North Korea

That narrator woman has an axe over her head doesn't she?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13hiAxyonJs

Could have been shot at any time in the past 40 years.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Ryugyeong_Hotel_on_February_2011.jpg/250px-Ryugyeong_Hotel_on_February_2011.jpg

Bigger image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Ryugyeong_Hotel_on_February_2011.jpg

http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/10/03/2011100300523.html

family politics, feels like a russian novel

An amazing human flesh search.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/8809102/The-unpalatable-appetites-of-Kim-Jong-il.html

not really surprising, still fucking shameful

Someone told called me "Abbott Jong Il" when I was wearing my glasses the other day. ;_;

that was really mean and I'm sorry you had to go through that. next time you see him/her, tell him/her that I called him/her a poopyhead.

are you crazy? kjl is a style icon

lagerfeld of modern despots

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/11/15/north-korea-claim-unofficial-world-champions-title/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBgMeunuviE

pretty heartwarming!

http://i.imgur.com/UHeOd.jpg

so reports of Kim Jong-Un having been assassinated in Beijing are bollocks, right?

and when I say reports, I mean "rumours on Twitter"

Kim Jong was un assassinated?

Twitter rumour, but the rumour is getting some traction
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2012/02/twitter-weibo-light-kim-jong-un-death-rumors/48565/

UN DEAD

http://www.businessinsider.com/north-korean-claims-unicorns-are-real-2012-11

url kinda says it all, really.

that URL leaves out the words "News Agency"! north korean news agency claims unicorns are real! wow. if only north korea was a magical place to live...

"unicorn lair"

sounds like a name for a gay bar in a 70s crime movie tbh

but it fucking doesn't say anything about them claiming unicorns are real.

the one guy quoted in the story even refers to the unicorn thing as "associated with legend."

and i'll guess they're talking about a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qilin

KNCA reports a "rectangular rock carved with words 'Unicorn Lair' stands in front of the lair.

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQHauC3GkUkeBzrFKbwYQOVFwV6p2p9edewolzgktagyKyULgPr

i don't want to split hairs here but how is that proof that kcna believes unicorns are real?

here's the original: http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2012/201211/news29/20121129-20ee.html

The discovery of the unicorn lair, associated with legend about King Tongmyong, proves that Pyongyang was a capital city of Ancient Korea as well as Koguryo Kingdom."

i think it would be more interesting to talk about the practice of archeology in north korea, its ideological uses, what it means that nk is using archeological finds to reconfirm that pyongyang is the ancient capital of "Ancient Korea." something instead of playing the headline for the lulz.

http://www.questgreekislands.com/travel/activities/1389-climbing-mount-olympus.html

does this article claim that the gods of the ancient greek pantheon are real?

Mount Olympus is home to the gods of Greek mythology and Greece's highest mountain which is located on the Greek mainland. Mount Olympus is an impressive mountain and principal peak of a still-wild mountain area.

North Korea to launch long-range rocket in December

cue "a big 'dong for Christmas" joeks

They should call the missile the Unicorn Horn.

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQhB0ZgBK4Qr34_AZr9pCMXRMum-V3nE2ntOw4UMuDDwXweMeRKlw

http://digg.tumblr.com/post/45262980994/north-korean-propaganda-video-shows-how-americans

"They drink coffee made out snow, live in tents and buy guns to kill each other and children."

lil kim stars in 'this old boat'

http://i.imgur.com/SACseei.jpg

Reminder that the DPRK runs a Cafepress:

http://www.cafepress.com/kfashop.788830791

(want that mousepad)

Too bad the propaganda movie was taken down. It often sucks here, but it would take a hell of a imagination to make living in the US seem worse than what life in NK must be like.

Is it for real? I thought I read somewhere that it was a parody. But then again the fact that it was largely plausible that it did come from the NK gov't (given the bizarre shit they've put out lately) says plenty.

Yeah, this country's rabbit hole is so deep it's hard to tell which way is even up or down.

angry birds comes to north korea

also, nothing new but still fascinating: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/07/31/behind-the-spectacle-the-ugly-truth-about-north-koreas-mass-games/

We've got Miley, they've got...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/10272953/Kim-Jong-uns-ex-lover-executed-by-firing-squad.html

(not hilarious btw)

jesus christ!

She was luckier than Kim Chol, vice minister of the army, who was executed with a mortar round in October 2012.

Kim Chol was reportedly executed for drinking and carousing during the official mourning period after Kim Jong-il's death.

On the explicit orders of Kim Jong-un to leave "no trace of him behind, down to his hair," according to South Korean media, Kim Chol was forced to stand on a spot that had been zeroed in for a mortar round and "obliterated."

still hilarious!!!

Hyon's band was responsible for a string of patriotic hits in North Korea, including "Footsteps of Soldiers," "I Love Pyongyang," "She is a Discharged Soldier" and "We are Troops of the Party." Her popularity reportedly peaked in 2005 with the song "Excellent Horse-Like Lady."

the independant:

Among those killed was said to be singer Hyon Song-wol, who reached an international audience when she won a Hungarian competition in 2005 and released the hit single “A Girl In The Saddle Of A Steed” – often mistranslated as “Excellent Horse-Like Lady”.

http://rlv.zcache.com/i_heart_pyongyang_north_korea_trucker_hats-ra9e78b7968de4366bf84c2c7d4eedee8_v9wfy_8byvr_512.jpg

http://rlv.zcache.com/i_heart_pyongyang_aprons-r094f77b2ca0f45519c1df676bd220ae8_v9wh6_8byvr_324.jpg

damn. what a fucked up world.

300 page report from the Rand corporation on preparing for a North Korean collapse