Kim Jong-il has died.

iamtheoneneo · 19 Dec 2011 at 12:43

isnt his son more of a psycho then he was? hmmm.

and i really dislike America chiming in with their useless propaganda filled BS>

LLBDTiberio · 19 Dec 2011 at 12:44

How can we live on without the glory of our Dear Leader?

DAIR · 19 Dec 2011 at 12:44

cheets64 said:
wtf

what a creepy nation

For expressing their sadness?

Cybermyk · 19 Dec 2011 at 12:45

I thought he died after falling off the Empire State Bui...

NM

Glaucus · 19 Dec 2011 at 12:46

iamtheoneneo said:
and i really dislike America chiming in with their useless propaganda filled BS>

All they've said is they will monitor the situation and support their allies.

Where SK and Japan have had emergency meetings

sanaxe1 · 19 Dec 2011 at 12:48

[TW]Fox;20831492 said:
Indeed he was, a pursuit he followed by kidnapping a famous director and his wife and forcing them to make movies for him. I guess that gave him something to do in between organising the kidnap of Japanese citizens and shooting down Korean Air flights..

...all before he took over from his father.

He apparently had a Collection of 20,000 Hollywood movies.

Gackt · 19 Dec 2011 at 12:50

DAIR said:
For expressing their sadness?

Over a man who has kept them oppressed and living in fear, while his incompetence lead to 2 million deaths.

Yeah.

Creepy.

UKTopGun · 19 Dec 2011 at 12:52

whats going to happen to http://kimjongillookingatthings.tumblr.com/

Glaucus · 19 Dec 2011 at 12:53

Gackt said:
Over a man who has kept them oppressed and living in fear, while his incompetence lead to 2 million deaths.

Yeah.

Creepy.

Like all tyrants, there is the population that love him and do very well out of it, you then have the population that are devastated by his actions. I'm guessing people in the capital by and large benefited under him.

Gackt · 19 Dec 2011 at 12:55

Glaucus said:
Like all tyrants, there is the population that love him and do very well out of it, you then have the population that are devastated by his actions. I'm guessing people in the capital by and large benefited under him.

I suppose so. And what with it being basically a personality cult, I guess these people felt like he was some sort of father to them.

How twisted.

Oh well, nothing of value has been lost, and hopefully some good will come of this for N.Korea.

Iraklis F.C. · 19 Dec 2011 at 12:56

i used to be the leader of N.Korea, then i took an arrow in the knee...

Deiwos · 19 Dec 2011 at 13:01

UKTopGun said:
whats going to happen to http://kimjongillookingatthings.tumblr.com/

http://thingskimjongilnolongerlooksat.tumblr.com/

http://kimjongunlookingatthings.tumblr.com/

DAIR · 19 Dec 2011 at 13:01

Gackt said:
Over a man who has kept them oppressed and living in fear, while his incompetence lead to 2 million deaths.

Yeah.

Creepy.

They seem rather sad about his passing.... Perhaps there is more to the story than the media let on... Lets face it... They know very little!

Deiwos · 19 Dec 2011 at 13:04

DAIR said:
They seem rather sad about his passing.... Perhaps there is more to the story than the media let on... Lets face it... They know very little!

The North Koreans have been brought up from birth worshiping him like a Demigod. As far as they're concerned this is the most tragic moment since his dad died.

You have to remember they have such little access to western media that as far as they're concerned their country is normal.

cm1179 · 19 Dec 2011 at 13:07

bye bye and u oooooooooh

MikeHunt79 · 19 Dec 2011 at 13:08

Skillmister said:
RIP

Nitefly · 19 Dec 2011 at 13:09

Hopefully this will be the event that leads to North Korea's turn around

Castiel · 19 Dec 2011 at 13:16

Nitefly said:
Hopefully this will be the event that leads to North Korea's turn around

That is unfortunately unlikely. The military effectively rule N.Korea and it is unlikely that they will countenance any kind of political or economic reforms which will reduce that influence.....Kim Jong-Un will be tolerated only as long as he supports the will of those that support him, The Military.

Nitefly · 19 Dec 2011 at 13:18

Castiel said:
That is unfortunately unlikely. The military effectively rule N.Korea and it is unlikely that they will countenance any kind of political or economic reforms which will reduce that influence.....Kim Jong-Un will be tolerated only as long as he supports the will of those that support him, The Military.

In that case I guess I will have to deploy myself into North Korea and sort things out myself.

*transforms into a fighter jet and flies off*

Aleksandrs · 19 Dec 2011 at 13:18

Edrof said:
Why not?

North Korea wouldn't do that to South Korea because it's not really them they are against. Okay so they aren't happy South Korea sided with the Americans and that is why they are known as the "Puppet Army", but they are aware that they are Korean people just like them.

Another video of them mourning here:

The thing is the images aren't so much creepy but just really saddening. To these people this man is like Jesus, and Kim Il Sung was God. The thing is you only see footage of mourners from inside the capital showcase city of Pyeongyang. A city where the actual idea of communism lives, and for those people chosen to live there (Intellectuals, Manual Workers etc), they can live in a comfortable and stable environment. Not perhaps what we would consider comfortable, but to them to live in Pyeongyang is an honour and a luxury. For those who live outside of it though, they live in poverty and dispair and for the most part probably stopped believing the propaganda about Kim Jong Il years ago and are secretly and quietly celebrating the death of him. They just don't speak out as they will end up in concentration camps.