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Don't believe everything you read in Western newspaper. Few days ago some site/newspaper made an article that North Korea landed on a Sun, and almost everyone thought that story came from real sources, but it was just a fake article...
N.K. = Paradise on Earth. Got the message. Thank you. Good job making that conclusion form my post, you made me proud....
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February 07, 2014, 02:03:49 PM |
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Don't believe everything you read in Western newspaper. Few days ago some site/newspaper made an article that North Korea landed on a Sun, and almost everyone thought that story came from real sources, but it was just a fake article...
N.K. = Paradise on Earth. Got the message. Thank you. Good job making that conclusion form my post, you made me proud.... I think he was making a joke ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) .
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February 07, 2014, 04:49:22 PM |
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North Korea's Happy Face ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FvLuYaQJ.png&t=665&c=OB6IqGsKQij_Jg)
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March 27, 2014, 03:05:57 AM |
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Are the men of North Korea really being forced to get Kim Jong Un haircuts? A number of news outlets have picked up on unusual news out of North Korea today: Male citizens of the Hermit Kingdom are being forced to get “Kim Jong Un-style” haircuts. The story goes that male citizens in North Korean capital Pyongyong have had new guidelines to replicate Kim’s distinctive haircut for the past couple of weeks, and the plan is to go national with the guidelines. As you can probably understand, not everyone is happy with the news. “It doesn’t always go with everyone since everyone has different face and head shapes,” one source was reported as saying. It’s a crazy story, but where did it come from? And should we believe it? Well, let’s first consider the source. For example, the BBC picked up the story on its News from Elsewhere blog, sourcing much of the story to the Korea Times, an English-language paper published by the Hankook Ilbo group. The Korea Times, meanwhile, appears to have gotten the story from Radio Free Asia, a non-profit funded in part by the United States government. Radio Free Asia’s story only appears on the Korean-language version of its Web site, though a representative says that it will be translated soon. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/03/26/are-the-men-of-north-korea-really-being-forced-to-get-kim-jong-un-haircuts/
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March 27, 2014, 04:22:18 AM |
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NK: everybody stays hungry all the time...
Well..not EVERYBODY ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif)
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March 27, 2014, 08:16:43 AM |
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That's nasty
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March 27, 2014, 08:18:07 AM |
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Are the men of North Korea really being forced to get Kim Jong Un haircuts? A number of news outlets have picked up on unusual news out of North Korea today: Male citizens of the Hermit Kingdom are being forced to get “Kim Jong Un-style” haircuts. The story goes that male citizens in North Korean capital Pyongyong have had new guidelines to replicate Kim’s distinctive haircut for the past couple of weeks, and the plan is to go national with the guidelines. As you can probably understand, not everyone is happy with the news. “It doesn’t always go with everyone since everyone has different face and head shapes,” one source was reported as saying. It’s a crazy story, but where did it come from? And should we believe it? Well, let’s first consider the source. For example, the BBC picked up the story on its News from Elsewhere blog, sourcing much of the story to the Korea Times, an English-language paper published by the Hankook Ilbo group. The Korea Times, meanwhile, appears to have gotten the story from Radio Free Asia, a non-profit funded in part by the United States government. Radio Free Asia’s story only appears on the Korean-language version of its Web site, though a representative says that it will be translated soon. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/03/26/are-the-men-of-north-korea-really-being-forced-to-get-kim-jong-un-haircuts/lol, i can't imagine how this will happen ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif) in olympics maybe we can see many kim jong un hairstyle there ![Roll Eyes](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif)
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March 27, 2014, 08:40:37 AM |
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That is probably propaganda. But we don't know if this is a product of being over spoiled.
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March 29, 2014, 03:26:25 AM |
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I hate that guy. Hopefully the fact that the guy who got eaten was part of his regime means that in someways he at least deserved it. But if this is true, just imagine all the innocent people that have been punished by these assholes.
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March 29, 2014, 04:14:22 AM |
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That is probably propaganda. But we don't know if this is a product of being over spoiled.
Too bad there isn't a reliable way to verify if it's true or BS.
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March 29, 2014, 07:40:25 AM |
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Always a classy fellow, our favourite despot...
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March 29, 2014, 08:05:48 PM |
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That is probably propaganda. But we don't know if this is a product of being over spoiled.
Too bad there isn't a reliable way to verify if it's true or BS. If among all the food aid NK is receiving, none includes dog food then we would know... ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.huffpost.com%2Fgen%2F69594%2Fthumbs%2Fs-NORTH-KOREA-large.jpg&t=665&c=A1azZf1rVjalCA)
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March 29, 2014, 08:47:20 PM |
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This wasn't easy to read. It saddens me that we are doing this to each other. The Kim family's evil has to stop. Communism was wrong. We let the USSR have their half of Korea. Well, the USSR isn't there anymore, so why is the DPRK?
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March 29, 2014, 09:28:12 PM |
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North Korea it's a perfect proof that any form of rule (liberal republic, socialist republic, etc. - doesn't matter) can be converted into an absolute monarchy. Kim Jong is a king here, that's it. The Kim family's evil has to stop. Communism was wrong.
Kim Jong Un regime is a monarchy, it has absolutely nothing in common with socialist republic.
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March 29, 2014, 09:32:21 PM |
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This wasn't easy to read. It saddens me that we are doing this to each other. The Kim family's evil has to stop. Communism was wrong. We let the USSR have their half of Korea. Well, the USSR isn't there anymore, so why is the DPRK?
The DPRK is there because you need a fool to purchase your missile technology and another fool to buy your atomic bomb technology. You always need a fool to be worse than you. So when the world's spotlight is looking into your own abuses you can then say "Hey! Relax! Maybe some monks in Tibet are burning themselves to death. OK. But It is not as if we have them eaten alive by ravenous dogs! We do have some limits!" Also, make sure words like "people" and "democracy" are part of your country's name, especially if you are a fool.
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March 29, 2014, 09:34:40 PM |
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North Korea it's a perfect proof that any form of rule (liberal republic, socialist republic, etc. - doesn't matter) can be converted into an absolute monarchy. Kim Jong is a king here, that's it. The Kim family's evil has to stop. Communism was wrong.
Kim Jong Un regime is a monarchy, it has absolutely nothing in common with socialist republic. [...] Although the DPRK officially describes itself as a Juche Korean-style socialist republic[10] and elections are held, it is widely considered a dictatorship that has been described as totalitarian and Stalinist[19][2][20] with an elaborate cult of personality around the Kim family. The Workers' Party of Korea, led by a member of the ruling family,[20] holds de facto power in the state and leads the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland of which all political officers are required to be a member.[21] Juche, an ideology of self-reliance initiated by the country's first President, Kim Il-sung, became the official state ideology, replacing Marxism–Leninism, when the country adopted a new constitution in 1972.[22][23] In 2009, references to Communism (Chosŏn'gŭl: 공산주의) were removed from the country's constitution.[24] The means of production are owned by the state through state-run enterprises and collectivized farms, and most services such as healthcare, education, housing and food production are state funded or subsidized.[25] In the 1990s North Korea suffered from a famine and continues to struggle with food production. In 2013, the UN identified North Korean government policies as the primary cause of the shortages and estimated that 16 million people required food aid.[26][27] North Korea's health care system has been a subject of controversy: the World Health Organization described it as "the envy of the developing world" while Amnesty International claims that it suffers from barely functioning hospitals, poor hygiene and epidemics.[28] North Korea follows Songun, or "military-first" policy in order to strengthen the country and its government.[29] It is the world's most militarized society, with a total of 9,495,000 active, reserve, and paramilitary personnel. Its active duty army of 1.21 million is the 4th largest in the world, after China, the U.S., and India.[30] It is a nuclear-weapons state and has an active space program.[31][32][33]
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March 29, 2014, 09:38:39 PM |
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Yep, it's republic de jure but monarchy de facto. ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
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March 30, 2014, 12:49:52 AM |
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Yep, it's republic de jure but monarchy de facto. ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) I understand the theory from all my socialist friends: "No true Socialist States were ever realized as all nations calling themselves "Socialist" during the 20th, 21th century were a fraud, a disguised Monarchy. Just wait! Wait for the 23rd century when, this time, TRUUUUEEE Socialism will be... De Facto! Sure Some may die in the way... But think of all of those who will benefit from it. At least they won't be dying for the Capitalism cause! and that, my friend, would a true Benediction... If I was not an atheist, being a socialist and all. This time, this time, it will work!" correct me If I am wrong ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif)
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The truth is that any revolutionary ways are stupid, it will never work in this way. Wartime is the only purpose for such type of economy, it won't be effective during the peacetime. For the peacetime you need a mixed economy, any changes should be implemented through many consequent reforms, otherwise you will see nothing except the seize of power, dictatorship and famine. Lenin (a father of Marxism-Leninism) understood this and developed the New Economic Policy, a theory of mixed private & public ownership based economy. He and his followers were criticized for this idea by the rest of the party members, but it was able to restore the ruined economy during only a few years. By 1928, agricultural and industrial production had been restored to the 1913 (pre-World War I and pre-Civil War) level. Unfortunately, Stalin along with group of his followers made a decision to abolish NEP and replace it with the radical version of Marxist economy. Mao Zedong in China and North Korea leaders are stalinism followers, they are doomed to repeat the same errors. China and Vietnam started an implementation of NEP-style mixed economy a long time ago. China: 1978, stalinism followers were removed by Deng Xiaoping and his anti-stalinist group followers; Vietnam: 1987, Party made the decision to start implementation of mixed economy. Now China and Vietnam are developing very quickly, much faster than their neighbours. China and Vietnam are socialist republics, so... Yes, it works and it will continue work for a long time, which couldn't be said about the so-called "liberal" regimes. ![Roll Eyes](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif)
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March 30, 2014, 05:07:04 PM |
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The truth is that any revolutionary ways are stupid, it will never work in this way. Wartime is the only purpose for such type of economy, it won't be effective during the peacetime. For the peacetime you need a mixed economy, any changes should be implemented through many consequent reforms, otherwise you will see nothing except the seize of power, dictatorship and famine. Lenin (a father of Marxism-Leninism) understood this and developed the New Economic Policy, a theory of mixed private & public ownership based economy. He and his followers were criticized for this idea by the rest of the party members, but it was able to restore the ruined economy during only a few years. By 1928, agricultural and industrial production had been restored to the 1913 (pre-World War I and pre-Civil War) level. Unfortunately, Stalin along with group of his followers made a decision to abolish NEP and replace it with the radical version of Marxist economy. Mao Zedong in China and North Korea leaders are stalinism followers, they are doomed to repeat the same errors. China and Vietnam started an implementation of NEP-style mixed economy a long time ago. China: 1978, stalinism followers were removed by Deng Xiaoping and his anti-stalinist group followers; Vietnam: 1987, Party made the decision to start implementation of mixed economy. Now China and Vietnam are developing very quickly, much faster than their neighbours. China and Vietnam are socialist republics, so... Yes, it works and it will continue work for a long time, which couldn't be said about the so-called "liberal" regimes. ![Roll Eyes](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif) You have no idea how many times I have heard that speech from all my socialist friends. You got it Right on the Money! Err.. I meant to say "You nailed it perfectly with your Stakhanovite Thor Hammer!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_UUFNTLagk
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