Friday, February 10, 2012

Kim jong un

  • An incredible story that the North Korean leader was killed in Beijing gained remarkable attention in the West, revealing some of the ways we misunderstand Asian societies.
  • (Atlantic Online)
  • PYONGYANG, North Korea — Wherever North Koreas young new leader goes, theyre there: a group of graying military and political officials who shadow Kim Jong Un as he visits army bases, attends concerts and tours schools.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • "Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated," Mark Twain famously said upon hearing that a newspaper had published his obituary.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Rumours of Kim Jong-Un's death have been greatly exaggerated online in the past 24 hours. Apparently hoax news of the North Korea leader's demise spread through two fake BBC News accounts on Twitter yesterday afternoon before the accounts were closed.
  • (MSN UK News)
  • Beijing - Many horrors! China microblog translate poorly English into. Say Beloved Successor of Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Kim Jong Un dead from dying after assassin kill. No verification. Checking. OK, lets not get all Debbie Spenditnow here..
  • (Digital Journal)
  • Kim Jong-Nam, the half brother of Kim Jong-Un, who took control of the hermit state after the death of their father late last year, said corruption was so rampant that the countrys political system would not survive.
  • (SBS)
  • 2011 marked the beginning of the third phase of the Kim familys rule in North Korea as Kim Jong-un, the late Kim Jong-ils youngest son, was declared the Supreme Leader of the military, government and the Workers Party.
  • (Sophian)
  • In 2002, United States president George W. Bush labeled North Korea part of an axis of evil and an outpost of tyranny. The highest-level contact the government has had with the United States was with U.S.
  • (Worldnews.com)
  • North Koreas young new leader, Kim Jong Un, is dumping the sunglasses and aloof demeanor favored by his late father, Kim Jong Il, preferring instead to hug and hold hands with his troops for military inspections.
  • (USA Today)

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