A state-run think tank is predicting that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il will croak in 2012, with mayhem possibly to follow:
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il may not survive the year 2012 and massive unrest is likely to follow his death, the state-run Korea Institute for National Unification speculates. A military coup, riots, massacres and a massive exodus could follow Kim’s death, KINU said in its report.
It is rare for a state-run South Korean think tank to go into such detail in forecasting changes in North Korea in a publicly issued report since such speculation is a red rag to Pyongyang.
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Cho Min, a KINU researcher involved in the report, said the predictions are “hypothetical.” “The year 2012 is when North Korea has vowed to become a military and economic power, so it’s a crucial year for the country if there is a leadership change,” he said. “Kim’s health is the biggest variable in forecasting the future of the North Korean regime.”
Coming from a state-run think tank, the report is sure to elicit a calm and composed response from the North, with no reference whatsoever to holy war.
And yes, I have seen “2012″; in fact, I think I’ve mentioned it. Sure, it was stupid, but I guess it was fun to watch, and at least I didn’t almost fall asleep like I did during “Avatar.”
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“We will start a pan-national holy war of retaliation to blow away the den of South Korean authorities, including the presidential Blue House, who have led and supported the drawling up of this plan.”
Not sure if “pan-national” is the right term here. Or “holy.” Or “drawling.”
I, for one, was gutted when the South Korean government started blocking the KCNA website. They’re hyperbolic blowhard propaganda is hilarious. The English is so bad it makes a lot of the gibberish English in South Korea look like the works of a literary genius.
I say that they really need to stop the censorship in this country. I reckon that removing government censorship is the way to freedom, I’d even say that giving the likes of loathsome scum like Nick Griffin (racist bastard), those idiotic American preachers like Pat Robertson (religious lunatic), and The Kim regime up north is a very good idea. Give them enough rope and they’ll hang themselves.
Shit, I just read my post and it full of grammar and spelling mistakes. I tend to do that if I type too quickly. Apologies to all (who care about such things). More than a little ironic that a post about funny English and nonsense should be one of the worst posts I’ve ever contributed (anywhere) on the interwebs!
My deepest apologies, and a request to the Marmot – Please, please let us edit our posts. Just in case we make complete fools of ourselves like I just did.
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