North Korea: Kim Jong-un's aunt 'lives American Dream' with booming dry-cleaning business in NY - Polidicks

[IMG]http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/D5CC/production/_89823745_6981b21a-5907-4b36-93c6-2d8ddd87b5e0.jpg[/IMG] [B] According to his aunt, Kim Jong-un brought friends home from his school in Switzerland to eat cake and play with LEGO®. [/B][URL="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36404908?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook"]BBC[/URL] [quote=BBC News] An aunt of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been running a dry-cleaning business in the US after defecting with her family in 1998, the Washington Post reports. Ko Yong-suk told how she looked after Kim when he was at school in Switzerland. Ko, a sister of Kim's mother, now lives anonymously outside New York City. The CIA, which reportedly helped them buy a house after their defection, has not confirmed or denied her claims. [URL="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/the-secret-life-of-kim-jong-uns-aunt-who-has-lived-in-the-us-since-1998/2016/05/26/522e4ec8-12d7-11e6-a9b5-bf703a5a7191_story.html"]In a wide-ranging interview with The Washington Post,[/URL] Mrs Ko set out how she was sent to Switzerland with her husband, to look after members of the ruling family studying there. [B]She remembers Kim Jong-un as "short-tempered" and with a "lack of tolerance". [/B] Although Mrs Ko has not seen her nephew for nearly 20 years and does not appear to have held an official position, some of the details revealed in the interview shed new light on the patchy information available about the North Korean leader. Mrs Ko says he was born in 1984, the same year as her own son was born, and not in 1982 or 1983 as has been widely reported. "He and my son were playmates from birth. [B]I changed both of their diapers," she told the newspaper. [/B] [B]Another insight that will catch the attention of Korea observers is that Kim allegedly knew from 1992 that he would become the North Korean leader. [/B] [B]The signal was sent at his eighth birthday party, attended by North Korea's top brass, she said.[/B] The rest of the world learnt this during the [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11499406"]North Korean Workers' Party Conference[/URL] of 2010. ... Her husband agrees, saying "I think we have achieved the American Dream". [/quote]

It's pretty fucked they've blown her and her family's cover like this. They may have put them in serious danger.

Agreed. This shouldn't have been reported on.

It seems like the CIA has their back somewhat though.

How is her cover blown. Is north korea going to check every dry cleaner in new york.

[QUOTE=download;50408050]It's pretty fucked they've blown her and her family's cover like this. They may have put them in serious danger.[/QUOTE] If it was such a problem then they probably wouldnt've accepted to be interviewed and would have asked that their whereabouts not be published.

[QUOTE=download;50408050]It's pretty fucked they've blown her and her family's cover like this. They may have put them in serious danger.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Starpluck;50408053]Agreed. This shouldn't have been reported on.[/QUOTE] I heard about this on BBC's radio broadcast; they willingly approached the media. Apparently the wife is trying to gather support for an anti-defamation case, and the husband intends to create some manner of diplomatic bridge with NK's government and the US. The articles mention these things. [QUOTE]Mrs Ko came to public attention last year when she filed a defamation case against three defectors for allegedly spreading false stories about her. Her lawyer said she was seeking 60m won ($51,600) in a South Korean court.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Ri, who is particularly careful around reporters not to speak ill of the regime, is positioning himself as the person to bridge the widening gap between Washington and Pyongyang. “My ultimate goal is to go back to North Korea. I understand America and I understand North Korea, so I think I can be a negotiator between the two,” he said. “If Kim Jong Un is how I remembered he used to be, I would be able to meet him and talk to him.”[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]According to his aunt, Kim Jong-un brought friends home from his school in Switzerland to eat cake and play with LEGO®. [/QUOTE] This sounds like the most stereotypical "rich kid impressing his friends" ever. Cake every single fucking day after school. Duplo-free zone

Shit they're going to do more "missile tests" now aren't they?

wow, un-fucking-believable that they would blow her cover like this

[QUOTE=Chonch;50408136]I heard about this on BBC's radio broadcast; they willingly approached the media. Apparently the wife is trying to gather support for an anti-defamation case, and the husband intends to create some manner of diplomatic bridge with NK's government and the US. The articles mention these things.[/QUOTE] Ugh, that's some bad reading on my part.

[QUOTE=Megadave;50408349]wow, un-fucking-believable that they would blow her cover like this[/QUOTE] Is it sarcastic this time or did you not read the other posts? Interesting article. I'm willing to bet Kim Jung Un has become ever more short tempered since he began ruling over NK

Oh so the glorious leader does poop, hmm.

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