I keep hearing about this crazy idea that Kim Jong Il really died in 2003 and was replaced by a body double — promoted by Waseda University professor Toshimitsu Shigemura.
I did find some evidence to support that hypothesis. (Don’t get the joke?)
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kerbihan | September 10, 2008
Note that when played in reverse, some KJI speeches actually say: “The Dear Leader is dead”.
Jeffrey Lewis | September 10, 2008
Actually, I think he is saying “Kimchi is red.”
Chris Nelson | September 10, 2008
I thought he was singing “When I’m 64!” If he croaked back in ’03 like the prof says, he didn’t make it!
Muskrat | September 10, 2008
That’s why Paul McCartney was barefoot! His failed hermit-state shoe cooperative had missed its production quotas! Who knew that that melodious voice went along with a catastrophic addiction to bad, viciosuly-enforced central planning?
Gridlock | September 11, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7609718.stm
“North Korea is close to completing a second launch site for long-range missiles, reports say.”
Lao Tao Ren | September 12, 2008
I hate to break up the Sgt. Pepper party here, but just some banal concerns:
-What do we know about the command and control of nuclear devices (weapons) in DPRK?
-What contingency plans by outside powers exist to secure the devices and as much as possible of the sensitive materials and equipment in the event of a collapse of DPRK?
American Interests | September 14, 2008
Back to the Sgt. Pepper party .. I’m still chuckling over this one..we’ve come over to show a colleague
Great little post this …