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Caps-luna Since: Jun, 2013
#7551: Nov 13th 2023 at 7:36:53 PM

You must really be in the gutter to be looking up Pyongyang

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#7552: Nov 13th 2023 at 7:38:50 PM

I would say it's logical, North Korea is, in fact, the sort of regime they're looking to create.

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#7553: Nov 14th 2023 at 12:25:50 AM

It also helps that Trump is BF Fs with Kim, apparently.

Optimism is a duty.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#7554: Nov 14th 2023 at 12:27:44 AM

It's almost like reactionaries are by and large fucking idiots.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Smeagol17 Since: Apr, 2012
#7555: Nov 14th 2023 at 12:39:21 AM

If a dialogue between North and South Korean generals related by Andrei Lankov is any indication, even some in South Korean military were/are sympathetic to North's cricitism of South's "racial impurity".

Caps-luna Since: Jun, 2013
#7556: Nov 14th 2023 at 5:50:14 PM

[up]Isn't South Korea still one of the most racially pure countries in the world? Can they not take having a bronze metal?

eagleoftheninth In the name of being honest from the Street without Joy Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
In the name of being honest
#7557: Nov 14th 2023 at 5:59:27 PM

There are around 200,000-400,000 migrant workers in South Korea in any given year, mostly from Southeast Asia.

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Caps-luna Since: Jun, 2013
#7558: Nov 14th 2023 at 10:10:10 PM

Out of a population of over fifty million. Proportionally that a still shamefully low amount of immigrants.

Smeagol17 Since: Apr, 2012
#7559: Nov 14th 2023 at 10:23:17 PM

If I remember correctly, that conversation was not about migrant workers, but about South Korean men taking foreign wives.

Edited by Smeagol17 on Nov 14th 2023 at 9:23:53 PM

Ominae Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent Since: Jul, 2010
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#7560: Nov 24th 2023 at 1:37:59 AM

https://archive.md/LT2gw

The DPRK now claims that they got a spy satellite launched.

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Ominae Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent Since: Jul, 2010
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#7561: Nov 26th 2023 at 8:57:41 PM

DW Documentary has a vid on Kim Yo Jong, in case people are interested.

Mentions her rise to power. Swiss intelligence kept an eye on her and KJU when they lived in Bern.

Edited by Ominae on Nov 26th 2023 at 9:18:12 AM

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Ominae Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent Since: Jul, 2010
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#7562: Dec 2nd 2023 at 9:26:08 PM

https://archive.md/3SlmW

NK News has an article on KJU's daughter rocking Gucci shades. This also includes KJU's sister having a Gucci bag despite sanctions and the DPRK's anti-bourgeois culture.

Edited by Ominae on Dec 3rd 2023 at 2:17:54 AM

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CelestialMacaw from in a drywall room Since: Dec, 2022 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Florien The They who said it from statistically, slightly right behind you. Since: Aug, 2019
The They who said it
#7564: Dec 3rd 2023 at 12:15:40 AM

Didn't the prospective heir before Kim Jong Un get kicked out of the line of succession for being seen at a Disney World?

Smeagol17 Since: Apr, 2012
#7565: Dec 3rd 2023 at 1:19:39 AM

No, it was because he was detained by the Japanese with a fake passport trying to get there.

Edited by Smeagol17 on Dec 3rd 2023 at 1:59:20 PM

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#7566: Dec 3rd 2023 at 1:29:30 AM

The rich and powerful always get the luxuries they want, no matter what the regime.

Optimism is a duty.
Ominae Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent Since: Jul, 2010
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#7567: Dec 3rd 2023 at 2:19:15 AM

The article also mentioned that Kim Ju Ae's jacket when she debuted with an (estimated) $1,900 Dior kid’s jacket may be a knockoff or soemthing that Dior didn't sell anymore.

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Ominae Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent Since: Jul, 2010
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#7568: Jan 4th 2024 at 7:49:28 PM

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/18ypii4/3_photos_probably_the_wreckage_of_a_north_korean/

Photos taken in Kharkiv on January 2 showed North Korean missile parts.

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
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#7569: Jan 4th 2024 at 7:54:24 PM

Is there any evidence it's North Korean?

Ukrainian media loves to call every incoming shell and rocket and missile North Korean lately, usually without much evidence for it.

I remember that exploded Grad that they said was Russian and had a Nork rocket fail inside and destroy the vehicle only for it later to turn out to have been a Ukrainian one with the original cameraman being a Russian soldier mocking them.

Oh really when?
Ominae Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent Since: Jul, 2010
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#7570: Jan 4th 2024 at 8:00:12 PM

There was a briefing in the Pentagon and they stated that they "found" evidence that North Korean missiles were provided. Kirby explained the matter to reporters.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ballistic-missile-ukraine-iran-us-intelligence-3601a979e91d19c94e7d0fe27a398669

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67888793

IIRC, statement were made by Pyongyang to mobilize their defense industries as of late.

Edited by Ominae on Jan 4th 2024 at 8:08:18 AM

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
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#7571: Jan 4th 2024 at 8:02:29 PM

Sure, but what about this one?

Oh really when?
Ominae Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent Since: Jul, 2010
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#7572: Jan 4th 2024 at 8:04:20 PM

That's linked to the photos coming out of Kharkiv. I can go on according to what I've combed in Reddit/X/etc.

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Ominae Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent Since: Jul, 2010
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#7573: Jan 5th 2024 at 8:48:34 PM

DW talked about the launch of North Korean-made missiles and missile trucks. Symbolizes Russia being "forced" to seek North Korean (and Iranian) help in return for helping to modernize North Korean military forces.

Former Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges got interviewed. Perun interviewd him once, quite interesting.

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Ominae Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent Since: Jul, 2010
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#7574: Jan 7th 2024 at 4:20:04 AM

https://www.voanews.com/a/kim-tells-north-korea-to-prepare-for-war-he-says-is-inevitable-/7419024.html

KJU made a speech early on at the KWP Central Committee early on and said that unification with the South is not possible.

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AngelusNox The law in the night from somewhere around nothing Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
The law in the night
#7575: Jan 16th 2024 at 7:43:11 AM

North Korea’s Most Advanced Drones Reemerge, Solid Fuel IRBM Tested

North Korea displayed its new drones during their IRBM test, which are carbon copies of the US Global Hawk and Reaper drones.

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