Kim Jong-il dies

[MTVN]

Been thought that he's in bad health for a while now but still.. wow!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16239693

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has died at the age of 69, state-run television has announced.

His death was announced in an emotional statement read out on national television.

The announcer, wearing black, said he had died on Saturday of physical and mental over-work.

The BBC's Lucy Williamson in Seoul says his death will cause huge shock waves across North Korea.

Kim Jong-il has been the leader of the impoverished communist country since the death of his father Kim Il-sung in 1994.

He suffered a stroke in 2008 and was absent from public view for several months.

His designated successor is believed to be his third son, Kim Jong-woon, who is thought to be in his late 20s.

But the real good news here, is that I had him on my death list :amazed:

[Shaun]

:o

[King Gizzard]

wow

[King Gizzard]

Don't know much about the politics in that country, will it basically stay the same with a different guy? Secretive and communism?

[MTVN]

Don't think anybody really knows what it's like there really :laugh: It probably will, I think his supposed successor, his son, was educated in the West so that might have made him more democratic and less of a dictator but then he was pictured with his Dad clapping along to the huge military parade so he'll probably be pretty much the same

[Shaun]

isn't his successor like only a teenager?

[MTVN]

It's crazy how worshipped the leaders are, this is from when the previous leader Kim il-Sung died

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[King Gizzard]

One of the most amazing pictures I've ever seen

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/dprk/images/dprk-dmsp-dark-old.jpg

[MTVN]

isn't his successor like only a teenager?

BBC article says "thought to be late 20's" but I've no idea tbh :laugh:

[King Gizzard]

It's crazy how worshipped the leaders are, this is from when the previous leader Kim il-Sung died

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To be honest I wouldn't believe any of that lol, probably actors

[Scarlett.]

FF to 0:31

Off by a few weeks...creepy

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[Mystic Mock]

Hopefully this means that North Korea will be more of a democracy.

[King Gizzard]

http://o.onionstatic.com/images/articles/article/18374/Kim-Jong-R_jpg_250x1000_q85.jpg

He won't be taken seriously :joker:

[Mystic Mock]

http://o.onionstatic.com/images/articles/article/18374/Kim-Jong-R_jpg_250x1000_q85.jpg

He won't be taken seriously :joker:

Wtf? he looks younger than Justin Bieber.:joker:

[MTVN]

To be honest I wouldn't believe any of that lol, probably actors

I think that a lot of people who live in the Capital really do think like that, they're brought up to believe he's some great being and he's technically still the leader of NK because they made him "eternal president" when he died nearly 20 years ago :laugh:

[King Gizzard]

I hope SK/NK relations get even a little bit better, I have a random fascination with Japan and SK

[King Gizzard]

I never knew he was born in Russia :suspect:

[MTVN]

Makes me laugh how underneath the BBC article it says:

Are you in North Korea? Please send us your comments using the form below.

Somehow I don't think that's very likely :laugh:

[Novo]

Someone needs to make a tribute to him with this song

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I have tried searching for the name of the song since Gaddafi died but can't find it anywhere

[King Gizzard]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7lV-ym2BpsI/TPnlr_8guAI/AAAAAAAAAOk/PDqykM1nlOE/s1600/kimjunun.jpg

[Novo]

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[Angus]

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Sorry, couldn't resist.

[arista]

http://o.onionstatic.com/images/articles/article/18374/Kim-Jong-R_jpg_250x1000_q85.jpg

He won't be taken seriously :joker:


Kid likes his PS3
and 3-D LED TV's



Others will run the Nation
they will use him like a puppy thats
Royal.

[arista]

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Sorry, couldn't resist.


Yes Spiffing Film

[Niall]

Tis is hilarious. When Kim Il Sung died, they made him the 'eternal president'. I wonder what they'll do to Kim Jong Il here.

I love hearing news out of north Korea any way, that countrynisnso fascinating for the simple fact of how backward it is governmentally etc.

[MTVN]

Some of the stories about him are amazing, apparently on his first ever game of golf he shot 11 holes in one, it was verified by all 17 of his bodyguards :laugh:

[Niall]

That's mental. XD

I read somewhere too that the majority of north Koreans believed that he controlled the weather or something. :crazy:

[fruit_cake]

I guess if they had no access to information from the outside he could make up whatever he liked

[Glenn.]

Living in North Korea is basically like living in the Big Brother House. :joker:

[Tom]

Never heard of him but seen it on the news when they were all crying but he's meant to have been a brutal dictator? Also, a man called Kim who looks like Nancy Lam? :conf:

[Ramsay]

What a hero of a man
Sleep well my friend

[Jack_]

Just appeared on Facebook:

So, Kim Jong Il is dead; oh well, I guess that's the end of his Korea.

:joker:

[Mystic Mock]

That's mental. XD

I read somewhere too that the majority of north Koreans believed that he controlled the weather or something. :crazy:

:joker: Only God on here can control the weather.

[arista]

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16133036

N.Korea 'Test Fires Missile' After Kim's Death

Making sure the South Shuts up.

[MTVN]

Never heard of him but seen it on the news when they were all crying but he's meant to have been a brutal dictator? Also, a man called Kim who looks like Nancy Lam? :conf:

He is a dictator but one with a huge personality cult, especially in the capital Pyongyang, people are brought up to believe he's almost a superhuman figure which is why a lot of them are so devastated.

This is a good documentary about North Korea, it's relatively sympathetic to the country though

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[Roy Mars III]

Everyone should watch this. It's amazing

http://www.vice.com/the-vice-guide-to-film/north-korean-film-madness-1

[Livia]

Best news I heard today.

[arista]

Everyone should watch this. It's amazing

http://www.vice.com/the-vice-guide-to-film/north-korean-film-madness-1


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[Harry!]

Good news. I hope that it will lead to an end to communist dicatorship in N Korea. I am glad that he died in natural circumstances rather then immorally killed like Bin Laden or Gadaffi.

[King Gizzard]

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[Shasown]

Good news. I hope that it will lead to an end to communist dicatorship in N Korea. I am glad that he died in natural circumstances rather then immorally killed like Bin Laden or Gadaffi.

Agree with most of your post, though fail to understand why you think Bin ladens death was immoral.

He was to all extents the equivalent of a general of a terrorist army, generals are legitimate targets too. He beleived he was in a war, with the west etc. He was merely a casualty of that war.

That is if he was in fact killed in the raid in Pakistan and not spirited out of the country as a guest of the USA.

[Novo]

Someone needs to make a tribute to him with this song

mXu2hwKEWts

I have tried searching for the name of the song since Gaddafi died but can't find it anywhere

someone still needs to find the name of this song

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

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wow. was just about to post this. amazing. I'm ashamed to say I don't know anything about him and what he did for his country. Must read.

If the queen or cameron died some people here would be like....
http://i41.tinypic.com/jf917s.jpg

[Livia]

wow. was just about to post this. amazing. I'm ashamed to say I don't know anything about him and what he did for his country. Must read.

If the queen or cameron died some people here would be like....


Yes... best you go and read what exactly he did do for his country.

People are weeping openly because they will be accused of being traitors if they don't.

[Harry!]

Agree with most of your post, though fail to understand why you think Bin ladens death was immoral.

He was to all extents the equivalent of a general of a terrorist army, generals are legitimate targets too. He beleived he was in a war, with the west etc. He was merely a casualty of that war.

That is if he was in fact killed in the raid in Pakistan and not spirited out of the country as a guest of the USA.

He was shot without a trial therefore without a chance to voice his opinion. Regardless of what he had done in his life he should of been given a trial. Now much to the delight of the west (who will no longer be able to be exposed to secrets that they would of wanted to hide) they would be relieved to not here any infomation that would damage the reputation of the west.

I am (patially) against the death penalty and corpral punnishment or life prisonment would of been a better choice.

[MTVN]

Yes... best you go and read what exactly he did do for his country.

People are weeping openly because they will be accused of being traitors if they don't.

Hmm I'm not sure about that, I think a lot of them, especially in Pyongyang, are just indoctrinated

[GypsyGoth]

http://i.imgur.com/id3WJ.jpg

[Niall]

^:joker:

[King Gizzard]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/375237_10150470304024284_512209283_8389657_1078479 435_n.jpg

[lostalex]

Kim Jong-Il and North Korea is basically what America would look like if Paris Hilton or the Kardashians were dictators.

[King Gizzard]

http://kimjongildroppingthebass.tumblr.com/