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Subscribe to RSSNorth Korea released images of its leader Kim Jong Un inspecting two military units near the border with the south on Thursday. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
They could have been teenage girls at a Justin Bieber concert. But this adoring crowd was made up of North Korean troops and the star of the show was Kim Jong Un.
The world's only hereditary communist dictator was shown on state television Friday being mobbed by chanting soldiers. At some points, they were seen jumping on the spot while keeping their hands in the air.
Kim was filmed at a lookout post, surveying the scene with binoculars, and also on a naval vessel.
One group of soldiers was so overcome with apparent emotion that they charged into the sea to continue praising him. Kim waved them away from his boat.
The portrayal of Kim as a much-loved military leader came after North Korea threatened Thursday that it could launch a "pre-emptive nuclear attack" on its enemies. That warning came a few hours before the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to impose new sanctions on the isolated state over its recent nuclear bomb test.
The troops' apparent joy was in marked contrast to the daily lives of millions in North Korea.
After cancelling all non-aggression agreements with South Korea, North Korean officials continue to maintain that the country could carry out a preemptive nuclear strike against the U.S.
According to the CIA’s World Factbook, North Koreans risk arrest and imprisonment when crossing the border into China "to escape famine, economic privation, and political oppression."
Human Rights Watch accuses North Korea’s government of continuing "to systematically violate the rights of its citizens, including by depriving large sectors of its population of food, applying collective punishments and forced labor and interning more than 200,000 people in sub-human conditions in political prison camps where they are denied their basic humanity."
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Of course they did. If they didn't make a public showing of their adoration, they'd be taken out and shot.
Army thinks he is a good looking guy,see how healthy he is compared to his fellow Korans.
STUPID ARTICLE!!!!
Maybe slaves worship their leader because if they show any signs of discontent they'll loose their privileges, maybe their job(one of the few), maybe get jail time with torture, disappear, and maybe their families will receive the same? Nah, the writers clearly have it right- Kim's just a really cool guy. Yeah, that's it, he's a really great guy.
Just the soldiers chanting.....Not the people....??
People kissed Saddam hands as he walk through the streets, and stepped on his statue when the Americans arrived. With that said...
North Korean soldiers to Lil Kim: "You had me at food"
That haircut is probably what turns them on.
If they said that Kim would have to lead the front of the military "in" the field to attack S. Korea & America, he'd back out in a second and say, "Maybe we should think about this a little first".
It sure is easy to point your finger and give orders to the military to go out and maybe never return home alive.
"But", if someone pointed their finger at him to do the same thing than suddenly the old, "Let's think about this for a minute crap"
Screw that ittle fat faced bast--d...send in the drones..
Those people are being brainwashed...sad but true.
They know there is bound to be some leftovers where ever his fat a s s is at!
Well said
"They could have been teenage girls at a Justin Bieber concert. But this adoring crowd was made up of North Korean troops and the star of the show was Kim Jong Un."
We in the civilized nations should realize the danger this situation is creating. First the adulation by the military toward a man who is young and unstable. Who thinks that Dennis Rodman speaks for anyone of serious intent in the United States or the world. Who thinks his country is ready to threaten the world with nuclear warfare. Who thinks basketball is more important than feeding his starving nation.
Perhaps our first order of business would be to flood the nation with food for the hungry and then see what happens to Kim's ruling party. Take away the incentive for paying homage to one man and raise the hopes of a nation. Is that any more crazy than a shooting war....maybe...but the years of isolation and strangling the beast have not worked. Perhaps it is time to change the tactics by the civilized world and see what happens. Just think about millions of pounds of food dropped all over the country from the sky by the leading nations in the world. What would the poor starving population think and do? It is an intriguing thought.
If that did not work I guess it would be time to take out all the leadership structure in one massive campaign. Then follow up with food and medical drops again. I guess this is just one human solution to a world wide problem.
How long before we blow this little chili bowl deeb"s s**t away?
Screwy country for sure.
I think he has now given us the option of ignoring him with the exception of having a sh t load of nuclear armed tomahawk missils armed and to be launched at the first sign of any aggression or missile launches.
same old crap, different dictator, different day! these guys are a joke.
do we need to ask rand paul is we have his permission to maybe use a drone to take out this little spud? afterall he did study here in the united states. (sorry, i just had to put that in. we have our own idiots in this country) kim maybe crazy but is he stupid, too? he has a nuclear weapon...we have 100 or 1000, i don't know, but i think the odds are in our favor. he should take into account the lives of his wife and isn't she pregnant? that's a big eeewwww thought. anyway, maybe he should consider their lives before he starts shooting things off.
i like the idea of dropping food and medicine throughout the country, like a blitzkrieg of love for the millions of people who are suffering so badly. who knows, it's so crazy, it might just work.
Such a nice young man, his people really seam to love him, look at the way they all followed him into the frigid waters, its winter and they followed him into the unbearably cold sea, you wont see that kind of loyalty from our troops. we had better give in to him he has us outclassed. I particularly liked the scene of them all jumping up and down with their hands in the air, that shows the esteem they have for him almost out of control excitement at the sight of this nice young man, why does our Berry have so much trouble with him? he only wants to be allowed to play basket ball at Berry's house, with his friend Dennis why not let him, we should just tell him to hop on his rocket and fly his ass over here.
- You sure that video clip wasn't from an ol' "B"- class movie?
im all for PEACE ....let's nuke first ...
And ENGLISH is taught as their second language!
They're more AMERICAN than most Mexicans/Hispanics/Latino/fill in the blank!
will he be able to defend himself if he attacks someone? Bye, Bye North Korea
You people just show your ignorance do you really think N. Korea will be alone better look at their Big Brother China before you act to brave, they have just as much Nukes as We do and they can reach the Whole USA with no problem, think before you start pounding your chest, because that really big flash could be in your city ....
I just want it to all go away. I have a Granddaughter in the Air Force stationed in South Korea. Kim is a flipping crazy man. Guess Gma's just have to worry.
Short pudgey funny looking dude being swarmed by a mob of adoring followers. It is a ludicrous scene and would be funny if it was not for the tradgedy behind it. Anyone else get the feeling that Noth Korea is in for some big changes soon\. Lets pray it is done without alot of loss of life
"The world's only hereditary communist dictator was shown on state television Friday being mobbed by chanting soldiers."
Communism is supposed to be rule of masses!
N. Korean Kim Jong family appears to have turned masses to asses and so even nut, nuttier and or nuttiest of Kim Jong family can rule them!
This is an example of ideology!
Similar things are going on in the Islam (religion).
Compare N. Korea's case with the rules of House of Saud and some oil rich Sunni rulers of ME.
Joy Stalin must be green with envy, in whatever corner of hell he is roasting in now.
LOL!!!! I see what you did there!
And on to the article itself; of course they were showing their "love" for this little toolbag! Dictators always make their people show love and support for them in public. If you don't show your support, you run the risk of being jailed and/or excuted.
What the media has to stop doing is giving these scumbags world-wide coverage to spread their lies, threats, propaganda, and filth. I hate to say it, but I really do wish they would try and and launch a nuclear weapon. Our defense system would blow it out of the sky and then we would have reason to drop a nuke on every city, town, village, and outhouse in North Korea.
That's not the problem there is this little thing called fallout, and then there is the issue of killing some fish then you will have the environmentalists all over your a$$, you don't want to mess with that annoying bunch.
"One group of soldiers was so overcome with apparent emotion that they charged into the sea to continue praising him. Kim waved them away from his boat."
During Stalin's rule of USSR, presidium (sole body of commie puppets in the name of masses) members were supposed to stand and endlessly clap after Stalin's speech.
In later days, Stalin became so insecure that he was imaginging that many members were plotting to remove him.
So the members, who stopped clapping at the early (or in the beginning) were either kileld or sent to labor camps for plotting against commie rule!!!!
Kim Jong Un appears to be have beaten all records of taming people into sheeps and ruling!
These guys are easy to despise. The world continues to laugh at their senseless rhetoric.
"Sic Semper Tyrannus".
"Tyrannis"
sic semper know-it-all @!$%#s (lion boy)
So Richard, I miss one letter in a latin word and you're on me. Do you keep a dictionary in the hand you don't have busy?? He's still a tyrant in any language.
The funniest part about all this is that while we are laughing at North Korea for this silly behavior, other countries are laughing at us in our senseless adoration of Obama. The only difference between a North Korean Kim supporter and an American Obama supporter is that the Kim supporter realizes it's a joke.
the rest of the world is laughing at congress, not our president. you should do more reading. obama is NOT a dictator as much as the right would love to make him one. if anyone is usurping their authority, it is the do nothing congress that continues to hold this country hostage because of their own political agendas, who have sold us out to the medical industry for 30 pieces of silver(read the last time magazine-it's a revelation everyone should be incensed by), they want to destroy medicare and social security and leave the elderly and handicapped at the mercy of said medical industry. they claim they want a smaller government but they want to stick their noses up womens' vaginas and into our bedrooms, deciding for us who we are allowed to love. they want to build up our military with unnecessary money they don't need and haven't asked for, but they refuse to spend a penny creating jobs fixing interstate roads, tunnels and bridges that are in critical condition. they spent most of the last election trying every tactic, legal and otherwise to keep law abiding, honest, americans from voting. why? because if the economy recovers too quickly, they won't be able to take back the white house. if too many people get to vote, they won't win back the white house. if they don't have an overthetop military, they won't be able to wage another war. don't blame the president. he doesn't make these decisions, congress does. put the blame where it belongs. this is the worst congress in this country's history and we're to blame because we keep reelecting these self-serving vipers into power. so, i guess you could say, we're to blame for our own problems.
Their supporters get extra rice balls to eat..
Ours gets free Obama phones and "free" healthcare........
Ours is too fat anyways...don't need no stinking food...
sweet ..alessa... the system is broke and needs younger leadership...the cold war is over and those zombies should be too..
Wow alessa it appears the joke is on you, if you believe the media, thank God you did not attempt to put the blame on the Republican senate, the only sensible people out there trying to save the country from financial overruns. and blaming the democratic Congress was a nice touch. Obama will never get his Blank check not even from his own party or what we are led to believe his party is. alessa do you think Obama will ever come up with a budget? 4 years and waiting, his Idea of a budget is no spending limit! doesn't that scare you? it does me. here is the problem Obama is a creation and only a figurehead for a team of socialist and Marxist from the Chicago area that created a false image to win the election and get them into power and these people are dangerous, do your homework before you vote for someone nobody ever heard of and has a hidden past. and then to do it twice, now people are starting to wake now that its to late. no more autocrats.
Why are you guys ripping on Richard the Lionhear? He was just correcting a spelling mistake.
e patton: I think you're probably just embarrassed that you misspelled tyrannis, so you're covering up your eternal shame by attempting to make fun of the person who corrected you. Then you tried to make yourself look good again by making a superfluous point. You should actually thank him, since now you know how to spell tyrannis and can now prevent future instances of you making yourself look dumb.
Ken-lotsofnumbers: You seemingly just attacked him for no reason. You must not like smart people.
They must be hot after that big, fat butt. After all, he is "the sexiest man on Earth", per Time magazine. LOL!
On second thought, they may just be grateful because they have food. Only the military idiots have food in N. Korea. The rest of the people are starving and freezing in the dark.
Did anyone else see the night time satellite photos of North&South Korea? South was pretty well lit up, North I think had one bulb.
Yea and that one bulb was the light in Kim's fridge on and the door was perma-open.
Waiting for Sean Penn to get over there now that Chavez is dead......
I served and did some time on the 38th parallel you could watch them on their side of no mans land, that is typical behavior at feeding time.
you might be right Dave Sean will be needing a new friend, he likes those dictators they give the best gifts, Rolex'sand yachts, with pretty young girls can't be beat.
Just keep squeezing the Vine, and the Fruit will Shrivel!
Wait a second. I just reread the article. Lil Kim is bigger than Bieber. No way dude. I bet the NK troops don't even know who Bieber is. And with lil Kim there's so much to admire. Just take one look at him and love overcomes you. If he stays healthy (Dodges all the retribution that may rain down on his punk azz) we can hate him for decades to come. Whooooppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
LOL!!!
what the hell is bieber..Lil kim's pee pee ??
Dennis Rodman brought out the best in him.
Yep. Brought out the best in him, and that ain't sayin' much...
Lil Kim mobbed? You bet he was. Those troops want to keep their rice bowl full with lots of kimchi. Jumped?
Again, you bet, and as high as he tells them to.
Kind of reminds me of Obama supporters.
Soory Goo, he behaves like a republican...let the people starve!
I don't think the repub's want people to starve. They just want people to work for things. I don't see an issue with that. I do see and issue with giving people things for nothing though, unless they have some real problems keeping them from working.
Can you show me where the republican party says they want people to starve?
North Korea is a socialist regime that means the country is on welfare and they do as they are told to keep their benefits and to stay out of the re indoctrination camps, we are mostly capitalist meaning its preferred that we work for a living and take care of our selves but socialism is filtering in and as it does we become in slaved to a leadership and live on entitlements, some people want that. they want to share what you have knowing they have nothing to share back and not giving a hoot about doing for themselves when they can take yours, and when its all gone we will be just like North Korea, except we will have someone like Obama as our Divine leader and figure to jump around for the media to show us how well off we are and how happy the people are. the Republicans are the party that is against that.
Really guys? Give it a rest!! Nothing to do with US politics
Kim Dong Dung
In my head, this is way more funny and absurd than any comment I could offer.
There ain't no fixing stupid. Whether it be in North Korea or Venezuala. Mindless robots.
You can add the USA to that list too.
Or did it never occur to you that you were influenced to believe "facts" about Chavez reported by a biased media that relies more on WH Press Releases (now and during the Bush years) rather than actual reporters putting forth details and investigating issues. I assume you are aware that the majority of the world could actually see some of the good done by Chavez. In fact most of our "allies" supported him.
What good would that be?
Donated heating oil to the Bronx, amongst many other acts of kindness. Look it up.
You're deluded if you believe those heating oil donations were some altruistic gesture. They were meant to tweak Bush's nose and to score some brown nosing points. And they weren't free, they were just discounted 40%.
It was a hoax started by Kennedy the middle man was left out, Chavez got what he wanted.
"Anyone not showing affection for me will be SHOT!"
"Oh they love me! They really love me!"
One N Koren Soldier to another: : "Dude are you kidding! I'm not going to be the one that tells him he has no clothes!!!"
The real reason the troops were jumping up and down is because
The pudgy little commie dictator promised them all an extra rice ball that night with their evening meal.
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Contrary to what the repugs would have us believe, both Kim and Hugo are and were revered in their countries.
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Biden in 2016.
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nothing new here...what an appropriate name for you and your comment. Its about as old and tired as what junior is saying and doing.
NothingNewHere, I'm with you! Biden 2016! That ought to be a "slam dunk" for the GOP!!
Too> nothing new here<, you are full OF CRAP !!!
Biden couldn't find his ass with both hands....
You just proven my theory nothing new here-1200374, that you are on some type of hallucinogenic drug, stop drinking the Kool-Aide or you're going to be one of these fanatics jumping up and down praising your great leader, oh waiting, you all ready are.
@nothing new here--I know millions of North Koreans that would gladly change places with you. Tool!
Nothing, I think you make a funny joke.
BTW, Biden is scary enough as VP.
The country being "The STATE of Denial"
It's time someone took this little child out and spank him!
@Kelly
Now that is funny!
Nah, I heard he was into that fetish, he would enjoy it...
Who really gives a $@!$%# what Kim's doing behind his iron curtain of oppression. Why does this freak even get air time, unless we're in direct harm, screw him and N.K. Waiting on my dog to fart, is more news worthy that this garbage in N.K.
I'm still all shook up over those Iraqi WMD. Maybe once I feel safer, I'll worry about N. Korea.
The same old, tired, meaningless propaganda. Be careful junior be very very careful. You're about to stick your head into the meatgrinder.
@Andrew--I was thinking the same thing. Young and stupid at 28. His rash decisions could make a big mess.
let's nuke his ass first, and see how much he can glow with that bowl hair cut, fat bastard
The title/premise for this article just might be the most ignorant
Take a good look people; this is what total socialism is. A strong military government with total
control over every one.
Really ...... socialism ?? NOT !!!
It is Fascism WCBob!!
The media is obsessed with Kim, as they are with the remaining few dictators left to write about, with them gone they will only be writing about Obama and that subject is starting to be come boring.
Makes you wonder if Kim Jock Strap and Bieber were to make a dance video together - would it surpass "gangnam style" in Youtube hits?
Gotta like the video of them with there arms up and jumping up and down in the water. LOL These people are so funny. SNL has to do a spoof of this.
Perhaps the reality is that North Korea is actually a long running Monty Python movie.
It is really amazing in this day of technology that the n. korean people can't see what a sham their country is...you'd think someone would have an idea of whats going...course when you have no RIGHTS!, theres not much you can do about it....
they also have heavily censored incoming information. they are not allowed to know how bad off they are.
They do see and feel, as they starve to death, how the country is going. But they have no power or weapons to do anything about it. Why do you think Obama and people like Feinstein and Bloomberg want gun control and confiscation in the USA ? Same reason, power to the government and total control over the common citizen.