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    Posted: 07 Nov 2008 at 9:05am
Good ould "Dear Leader" Kim Jong IL is up to his old tricks again. Wanted to visit there when I was in South Korea but it was too much hassle and I probably would have been assasinated by the NK military police for takin' the pissLOL very oddball nation. They have seperate money for natives and foreigners
 

'Fake photo' revives Kim rumours

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There is fresh speculation about the health of North Korea's "Dear Leader" Kim Jong-il, amid suggestions that an image of Mr Kim may have been doctored.

The image, released on Wednesday, appeared to show Mr Kim in good health while inspecting two military units.

But an analysis by the UK's Times newspaper highlighted incongruities around the leader's legs, and the BBC found what look like mismatched pixels.

It has given new life to suggestions Mr Kim may be seriously unwell.

"They go into ostrich mode so readily - because they have given no clue about what would happen without him," North Korea expert Dr Aidan Foster-Carter told the BBC.

Unlike the previous handover of power from the Great Leader Kim Il-sung to his son - which was planned and made public decades in advance - there has been no public announcement about who will succeed Kim Jong-il, 66.

Propaganda battle

The suspicions about Mr Kim's health have gathered force since about mid-August, amid a sudden lull in news reports and official images released by the official North Korean news agency, the KCNA.

His disappearance sparked suggestions he was undergoing brain surgery for a stroke or even that he had died.

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The BBC found an apparent mismatch of pixels (indicated by the blue lines) in a close-up view of the image
In an apparent bid to stop the rumours, Pyongyang has recently released a succession of images and news stories which purportedly show the leader in good health.

The BBC carried one such image - of Mr Kim posing with a unit of North Korean soldiers - this week, in a report on Mr Kim's apparent return to health and a normal schedule.

But now the Times report - and additional research carried out by the BBC - suggest the image may not be all it seems.

In the photo, the shadow cast by Mr Kim's calves runs in a different direction to the shadow cast by the soldiers on either side of him, the Times pointed out. In addition, a black line running along the stand on which the soldiers are positioned mysteriously vanishes on either side of Mr Kim - suggesting his picture may have been superimposed onto the image.

Such a suspicion was reinforced when a BBC designer examined a close-up, and discovered apparently mismatched pixels to the right of Mr Kim's legs.

The validity of some of other pictures has been questioned in the past. For example, one image released in October appeared to include lush foliage in the background that was incongruous with autumn.

'Old trick'

According to Mr Foster-Carter, the North Koreans do not baulk at using photo fakery for ideological purposes.

"They've faked pictures from way back in the day, such as ones with his father on top of Paektu Mountain (a mountain with special resonance in Korean mythology), he told the BBC.

"It does seem likely that he's still ill. They sometimes don't realise that what a domestic audience will accept won't necessarily work for a more sceptical international audience.

"You think they'd be a bit more proficient at doing this by now!"

Mr Foster-Carter says North Korean authorities will now face renewed pressure to prove Mr Kim is alive and not incapacitated.

"If they want to stop speculation, they have to produce him - as long as they don't, we will still wonder."



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used to have a jacket like his when I was a kid.....quality piece of clothingThumbs%20Up
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Nov 2008 at 10:44am
The man is regarded as a living God so he can't die. Why don't they just imbalm him in a standing up position and then take his photo. In fact they could make a life size Action Man figure of him and have him in various poses. The man would live forever them and all his staff would have to do is to explain why he is dressed in a WW2 German uniform and holding a Schmeisser.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Nov 2008 at 10:58am
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I Read in Lonely Planet book that some American dude who went on a guided tour of North Korea had asked the State Tour Guide ( every tourist is assigned two goons) why there weren't any pregnant women on the streets. Next day he was taken to a street and all the women on it were pregnantWacko mad place altogether
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did you ever see the satellite photos of it at night ?? the whole of asia lit up except for north korea , the people are living in the stone age
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Originally posted by RogerMilla RogerMilla wrote:

did you ever see the satellite photos of it at night ?? the whole of asia lit up except for north korea , the people are living in the stone age


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Nov 2008 at 11:14am

The Great Leader enjoying a few cans naked

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Originally posted by Justice Shark Justice Shark wrote:

The Great Leader enjoying a few cans naked

 
The pics they didn't wan't you to see.
 
google Kim leader porn and pigs, brilliant footage if you like that sort of thing
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