Kim Jong Un receives Indonesian peace prize

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

[quote]A peace and humanitarian prize that was previously awarded to Mahatma Gandhi and Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi will soon be given to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.

An Indonesian organization announced plans last week to give North Korea's Supreme Leader its statesmanship award, which celebrates "peace, justice and humanity." The Sukarno Education Foundation quickly found itself on the defensive.

Kim "should be honoured for his fight against neo-colonialist imperialism," Rachmawati Sukarnoputri, the daughter of Indonesia's first president, told the Agence France-Presse.

As for the allegations of human rights abuses in North Korea, they are "untrue," she said. "That's all just Western propaganda. Those Western governments like to put ugly labels on North Korea."[quote]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kim-jong-un-peace-prize_55bf7f82e4b06363d5a2acb1

[dead0man]

Awwww, look, Kim has a non-Chinese friend!

[Middle-aged Europe]

Excellent news! This will teach the Western imperialist warmongers a lesson.

[Simfan34]

What does Megawati think of her sister's antics?

[Leinad]

I'll take "Prizes That Can't Be Taken Seriously" for $500, Alex!

Seriously, though, the DPRK is pretty bad human-rights-wise. Yes, the West likes propaganda and imperialism as well, but to deny what North Korea does is absurd.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Good choice. After all, Best Korea hasn't attacked Indonesia since he came to power.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I mean, if Obama can win the Nobel Prize, why can't Kimmy win the Indonesian prize?