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		North Korea's transition has meant a change in hairstyles from bouffant to hipster undercut, but not a change in propaganda. Here's Kim Jong-Un, looking at things (theatlantic.com)		126
		More: Followup, Kim Jong Il, North Koreans, Kim Il Sung, KCNA, deaths in 2009, Lunar New Year, military strategy, pilot training

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Philip Francis Queeg		2012-02-01 05:07:30 PM

"So then Jan Brewer was all like this in the capitalist running dogs face..."

rkiller1		2012-02-01 05:09:05 PM

Separated at birth.
images.starpulse.com

Grand Architect		2012-02-01 05:12:40 PM

Here's Kim Jong-Un, looking at things

After the first image in TFA, ok I lol.

nekom		2012-02-01 05:12:43 PM

I wonder what he'll look at next. I can't wait to find out!

cgraves67		2012-02-01 05:12:53 PM

1)I've been playing WoW for 36 straight hours. Damn it's bright out here.
3)Gee, thanks, Dad. WTF is it?
4)I can eat this, right?
5)Not sure if good, clap anyway.

Sandor at the Zoo		2012-02-01 05:13:40 PM

I'd be fascinated to know what percentage of North Koreans actually fully buy into the cult of personality surrounding the Kims, and what percentage just think it's better to play along in order to keep their positions and/or lives.

Outrageous Muff		2012-02-01 05:19:13 PM

ultraholland		2012-02-01 05:21:37 PM

FREE BIRD!!!

sprawl15		2012-02-01 05:27:58 PM

Listen, just listen for a minute. The sustain, listen to it.

aAaaaAaaaAaaaAaaaaaa

You can go and have some kim chee and still be hearin' this one.

DamnYankees		2012-02-01 05:29:39 PM

Is Kim Jong-un the ugliest current leader of a country? He's gotta be up there, especially when you adjust for age.

DROxINxTHExWIND		2012-02-01 05:29:44 PM

On a visit to the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School during the Lunar New Year holidays, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides on-the-spot guidance in this undated picture released by the North's KCNA on January 25, 2012. (Reuters/KCNA) #

"While my father was an accomplished golfer, I'm the athlete in the family. I used to dunk from right here...with two hands. Almost made Yao Ming retire when we played one-on-one in the Asian Championship"

culebra		2012-02-01 05:30:40 PM

in this picture released by KCNA January 1, 2012. North Korea called on its people to rally behind new leader Kim Jong Un and protect him as "human shields" while working to solve the "burning issue" of food shortages by upholding the policies of his late father, Kim Jong-il.

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Fuggin Bizzy		2012-02-01 05:30:52 PM

On a visit to the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School during the Lunar New Year holidays, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides on-the-spot guidance

My favorite quirk about North Korean propaganda - this little farker knows everything about everything! So did his dad. And grandfather. Good thing they're in charge.

/So happy I can post again. I got banned for 38 years, but now I'm back. That was quick.
//Not really. Probably a bug.

janeuner		2012-02-01 05:31:25 PM

NOM

Shaggy_C		2012-02-01 05:31:56 PM

OM NOM NOM

culebra		2012-02-01 05:32:10 PM

sprawl15: You can go and have some kim chee and still be hearin' this one.

His domestic policy is Codename: Lick My Love Pump.

Shaggy_C		2012-02-01 05:32:31 PM

goddamnitsomuch

Maud Dib		2012-02-01 05:32:32 PM

OK, who spilled beer on the server?

Coco LaFemme		2012-02-01 05:33:06 PM

There are so many Photoshop possibilities with these pictures, it defies logic. I especially loved the picture of him imitating LHO with the rifle.

Coco LaFemme		2012-02-01 05:33:44 PM

Maud Dib: OK, who spilled beer on the server?

[i865.photobucket.com image 640x183]

I got the same message and sent some feedback to a moderator about that, as I didn't know what was going on. Apparently it's been resolved, since we're both liters and posting.

Serpoltas		2012-02-01 05:33:47 PM

No thumb. Ta-da!

Leo Bloom's Freakout		2012-02-01 05:34:06 PM

culebra: sprawl15: You can go and have some kim chee and still be hearin' this one.

His domestic policy is Codename: Lick My Love Pump.

upload.wikimedia.org

HA! Me too!

Kanemano		2012-02-01 05:34:15 PM

so, he's Bi-sexual and likes threesomes
cdn.theatlantic.com

The girl blase but the guy looks a little nervous

janeuner		2012-02-01 05:34:26 PM

Shaggy_C: goddamnitsomuch

I WIN

Grand Architect		2012-02-01 05:34:30 PM

What with all the "I swing both ways" pics of him holding hands with a guy on one side and a girl on the other?

Kanemano		2012-02-01 05:36:14 PM

I said, "I GOT YOUR NOSE"

Saiga410		2012-02-01 05:36:59 PM

31. Chromed AKMs or are those AK74s? AND WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT

And 16 screams for a Dukakis shoop.

bobbette		2012-02-01 05:37:21 PM

Sandor at the Zoo: I'd be fascinated to know what percentage of North Koreans actually fully buy into the cult of personality surrounding the Kims, and what percentage just think it's better to play along in order to keep their positions and/or lives.

North Korean defectors say most people actually believe it. The lack of information from the outside world is really stunning, and the Kims are revered, in an almost religious way. Everything good comes from the leader or the vision of Kim Il-Sung. Protection from American imperialism is a necessity. Everything bad must be the fault of corrupt high-level officials, never the Kims. People who have contacts in Japan or who leave NK to go to the outside world often get disenchanted by the system and its constraints. The system - not focusing anger at the very top of that system, even though North Korea is effectively a Stalinist style monarchy.

The top level elites who know of the lifestyle enjoyed by the Kims are a different story, but often they're actually in the Kim family or they usually have powerful incentives to maintain their dominant position in the North Korean hierarchy, and there are disincentives from leaving or rebelling (their whole families will be punished.)

Demetrius		2012-02-01 05:38:28 PM

He looks so woefully unprepared to be the leader of his tree fort never mind an entire country.

Also, there are quite a few pictures of him that almost look like he's being held up instead of 'escorted'. Maybe getting off the couch after so many years of video games is too much for him to handle.

TheRodofGod		2012-02-01 05:39:04 PM

"Yes! Three fingers in! You have to smell this!"

DamnYankees		2012-02-01 05:39:43 PM

Huggermugger		2012-02-01 05:40:35 PM

Wow, he's the only fat person in the entire country.

indylaw		2012-02-01 05:41:26 PM

I've gotta say that he looks much less cartoonish than pops.

MyNameIsMofuga		2012-02-01 05:41:57 PM

culebra		2012-02-01 05:42:45 PM

Demetrius: He looks so woefully unprepared to be the leader of his tree fort never mind an entire country.

Maybe it's wishful thinking, but I feel like this guy will be the leader when the whole house of cards that is North Korea comes tumbling down. He'll be eaten alive.

Leo Bloom's Freakout		2012-02-01 05:43:57 PM

culebra: Demetrius: He looks so woefully unprepared to be the leader of his tree fort never mind an entire country.

Maybe it's wishful thinking, but I feel like this guy will be the leader when the whole house of cards that is North Korea comes tumbling down. He'll be eaten alive.

First bacon the country's had in years?

/Squeal like a pig!
//ewww.

Coelacanth		2012-02-01 05:44:40 PM

culebra: Maybe it's wishful thinking, but I feel like this guy will be the leader when the whole house of cards that is North Korea comes tumbling down. He'll be eaten alive.

There's enough of the chubby bastard to go around.

Fuggin Bizzy		2012-02-01 05:45:17 PM

culebra: Demetrius: He looks so woefully unprepared to be the leader of his tree fort never mind an entire country.

Maybe it's wishful thinking, but I feel like this guy will be the leader when the whole house of cards that is North Korea comes tumbling down. He'll be eaten alive.

Yep, I think so too. The generals that constantly surround him are fifty times harder, smarter, and meaner than he is.

kmramki		2012-02-01 05:46:22 PM

Philip Francis Queeg: [cdn.theatlantic.com image 640x456]

"So then Jan Brewer was all like this in the capitalist running dogs face..."

Came here to say that, leaving satisfied.

heavymetal		2012-02-01 05:48:24 PM

Hassan Chop!

Karma Curmudgeon		2012-02-01 05:49:31 PM

I'm on a horse.

zenobia		2012-02-01 05:52:48 PM

Not expecting to ID all the foodstuffs, but WTF is #3? I might want one too.

casual disregard		2012-02-01 05:56:01 PM

Shaggy_C: [cdn.theatlantic.com image 640x454]
OM NOM NOM

I have a grim appreciation for the fact that even the officers in that room escorting him are quite gaunt. That said, it's the generals who make NoKo what it is; the Kim legacy is just the rotten cherry pit sinking into the fondant.

dahmers love zombie		2012-02-01 05:59:12 PM

This is your table, Dearest Leader. The table over in the corner with the heap of straw soaking in water is what the soldiers eat.

Le Bomb Suprize		2012-02-01 06:03:26 PM

Judging by picture #2, the NKPA's navy must consist of a dinghy and a rubber duck.

ultraholland		2012-02-01 06:09:04 PM

When I was eight, I handled a basketball for the first time and dunked it from exactly this spot. Won the game and got the girl True story.

thamike		2012-02-01 06:11:13 PM

"So this is a robster craw?"

Leo Bloom's Freakout		2012-02-01 06:13:06 PM

ultraholland: [cdn.theatlantic.com image 640x476]

When I was eight, I handled a basketball for the first time and dunked it from exactly this spot. Won the game and got the girl True story.

Two things I take away from that picture...

A) They can't even afford to photoshop a net onto that goal, let alone actually have one.

B) There is no heat and possibly very little light given how much contrast the lighting from the flash is creating on the nearby subjects, and how they are all in very warm clothing indoors.