Kim Jyong-Il confirmed dead Dec 19th 2011

[Sak01]

I sometimes think that while Aldous Huxley got it right for more countries than Orwell, perhaps NK is the one place that brings to life the latter's vision of a dystopian nightmare.

I still don't have enough info to judge but that's the inkling I get.

Anyone seen the Vice Guide to NK?
The VICE Guide to North Korea | The VICE Guide to Travel | VICE

 

[Slug]

^ Did you see the mock up where they showed the funeral of Kim Jyong Il's father, and then Kim's --- So damn similar!

It was eerily similar to that of Brezhnev in Moscow in '82, even down to what I'm sure was the same hearse. Apart from the weeping crowds, that is. Even the old USSR didn't go so far as to orchestrate that sort of show.

I can't help imaging an awful lot of :facepalm: going on in Moscow and Bejing as they watched this. It truly was a reminder of a bygone era.

 

[9to5cynic]

It was eerily similar to that of Brezhnev in Moscow in '82, even down to what I'm sure was the same hearse. Apart from the weeping crowds, that is. Even the old USSR didn't go so far as to orchestrate that sort of show.

I can't help imaging an awful lot of :facepalm: going on in Moscow and Bejing as they watched this. It truly was a reminder of a bygone era.

I'm sure someone on youtube will mix and match those together for our enjoyment. Maybe a song parody or something nice

The USSR didn't mess around, no stagy actors there!

 

[ElasticNinja]

Well North Korean is 100% totalitarian - something the USSR got rid of with Stalin.
The people are basically told these people are superhumans, responsible for every advance in North Korea. It would be interesting to take a tour there for sure.