge". A photo suspecting to be of Un:

Linky Could mean war is imminent, but it could mean nothing. The Dear Leader doesn't have many years left on this earth. Maybe he wants to go out in a blaze of glory. He obviously doesn't give a crap about the people of North Korea. Maybe he wants the regime to survive to pass on to his...

I always assumed that any new Korean war would be fought mostly with missiles and artilery. Am I wrong about this? Would NK actually stage a land invasion with hundreds of thousands of troops and tanks? what would America's involvement be? and most importantly, would NK attack Japan and...

Remember Kim Dae Jong's 'Sunshine Policy' for which he won a Nobel Peace Prize? Well, it hasn't done a damn bit of good and it gives North Korea convenient South Korean hostages to bully as pawns in its sick psycho games. N.Korea Threatens to Shut Off Traffic to Kaesong Gov't Advises Caution...

... and looks slightly less radiant than usual. I think we can safely conclude that the undated photos occasionally appearing in the NK media have not been recent.

I just heard this. WTF????

I found this very amusing. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7985154.stm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_nkorea_missile "Obama and European Union leaders meeting in Prague condemned the move and said North Korea's dangerous defiance demanded an international response. Diplomats at the United Nations scheduled an emergency Security Council session for later Sunday to...

Geez. What started out as a civil war sure has gotten bad. Starting the Second Korean War? Restraint is almost certainly the better part of valor Doug Bandow | February 26, 2009 Edited to remove breach of rule 4. Do not post copyrighted material in its entirety. Link to it, instead, if you...

At the Heart of North Korea's Troubles, an Intractable Hunger Crisis Would cutting off food hasten the collapse of the regime, or only cause unnecessary suffering among the most vulnerable? What an awful situation. I wish that Kim Jong Il would hurry up and die already. But would his death...

This is how bad it is: Unfortunately there is no way to independently verify this (which is not to say that I doubt it, just that there is no way to independently verify it).

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Kim-Jong-Il-Speculation-Over-Health-Of-North-Korean-Leader/Article/200810315123891 I suppose he's probably dead. I wonder who will take over? He hadn't been grooming any of his sons to take over.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,418205,00.html It sounds far fetched but Saddam had body doubles also. Elvis impersonators have nothing on 'the Il' impersonators.

Linky Well, that didn't take long. I thought NK would at least wait until they got most of the stuff they were supposed to get before pulling one of these. And there you have it. If the Guardian can figure it out, then it's far from a subtle ploy.

Eric Clapton has been invited to play a concert in Pyongyang, North Korea next year Rock 'n Roll is banned in North Korea, but now Eric Clapton has been invited to play a concert. Strange. Inexplicable. Is Kim Jong Il going wobbly? What is happening here?

Well...is it any worse than bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iraq? http://in.today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2007-05-08T130006Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-297168-1.xml SEOUL (Reuters) - In North Korea, where cracking a joke about the country's leader could see...

The semi-annual North Korean tantrum has started again. Now their version of "pay attention to me" is a nuke test. The more they go off the reservation the more it pisses off the whole world in general. Moreso it cheeses off their neighbors, especially China, who is getting more and more...