FARK.com: (4898772) North Korea sends out its New Years message:"The fundamental task for ensuring peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in the rest of Asia is to put an end to the hostile relationship between the DPRK and the USA"

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		North Korea sends out its New Years message:"The fundamental task for ensuring peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in the rest of Asia is to put an end to the hostile relationship between the DPRK and the USA" (thehill.com)		64
		More: Strange, Korean Peninsula, North Korea, USA, Stephen Bosworth, Charles Lemos, communist regimes, Charles Krauthammer, Kathryn Jean Lopez

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AeroSquid		2010-01-01 10:57:20 AM

Sooooo.....Lil Kim is dead ?

Elvis_Bogart		2010-01-01 11:02:22 AM

Sounds like baby needs a new pair of elevator shoes.

GAT_00		2010-01-01 11:03:42 AM

That would be up to you guys. Obama has made is clear that he is willing to deal if you back down with the weapons.

Friskya		2010-01-01 11:16:17 AM

The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, you say?

TheOther		2010-01-01 12:25:30 PM

fundamental task

Nostalgia Note: Gotta love that old-school German dialectic rhetoric.

eddyatwork		2010-01-01 12:54:33 PM

I honestly wonder if Kim Jong-Il is dead and his son has taken over and isn't quite as batshiat insane but they're being coy about it for political reasons.

DrRatchet		2010-01-01 01:01:11 PM

Hmph. If it wasn't for the hostile relationship between the DPRK and the USA, there would be no relationship at all.

/So they are putting an end to our relationship? We being dumped?

jake_lex		2010-01-01 01:47:20 PM

eddyatwork: I honestly wonder if Kim Jong-Il is dead and his son has taken over and isn't quite as batshiat insane but they're being coy about it for political reasons.

I'm wondering if China is getting sick of supporting North Korea and having to deal with the massive illegal immigration coming across the border.

Aarontology		2010-01-01 02:15:43 PM

I'll bet their message to their people involved a lot more rainbows and magical birds bowing to Dear Leader, and thanking him for for creating a revolutionary and glorious idea to measure time in years.

It ranks up there with his revolutionary and glorious idea to be able to adjust the height of school desks.

Manic_Repressive		2010-01-01 02:16:28 PM

ragekage		2010-01-01 02:33:29 PM

It's a ~~TRAP~~TARP!

DevideByZer0		2010-01-01 03:53:16 PM

Slick Willy must have left a pretty good impression upon the little fellow.

The New Year's message comes as the North has likely detained an American missionary for illeglly crossing into the country, a move that the Arizona man reportedly did on purpose.

Moronic attention whore missionary.

AmazingRuss		2010-01-01 03:57:00 PM

They want peace, they want to be our friends, but the US just wants to get their hands on North Korea's... um... what do they have there?

helix400		2010-01-01 04:00:11 PM

Followed by next month's announcement that North Korea is backing away from all agreements and talks, and will continue to increase its nuclear arsenal.

Then a month later, an announcement wanting to return to talks, decrease tensions, and denuclearize the Korean peninsula

Wash, rinse, repeat...

blueyedevil		2010-01-01 04:01:22 PM

AmazingRuss: They want peace, they want to be our friends, but the US just wants to get their hands on North Korea's... um... what do they have there?

Big ass rabbits

willicus		2010-01-01 04:01:41 PM

AmazingRuss: They want peace, they want to be our friends, but the US just wants to get their hands on North Korea's... um... what do they have there?

Moldy potatoes? Cholera?

Funk Brothers		2010-01-01 04:03:51 PM

The United States needs to pull out of South Korea. That is the only way to ensure peace.

AirForceVet		2010-01-01 04:04:13 PM

Sounds like North Korea is up to the same old shiat. Trying to broker a deal with the US alone, instead of being held to working with all the region's interested parties, i.e. the US, China, South Korea, Russia, and Japan.

incendi		2010-01-01 04:08:17 PM

AmazingRuss: They want peace, they want to be our friends, but the US just wants to get their hands on North Korea's... um... what do they have there?

Designer jeans.

fifth_of_november		2010-01-01 04:14:17 PM

1) Keep your people isolated, poor, and starving to the point where they literally have to pick thru shiat for undigested corn kernels.

2) Brainwash them from the moment they're born, train them to project their anger and blame their poverty on some vague foreign enemy called "Mericans".

3) Profit?

67 Beetle		2010-01-01 04:17:29 PM

AmazingRuss: They want peace, they want to be our friends, but the US just wants to get their hands on North Korea's... um... what do they have there?

Socialized Medicine

/Flame On!

Gosling		2010-01-01 04:18:07 PM

As an American: you first, Kim.

fifth_of_november		2010-01-01 04:20:57 PM

Friskya: The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, you say?

Derp.

The All-Powerful Atheismo		2010-01-01 04:27:52 PM

AeroSquid: Sooooo.....Lil Kim is dead ?

natalielefler.files.wordpress.com

R.I.P. BIG TITS

67 Beetle		2010-01-01 04:29:37 PM

Funk Brothers: The United States needs to pull out of South Korea. That is the only way to ensure peace.

Not sure about that, but it does potentially keep us out of another conflict that's none of our business.

Jakevol2		2010-01-01 05:00:10 PM

The Bestest		2010-01-01 05:32:54 PM

67 Beetle: Funk Brothers: The United States needs to pull out of South Korea. That is the only way to ensure peace.

Not sure about that, but it does potentially keep us out of another conflict that's none of our business.

Ok, I'll bite...
I'll put it this way: if you thought the worldwide economic depression triggered by the housing bubble was bad, you ain't seen nothin' compared to what would happen if something happened to Seoul.

Fano		2010-01-01 05:39:11 PM

Friskya: The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, you say?

Typically a hint that it is a communist dictatorship

Fano		2010-01-01 05:39:54 PM

AmazingRuss: They want peace, they want to be our friends, but the US just wants to get their hands on North Korea's... um... what do they have there?

Giant rabbits. Well, the ones Kim didn't eat.

GratuityIncluded		2010-01-01 06:01:18 PM

Glass parking lot

ra-ra-raw		2010-01-01 06:06:32 PM

Fano: AmazingRuss: They want peace, they want to be our friends, but the US just wants to get their hands on North Korea's... um... what do they have there?

Giant rabbits. Well, the ones Kim didn't eat.

For those that are not furries,

images.tdaxp.com

/hot like marching soldiers

itazurakko		2010-01-01 06:06:34 PM

Fano: Giant rabbits. Well, the ones Kim didn't eat.

Meh, there are giant rabbits on the MOON, better to go back there.

Ivan Dobski		2010-01-01 06:06:46 PM

Gangway Fathead		2010-01-01 06:09:37 PM

Manic_Repressive [TotalFark] Quote 2010-01-01 02:16:28 PM

North Korea Is Best Korea.

That made me laugh a lot more than it should have.

Trustafarian		2010-01-01 06:15:44 PM

Here's an amusing addon for Google Earth:

http://www.nkeconwatch.com/north-korea-uncovered-google-earth/

67 Beetle		2010-01-01 06:36:09 PM

The Bestest: 67 Beetle: Funk Brothers: The United States needs to pull out of South Korea. That is the only way to ensure peace.

Not sure about that, but it does potentially keep us out of another conflict that's none of our business.

Ok, I'll bite...
I'll put it this way: if you thought the worldwide economic depression triggered by the housing bubble was bad, you ain't seen nothin' compared to what would happen if something happened to Seoul.

South Korea has more than enough people and technology to defend themselves. They don't need our help.

Resin33		2010-01-01 06:57:04 PM

Friskya: The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, you say?

Fixed that for you.

sparkmysmeg		2010-01-01 07:03:07 PM

GAT_00: That would be up to you guys. Obama has made is clear that he is willing to deal if you back down with the weapons.

Yo, it's not exactly an military industrial power house complex! Maybe they just want to sleep at night?
doctorbulldog.files.wordpress.com

muck4doo		2010-01-01 07:16:49 PM

GAT_00: That would be up to you guys. Obama has made is clear that he is willing to deal if you back down with the weapons.

You should have been in the hate speech thread.

wax_on		2010-01-01 07:40:35 PM

Bet Kim is dead or totally incapacitated by the stroke/brain cancer he had earlier this year. This is probably coming from his successor who might be less insane that he was.

Gyrfalcon		2010-01-01 07:57:44 PM

Friskya: The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, you say?

Yes. So, according to the impeccable logic of many Farkers here, No. Korea is a democracy, all our work has been done, and there is no longer anything to fear from either Kim Jong-Il, his zombie, or whatever consortium of corrupt pickled generals is actually running the nation.

Because we all know that whatever a ruling party is called, that is what it actually is. Right? Just like the NSDAP was really made of socialists.

Falcc		2010-01-01 07:58:33 PM

I've got a friend in the military serving on the North/South Korean border. I almost never get to hear from him because national service isn't exactly conductive to lounging online all day (reason 252 why I won't enlist). Last I heard they were barred from holding up pornography for people across the border. That country is hell and our government isn't doing a thing to help.

/bring back border porn!
//where boobis Obama
///wher

Fuggin Bizzy		2010-01-01 08:12:46 PM

Fano: Friskya: The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, you say?

Typically a hint that it is a communist dictatorship

You're right - that has always amused me. Any country that names itself as a "republic" or "democratic"...isn't.

Gyrfalcon		2010-01-01 08:17:03 PM

YaWhatever		2010-01-01 08:47:18 PM

North Korean's pretty much despise the West and see the South Korea's as misguided. Any piece talks initiated by N. Korea will not result in anything. The best thing to do is completely cut off all aid and hope that N. Korea collapses.

HamSlammer		2010-01-01 09:04:43 PM

Falcc: I've got a friend in the military serving on the North/South Korean border. I almost never get to hear from him because national service isn't exactly conductive to lounging online all day (reason 252 why I won't enlist). Last I heard they were barred from holding up pornography for people across the border. That country is hell and our government isn't doing a thing to help.

/bring back border porn!
//where boobis Obama
///wher

I enlisted...on my third enlistment in fact. At work now lounging online and I'm getting a kick out of your comment. However, there is no surfing of porn at work so that's something the military has to work on IMO.

BTW, I have been to the DMZ and saw North Korean troops. There are very strict rules. One of which was that you were under no circumstances to gesture towards the North in any way. The North Koreans could use that for what I was told to be photo propoganda. The propoganda being that you pointing towards the North would suggest that you want to become a North Korean citizen or something along those lines if the right caption was used with the picture.

/Cool story?

dodecahedron		2010-01-01 09:23:00 PM

AmazingRuss: They want peace, they want to be our friends, but the US just wants to get their hands on North Korea's... um... what do they have there?

Kim chee. Kick-ass kim chee.

Falcc		2010-01-01 09:44:17 PM

HamSlammer: I enlisted...on my third enlistment in fact. At work now lounging online and I'm getting a kick out of your comment. However, there is no surfing of porn at work so that's something the military has to work on IMO.

BTW, I have been to the DMZ and saw North Korean troops. There are very strict rules. One of which was that you were under no circumstances to gesture towards the North in any way. The North Koreans could use that for what I was told to be photo propoganda. The propoganda being that you pointing towards the North would suggest that you want to become a North Korean citizen or something along those lines if the right caption was used with the picture.

/Cool story?

My gods.. they're recruiting with LOLsoldiers?! This is worse than I thought!

GAT_00		2010-01-01 10:14:51 PM

muck4doo: You should have been in the hate speech thread.

I saw no point since you decide to call me out and start attacking me when I wasn't around to defend myself. Rather nice of you.

muck4doo		2010-01-01 10:18:50 PM

GAT_00: muck4doo: You should have been in the hate speech thread.

I saw no point since you decide to call me out and start attacking me when I wasn't around to defend myself. Rather nice of you.

Now you have me feeling bad. :(

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