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2013/08/29 11:32:32
Subject: Well thats one way to break up I hadn't thought about
Kim Jong-un's ex-lover 'executed by firing squad'
Kim Jong-un's ex-girlfriend was among a dozen well-known North Korean performers who were executed by firing squad nine days ago, according to South Korean reports.
Hyon Song-wol, a singer and rumoured to be a former lover of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un By Julian Ryall, Tokyo
10:09AM BST 29 Aug 2013
Hyon Song-wol, a singer, rumoured to be a former lover of the North Korean leader, is said to have been arrested on Aug 17 with 11 others for violating laws against pornography.
Hyon Song-wol starred in the video for her 2005 hit 'A Girl In The Saddle Of A Steed'
The reports in South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper indicate that Hyon, a singer with the Unhasu Orchestra, was among those arrested on August 17 for violating domestic laws on pornography.
All 12 were machine-gunned three days later, with other members of North Korea's most famous pop groups and their immediate families forced to watch. The onlookers were then sent to prison camps, victims of the regime's assumption of guilt by association, the reports stated.
“They were executed with machine guns while the key members of the Unhasu Orchestra, Wangjaesan Light Band and Moranbong Band as well as the families of the victims looked on,” said a Chinese source reported in the newspaper.
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Hyon's band was responsible for a string of patriotic hits in North Korea, including "Footsteps of Soldiers," "I Love Pyongyang," "She is a Discharged Soldier" and "We are Troops of the Party." Her popularity reportedly peaked in 2005 with the song "Excellent Horse-Like Lady."
The 12 who were executed were singers, musicians or dancers with the Hyon's band,, the Unhasu Orchestra or the Wanghaesan Light Music Band and were accused of making videos of themselves performing sex acts and then selling the recordings.
The reports stated that both groups have been disbanded as a result of the scandal.
Some of the musicians were also found to have bibles when they were detained and all were treated as political dissidents.
Kim Jong-un, who became leader of North Korea after the sudden death of his father in December 2011, is believed to have met Hyon about 10 years ago and struck up a relationship.
His father, Kim Jong-il, did not approve of the relationship and ordered him to break it off. Hyon subsequently married an officer in the North Korean military and reportedly had a baby, although there are suggestions that Hyon continued to see Kim after her marriage.
Kim's wife, Ri Sol-ju, was also a member of the Unhasu Orchestra before marriage and one theory is that Ri objected to the continuing high profile of her husband's former girlfriend.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with his wife Ri Sol-ju (AP)
North Korea's Communist dictator reportedly purged his own step-mother, Kim Ok, from her post as a senior official in the Workers' Party Finance and Accounting Department as he sought to tighten his grip on power within the country.
She was luckier than Kim Chol, vice minister of the army, who was executed with a mortar round in October 2012.
Kim Chol was reportedly executed for drinking and carousing during the official mourning period after Kim Jong-il's death.
On the explicit orders of Kim Jong-un to leave "no trace of him behind, down to his hair," according to South Korean media, Kim Chol was forced to stand on a spot that had been zeroed in for a mortar round and "obliterated."
The Moranbong band performing in Pyongyang in July 2012 (AP)
An expert on North Korean affairs believes the singer was executed for "political reasons."
"If these people had only made pornographic videos, then it is simply not believable that their punishment was execution," Toshimitsu Shigemura, a professor at Tokyo's Waseda University and an authority on North Korean affairs, told The Daily Telegraph.
"They could have been made to disappear into the prison system there instead.
"There is a political reason behind this," he said, suggesting that the groups may have been leaning towards a rival faction in Pyongyang's shadowy political world.
"Or, as Kim's wife once belonged to the same group, it is possible that these executions are more about Kim's wife," Professor Shigemura added.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2013/08/29 20:19:16
Subject: Well thats one way to break up I hadn't thought about
n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion.
2013/08/29 21:22:03
Subject: Re:Well thats one way to break up I hadn't thought about
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
Pfft, he's got nothing on Henry VIII
Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
Of course, we do psycho dictators with the seven ?month? itch better than anyone. They are all fighting for second place.
n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion.
2013/08/29 22:59:27
Subject: Well thats one way to break up I hadn't thought about
xole wrote: I don't get it. If they were told to completely obliterate him, shouldn't they have put him in an incinerator or something?
Not nearly as dramatic as zeroing in on him with a mortar and watching him shake in his boots knowing that death is going to come shrieking down on him from the sky like a boot squishing a bug.
2013/08/29 23:46:56
Subject: Re:Well thats one way to break up I hadn't thought about
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
But I do wonder what would have happened if they missed with the first round?
That would be kind of embarrassing. Not to mention potentially hazardous.
Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
Hyon's band was responsible for a string of patriotic hits in North Korea, including "Footsteps of Soldiers," "I Love Pyongyang," "She is a Discharged Soldier" and "We are Troops of the Party." Her popularity reportedly peaked in 2005 with the song "Excellent Horse-Like Lady."
She sang a song about Sarah Jessica Parker?
2013/08/30 02:32:52
Subject: Re:Well thats one way to break up I hadn't thought about
Remind me again why the world doesn't eliminate this country?
"By this point I'm convinced 100% that every single race in the 40k universe have somehow tapped into the ork ability to just have their tech work because they think it should."
2013/08/30 02:40:21
Subject: Re:Well thats one way to break up I hadn't thought about
AegisGrimm wrote: Remind me again why the world doesn't eliminate this country?
Because large numbers of oppressed innocents would die in the process, and we'd lose the world's only source of truly international comedy. No matter what language you speak, or which part of the world you live in, the antics of NK's leadership will always be baffling, illogical, and often downright amusing.
NK is the gift that keeps on giving; entertainment that breaches barriers of race, gender, nationality, and language - and I think that's beautiful.
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
2013/08/30 03:24:30
Subject: Well thats one way to break up I hadn't thought about
I just wish I could have five minutes in a room alone with this fat little bastard. I'd tear his whole fething world apart without breaking a god damn sweat.
2013/08/30 03:34:59
Subject: Re:Well thats one way to break up I hadn't thought about
Because large numbers of oppressed innocents would die in the process, and we'd lose the world's only source of truly international comedy. No matter what language you speak, or which part of the world you live in, the antics of NK's leadership will always be baffling, illogical, and often downright amusing.
NK is the gift that keeps on giving; entertainment that breaches barriers of race, gender, nationality, and language - and I think that's beautiful.
I don't mean wipe it from the face of the earth, I mean eliminate the people in charge. It's not comedy - it's raw, unfiltered and depraved evil. The whole country is run by people that would be committed in a heartbeat in 1st world countries, just for the sake of public safety.
"By this point I'm convinced 100% that every single race in the 40k universe have somehow tapped into the ork ability to just have their tech work because they think it should."
2013/08/30 04:32:13
Subject: Re:Well thats one way to break up I hadn't thought about
It's always been said that North Korea is supported by China. Any military action against North Korea would see Chinese backing, and the United States has had enough warfare where we fight a sockpuppet being funded by a communist government to last us a while.
I admit that I'm not hugely schooled in global politics, but it seems logical that any government we put in place, even if we DID go in guns a blazing, would just be subverted and then commandeered by the same people who pull North Korea's strings.
AegisGrimm wrote: I don't mean wipe it from the face of the earth, I mean eliminate the people in charge.
Because that's really, really hard to. You can't just cap the people in charge, you have to dismantle an entire political system, and that basically means occupation. Given the level of debate on whether we should engage in any way in Syria...
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Jimsolo wrote: It's always been said that North Korea is supported by China. Any military action against North Korea would see Chinese backing, and the United States has had enough warfare where we fight a sockpuppet being funded by a communist government to last us a while.
The Chinese position on North Korea has moved significantly over the last few years, and China has become a more important and more respected player in world affairs, and North Korea has gotten more flying rodent gak.
It's moved from 'he may be a drunk and a wifebeater but he's my brother and I'll stand by him so don't try nothing' to 'we can all quietly accept that he's a drunk and a wifebeater but don't actually say it to my face or I'll get all defensive, and I am willing to talk about some kind of intervention, as long as it isn't too aggressive and you don't park too close to my lawn'.
I admit that I'm not hugely schooled in global politics, but it seems logical that any government we put in place, even if we DID go in guns a blazing, would just be subverted and then commandeered by the same people who pull North Korea's strings.
No one pulls North Korea's strings. Their flying rodent gak insanity is all their own.
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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
2013/08/30 08:35:56
Subject: Well thats one way to break up I hadn't thought about
PrehistoricUFO wrote: I just wish I could have five minutes in a room alone with this fat little bastard. I'd tear his whole fething world apart without breaking a god damn sweat.
He'd kick your ass, and your non-internet persona knows it.
Shotgun wrote: I don't think I will ever understand the mentality of people that feel the need to record and post their butthurt on the interwebs.
2013/08/30 09:13:15
Subject: Well thats one way to break up I hadn't thought about
AegisGrimm wrote: Remind me again why the world doesn't eliminate this country?
Because there is no oil there,
Was she executed for that reason or that she didn't want to engage in some of his depraved sex-acts?
It sounds like either they were in support of a rival group, or the new squeeze bag got jealous that the former squeeze was prominent so had her offed NK Mafia style.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2013/08/30 15:34:53
Subject: Re:Well thats one way to break up I hadn't thought about
AegisGrimm wrote: Remind me again why the world doesn't eliminate this country?
Because they are too close to South Korea: the capital of the world for online gaming... plus they have Psy so nuking into oblivion is not an option.
They are so insular, could we not just "help" them make bigger walls and place a few hundred anti-missile systems around them?
I would not want their people to suffer any further (they suffer enough) so ignoring them may be the best thing (while still trumping anything scary they develop).
A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
Napoleon Bonaparte
