What's up with North Korea?

[Androidpk]

Rumors are flying left and right about the state of affairs in North Korea. Kim Jong-un has not been seen in over a month and there are reports floating around that his sister could possibly be in charge now and that Pyongyang is sealed off. To add fuel to the speculation a convoy of high level officials made a surprise visit to Seoul this past Saturday, saying they want to hold a round of talks between late October and early November.

[Gelston]

Rumors are flying left and right about the state of affairs in North Korea. Kim Jong-un has not been seen in over a month and there are reports floating around that his sister could possibly be in charge now and that Pyongyang is sealed off. To add fuel to the speculation a convoy of high level officials made a surprise visit to Seoul this past Saturday, saying they want to hold a round of talks between late October and early November.

He is horrendously fat and sick. The country is being ruled by a small council of high ranking officials.

[Taernath]

I thought Jong Un showed up again last week with the official story that he had broken his two ankles while working too hard, as the Dear Leader is wont to do.

There was speculation the quiet had to do with some sort of diabetes surgery.

[Androidpk]

He could be sick or he could be in prison or dead for all we know. We'll know soon enough.

[Gelston]

He could be sick or he could be in prison or dead for all we know. We'll know soon enough.

Not necessarily. If he is imprisoned or dead or whatever, they could keep up the facade he is alive so that the people of North Korea continue to believe it.

[Astray]

Please let him die.

[Gelston]

Please let him die.

He kick your dog or something?

[Androidpk]

Maybe. We'll see. I see a unified Korea in the near future.

[Wrathbringer]

He kick your dog or something?

He ate it.

[Gelston]

Maybe. We'll see. I see a unified Korea in the near future.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Androidpk]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

People also laughed at me when I stated SWTOR would go F2P in under a year.

[Taernath]

Maybe. We'll see. I see a unified Korea in the near future.

Doubtful. Even if Jong Un were out of the picture and North Korea WANTED to reunify, that's about 25 million malnourished, brainwashed people South Korea would have to somehow integrate.

[Gelston]

People also laughed at me when I stated SWTOR would go F2P in under a year.

I think SWTOR and the Geopolitical situation os North Korea, a nation which is still technically at war with South Korea and heavily Influenced by China, is a bit different.

[Androidpk]

In case you hadn't noticed NK and China aren't buddies anymore.

[Gelston]

In case you hadn't noticed NK and China aren't buddies anymore.

China likes NK a lot more than SK, and prefers NK to exist as a buffer.

Not to mention China is still defending the shit out of North Korea from UN human rights violation reports.

[Androidpk]

China isn't defending them from shit these days. Not to mention China would rather see a unified Korea than an unstable North Korea with nukes.

[Wrathbringer]

China isn't defending them from shit these days. Not to mention China would rather see a unified Korea than an unstable North Korea with nukes.

You must be wrong, as Gelston is always right. Sorry. I don't make the rules.

[Gelston]

Hey, lets suppose that the dude is dead. Hell, lets say a full scale bloody coup takes place... Who do you think is sending in troops as peacekeepers?

China is. I don't think they'll make the country a part of China, but I don't think they are going to give it to South Korea either.


China isn't defending them from shit these days. Not to mention China would rather see a unified Korea than an unstable North Korea with nukes.


"More recently, China criticized a February 2014 UN report that detailed human rights atrocities in North Korea, raising questions as to whether it would use its Security Council veto power to block international interference on the matter."

http://www.cfr.org/china/china-north-korea-relationship/p11097

This disagrees with you, buddy.

[Allereli]

I thought Jong Un showed up again last week with the official story that he had broken his two ankles while working too hard, as the Dear Leader is wont to do.

There was speculation the quiet had to do with some sort of diabetes surgery.

he's playing GS and organizing all his shit for EG

[Astray]

He kick your dog or something?

You act like wishing dead a pile of shit is something awful.

[Gelston]

You act like wishing dead a pile of shit is something awful.

I don't personally know him, nor does anyone I know.

I generally don't wish death on anyone.

[Androidpk]

he's playing GS and organizing all his shit for EG

:lol:

[Wrathbringer]

he's playing GS and organizing all his shit for EG

I bet that inconsiderate jerk is packing a ton of joola gowns to eat up gald time for everyone else.

[Astray]

I don't personally know him, nor does anyone I know.

Oh yeah, he's really nice. All that shit he does to his people? Lies and slander.

[Gelston]

Oh yeah, he's really nice. All that shit he does to his people? Lies and slander.

I never said he was nice. What would his death accomplish? A power vacuum? Something that could lead to worse things for the North Koreans? Who knows.

[Androidpk]

Never under estimate the power vacuum.

[Gelston]

Never under estimate the power vacuum.

It is made by Hoover, so it isn't a shitty Eureka.

[Kaldonis]

Not necessarily. If he is imprisoned or dead or whatever, they could keep up the facade he is alive so that the people of North Korea continue to believe it.

No. If he was imprisoned, then so will be his children. And their children.

But cheerleaders will still probably cry for several decades if they see a poster of his face being hit by falling rain...

Short answer to "What's up with North Korea?" They're fucking insane. In a way that crosses almost all political borders. Just so Dennis Rodman could one up himself.

[Gelston]

No. If he was imprisoned, then so will be his children. And their children.

But cheerleaders will still probably cry for several decades if they see a poster of his face being hit by falling rain...

Short answer to "What's up with North Korea?" They're fucking insane. In a way that crosses almost all political borders. Just so Dennis Rodman could one up himself.

He has one daughter that is like, 1 or so. They wouldn't need to imprison her, she wouldn't remember shit.

There is so much we don't know about this country though, even the paid professionals whose job it is to learn everything North Korea can only speculate.

[Taernath]

He has one daughter that is like, 1 or so. They wouldn't need to imprison her, she wouldn't remember shit.

Nah, she'd just disappear.

[Astray]

Know what I think? Aliens.

[Gelston]

Nah, she'd just disappear.

Beef Lo Mein.

[Kaldonis]

He has one daughter that is like, 1 or so. They wouldn't need to imprison her, she wouldn't remember shit.

There is so much we don't know about this country though, even the paid professionals whose job it is to learn everything North Korea can only speculate.

What could the grandchildren possibly know? Woops, they get detained too. For actions done way before they were born. Or their parents perhaps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisons_in_North_Korea#Internment_camps_for_politi cal_prisoners

And yeah, sure no one knows about them. Hence why them being insane crosses all borders.

Iran might be a little wack too, but at least I have Iranian friends. Because you can meet Iranians outside Iran, and most of those people are smart. Smart enough to leave Iran.

[Gelston]

What could the grandchildren possibly know? Woops, they get detained too. For actions done way before they were born. Or their parents perhaps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisons_in_North_Korea#Internment_camps_for_politi cal_prisoners

And yeah, sure no one knows about them. Hence why them being insane crosses all borders.

Iran might be a little wack too, but at least I have Iranian friends. Because you can meet Iranians outside Iran, and most of those people are smart. Smart enough to leave Iran.

What grandchildren?

Kim Jong-un is 31.

[Latrinsorm]

I checked Rodman's twitter feed and nothing. They must really be keeping it hush hush.
I don't personally know him, nor does anyone I know.

I generally don't wish death on anyone.I wish we had a war we could send you to in order to toughen you up. Er......
What grandchildren?

Kim Jong-un is 31.If ANYONE should understand short generational periods, it's a Southerner.

[Gelston]

I checked Rodman's twitter feed and nothing. They must really be keeping it hush hush.I wish we had a war we could send you to in order to toughen you up. Er......If ANYONE should understand short generational periods, it's a Southerner.

Yes. I'm sure his 1 year old daughter is pumping out kids.

[Androidpk]

Beef Lo Mein.

Cream of sum yun gir

[Astru]

What grandchildren?

Kim Jong-un is 31.
I think that was a reference to the fact that North Korean prison camps hold families for generations. So if your grandfather was a South Korean sympathizer during the Korean war, he and your grandmother would have been locked up there, your parents would be born there, you would be born there, your children would be born there etc. I'm not sure if they have a limit to how many generations get to be imprisoned for the crimes of one individual, but it's considered a multi-generational crime.

For a country that bans the Bible, they sure go for the Old Testament style punishments.

More on topic, some North Korean officials claimed that Kim Jong-Un is in charge and not suffering from ill health when they met with some South Korean officials on the weekend (http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/10/485_165776.html). So basically, the higher ups in NK want everyone else to believe that he's not showing up in public because he's super busy with the actual business of running a country... except the parts of running a country that involve showing his face in public.

Probably, he's got gout or something. He has a family history of it and is pretty overweight.

[Kaldonis]

What grandchildren?


It's a valid rebuttal. The mortality rates in those camps are super high.

Maybe if he's on good behavior he'll get to share a cot with another prisoner once a year. And if it doesn't end up in a miscarriage, and they don't decided to just kill the kid when it pops out of the womb, and the kid doesn't die of starvation, a work accident, etc, and gets to the same point. Well, his grandchildren would be there in like 30 years, too.

And don't they keep their Olympians under armed-guard now to keep them from defecting?

[Gelston]

It's a valid rebuttal. The mortality rates in those camps are super high.

Maybe if he's on good behavior he'll get to share a cot with another prisoner once a year. And if it doesn't end up in a miscarriage, and they don't decided to just kill the kid when it pops out of the womb, and the kid doesn't die of starvation, a work accident, etc, and gets to the same point. Well, his grandchildren would be there in like 30 years, too.

And don't they keep their Olympians under armed-guard now to keep them from defecting?

I think they'd probably just kill him and his wife and there would never be grandchildren. Why leave loose ends?

[Kaldonis]

I think they'd probably just kill him and his wife and there would never be grandchildren. Why leave loose ends?

What are these loose ends? I'm talking like Ugolino in Dante's ninth circle. Because it wasn't bad enough being locked in a tower with his sons to starve and eating them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugolino_della_Gherardesca

[Gelston]

What are these loose ends? I'm talking like Ugolino in Dante's ninth circle. Because it wasn't bad enough being locked in a tower with his sons to starve and eating them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugolino_della_Gherardesca

Un himself would be a loose end. He is part of a dynasty. If you want to end that dynasty, you have to kill every member of it.