The Great Korea Thread

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

The Norks have started fueling the rocket.  Launch expected sometime between Thursday and Monday.

I will be shocked if they don't attempt a launch on Sunday, as that is the 100th birthday of their Eternal President.

And much more importantly, it is my 16th birthday . I'm almost 100% certain that they will launch of the 15th.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

A big-ass bronze statue of Kim #2 has been unveiled next to the equally big-ass statue of Kim #1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoJTptIV38k&feature=player_embedded

Does anybody know the military song that begins at 0:25 in that video. I have seen it in their military parades, and I must admit---I like it

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Yesterday, Kim Jong-Un gave a 20 minute speech.

Wouldn't be shocking in most places, but Kim's dad Kim Jong-Il didn't give a single speech in his 17 years running North Korea.

He once said "Glory to the Peoples Army" but that was it.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/26/northkorea-kim-idUSL3N0RR2ZU20140926

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How does a 28 year old manage to be that unhealthy?? Was he strung out on crack from 2001 until 2011 or something?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

It may have been a botched assassination attempt.

Uncle Jang strikes from beyond the grave, perhaps?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Several members of the National Defense Committee (including the entire Jang faction) have been purged, and there are reports that a palace coup has occured, removing Kim Jong Un of real power.

Source.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

What would be preferable for South Korea, if they had a choice: a North Korea publicly seeking reunification on the South's terms, or a North Korean puppet state that remains independent but the South controls behind the scenes?

Option 2, but it would require the intervention of Alien Space Bats for that to happen.

Of what?

AH.com term for the impossible.