World N. Korea Mobilizes 100,000 for 'Military First' New Year Rally

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The government mobilized 100,000 North Koreans for Monday's annual New Year's rally, which honors leader Kim Jong Il and reaffirms full public support for his rule in the year ahead.

Pumping their right fists in unison, they marched through Pyongyang's main Kim Il Sung plaza pledging their loyalty, some waving huge red flags as top officials watched from a viewing stand.

Kim Jong Il did not appear among them in footage broadcast by APTN. The 66-year-old leader has not shown up at a mass event since reportedly suffering a stroke in mid-August, even missing the country's milestone 60th anniversary in September.

But North Korean officials deny the reports of Kim's collapse. They say Kim has been busy touring farms, factories and military units across the country, with state-run media recording some two dozen trips since early October alone.

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[Varine]

Why does anyone like him?

 

[Miz]

Why does anyone like him?

Because they are forced to...

 

[Aeroblyctos]

Kim FTW!

 

[Jackal]

Why does anyone like him?

Compared to most rulers that have ruled for a much shorter time, he isn't THAT bad. Although his country is probably quite lame to live in, but still better than Gaza.

 

[Varine]

Compared to most rulers that have ruled for a much shorter time, he isn't THAT bad. Although his country is probably quite lame to live in, but still better than Gaza.

Uh... no. It's about as bad as Orwell's 1984. If not worse.

 

[Jackal]

Uh... no. It's about as bad as Orwell's 1984. If not worse.

Except Kim isn't watching their every move, which was the main of 1984. The UK still has the most amount of CCTV cameras per person in the world.

 

[Tuanset]

The UK is 1984.

There's no doubt about, they know where you are, where you've been, what you're doing and who you know. The only thing missing is what you're thinking - and I wouldn't be all to surprised if that was on the way to.

V for Vendetta may be a fictional film, but it sure as hell seems to be where the path England is on will end. Scary shit.

 

[Varine]

Except Kim isn't watching their every move, which was the main of 1984. The UK still has the most amount of CCTV cameras per person in the world.

Why don't you go for a walk through N. Korea sometime and then come find me and tell me how it went? Go after curfew, it'll be fun.