Better watch out what you say about them, or the Teachers’ Union might file civil and criminal charges against you. My favorite quote from the article:

It denounced criticism from this paper as “a physical white-hot terror attack,”

Wow… I’m speechless.

Who would then protect us from the pimp?

Peaceful unification? Maybe a peaceful unification with China in our lifetime.

By ‘understanding’ their brethren and giving the fat dwarf plenty of support (ala sunshine) is not going to bring peaceful reunification closer. If anything, it will continue to kick the can farther and farther down the road, which is probably really what many (most?)people in SK actually want anyway.

Koreans say that Koreans turn to a more darker complexion, when they are malnutritioned. Look at the faces and exterior skins of these North Koreans. Except for a few exceptions where a woman is old and pale, and a healthy sports champ man competeing in sporting games is shown for propaganda purposes, the common folk look much darker than their South Korean counterparts. I’ve yet to identify what medical explanation there is for this, but it is pretty clear that this phenomenon doesn’t show up on Kim Jong Il’s face.

Here’s a plausible medical explanation: Suntan. These are people who probably walk just about everywhere and probably work in the fields for several hours a day. Kim Jong-il’s pasty face is probably a result of him spending 90% of the time inside or under sun shades carried by his subordinates. He sure is fat, though.

oh my, it looks like they’ve recently scrubbed the page! which only shows their commitment to … something. not sure what.

Rick, this “art form” reached its pinnacle circa. 1955, if not earlier: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/ar.....ition.html

Robert: I confess I haven’t spoken with anyone in the Seoul office. They claim (linked below) that they uploaded the images with the intent to show kids that people in the north aren’t all backward peasants, and that it IS possible to seek reconciliation without rending the fabric of society. A noble goal, wouldn’t you agree? They also argue that the same posters can be found in school textbooks here. I somehow doubt that these textbooks engage in overt mihwa!

look here:
http://news.naver.com/news/rea.....enu_id=102

and here:
http://www.segye.com/Service5/.....1209001542

It seems to me that with so much propaganda painting people in the north as freaks/troglodytes, a LITTLE counter-propaganda should be welcomed.

And what IS this obsession with “commies”? Was Connecticut targeted by some heinous Soviet plot that I’m not aware of?

I can’t imagine it’s a lot, because if you don’t eat, there’s not much coming out.

I want to point out something that may not be obvious from first looking at these photos.

I once went to a meeting held by someone who provides aid to North Korea.

She said that photo-ops of classrooms with “computers” is very common. Except, sadly for the North Korean kids, electricity is scarce. So scarce and valuable, that they can’t be really wasted on running computers, even for educational purposes. Check out the Marmot’s link. Most of the screens are OFF ! There’s only like one screen lit up and working. How sad it is to have kids intently staring at blank screens like they’re doing something for a PHOTO-OP. I’d strangle Kim Jong Il myself, if I could.

Koreans say that Koreans turn to a more darker complexion, when they are malnutritioned. Look at the faces and exterior skins of these North Koreans. Except for a few exceptions where a woman is old and pale, and a healthy sports champ man competeing in sporting games is shown for propaganda purposes, the common folk look much darker than their South Korean counterparts. I’ve yet to identify what medical explanation there is for this, but it is pretty clear that this phenomenon doesn’t show up on Kim Jong Il’s face. Again, I’d make him eat his own shit at gunpoint, if I could. It is very clear, very sadly, even for propaganda pics, these people have nothing to eat and a no electricity.

The aid provider also said that once you leave Pyong Yang, and look at people’s houses from the train in winter time, you’ll notice that none of these houses have any smoke coming out of their chimneys. Meaning, they don’t have heating fuel, too.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi.....lights.jpg

This photo says a lot.