If anyone noticed.

 

If anyone noticed.

 

In the "celebrity is dead" thread.

Good.

Meh.

Nothing will change in North Korea.

 

They will still be living in 1984 land.

Maybe the son will just take the cash. bolt for a real paradise and throw the keys to South Korea. Even being raised by that crazy-ass dad of his he has to know what like outside NK is really like. Being only 26, perhaps he just want to 'sow his oates', so to speak.

Nothing will change in North Korea.

 

They will still be living in 1984 land.

Only 10% have electricity and running water. You give them too much credit for 1984. Shave a decade or 10 off that you may be in the ballpark!

I saw a tweet "Kim Jong Il downgraded to Kim Jong Dead"

 

 

 

I laughed

He no ronger ronery.

It that good or bad as far as North Korea goes? Is it going to be more of the same with his succesor?

It that good or bad as far as North Korea goes? Is it going to be more of the same with his succesor?

 

I would have to go with the stock response that we'll just have to wait and see. You'd hope that a younger person would be more in touch with reality and the possibilities of the world outside of North Korea, but you never know exactly how brainwashed or how much of a megalomaniac he is.

From all accounts, it seems like his kid is just as bad as he is...

From all accounts, it seems like his kid is just as bad as he is...

 

It wouldn't surprise me in the least.

From all accounts, it seems like his kid is just as bad as he is...

 

Yea, but does he have the same support and respect his Dad had?

It's pretty terrible by all accounts, unfortunately. They are so backwards, and so poor, and so far behind their neighbors, that the surrounding states can't really afford to take in huge swathes of their people. Geopolitically it's just an awful situation. They are a rogue state just getting by on a black market economy.

Yea, but does he have the same support and respect his Dad had?

 

That is the best question of all.

That is the best question of all.

I'd say a much better question is whether he has the control of that country's military.

I'd say a much better question is whether he has the control of that country's military.

 

Which falls directly under respect and support.

Here they go again!

The popular guess is that the son does some sabre-rattling to show he is in command, sink a SK ship or something to try and show he da man and deserves respect!

The popular guess is that the son does some sabre-rattling to show he is in command, sink a SK ship or something to try and show he da man and deserves respect!

 

Missile test is supposed to be happening.

The popular guess is that the son does some sabre-rattling to show he is in command, sink a SK ship or something to try and show he da man and deserves respect!

 

Yeah, I have many friends in SK at the moment and I'm worried about what might happen. For all the jokes and stuff, his death is pretty much as scary as his life. They are essentially a feudal system with a near perfect totalitarian-ruled country. That legacy aspect may cause some deeply non-sensical, and terrible, things to happen to retain that power.

Maybe the son will just take the cash. bolt for a real paradise and throw the keys to South Korea. Even being raised by that crazy-ass dad of his he has to know what like outside NK is really like. Being only 26, perhaps he just want to 'sow his oates', so to speak.

 

His son studied in Switzerland and was a huge NBA fan. He's westernized as hell.

 

That doesn't mean he won't be a complete ass hole though.

Edited December 19, 201114 yr by chw42

Only 10% have electricity and running water. You give them too much credit for 1984. Shave a decade or 10 off that you may be in the ballpark!

 

I took it as 1984-land, as in Orwell's 1984.

Yeah, I have many friends in SK at the moment and I'm worried about what might happen. For all the jokes and stuff, his death is pretty much as scary as his life. They are essentially a feudal system with a near perfect totalitarian-ruled country. That legacy aspect may cause some deeply non-sensical, and terrible, things to happen to retain that power.

I have a college friend that is JUST leaving for his SK army duties this week, he's gotta serve 2 years for them and Im kinda scared as hell for him. Fortunately, he got into a program that works closely with the US army and will actually give him US citizenship after his tour.