• Kim Jong-un Has Actually Been Married for Three Years
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[img]http://cdn.theatlanticwire.com/img/upload/2012/07/26/RTR35BQ6/large.jpg[/img] [quote]Koreans on both side of the DMZ are still trying to unravel the mystery of Kim Jong-Un's new bride, including why they apparently got in married in 2009, but didn't bother to tell anyone. South Korean intelligence service spent the last day slowly trickling out what little information they know about the North's First Lady and it isn't much more than we know about her husband. Ri Sol-ju was apparently born in 1989, making her about five years younger than her beloved spouse. (His birthday has also been in dispute, but the South now pegs it as January 1984.) She is indeed a singer with something called the Unhasu Orchestra — though not apparently the same singer that was originally believed to be alongside Kim in recent weeks. Reports say that Ri is not from an elite family, but may have caught Kim and his father's eyes during a performance, and was "singled out" as a potential first lady by Kim Jong-Il when he made his successsion plans. Though she was reportedly born into an "ordinary" family — her father is an academic and her mother is a doctor — at some point she managed to study singing in China. Southern officials also figured out that in 2005, she visited South Korea as part of a cheering delegation for the Asian Athletic Championships in Incheon. That would make Ri one of the few North Korean citizens to spend any significant time outside her home land. According to other reports, she is a graduate of (where else?) Kim Il-sung University where she also took a six-month course on the "duties of a first lady." The most puzzling part of the story, however, is that the Kims were apparently wed in 2009, but that North Korea's media never saw to fit to mention that fact until this week. For a nation built on dynastic family rule, you might think it would be important to establish that their new leader is a family man, particularly after he emerged on the scene seven months ago as a green young man with a tenuous grasp on power. The understated marriage reveal, combined with the recent purging of one his father's key military allies, seems designed to show everyone that he has cemented his power in Pyongyang. There were even reports from a Japanese newspaper that Ri and Kim already have a child, but they also got Ri's date of birth wrong and South Korean sources don't seem to agree. However, given the bizarre secrecy and shady details around the rest of her story, we suppose anything is possible.[/quote] [img]http://cdn.theatlanticwire.com/img/upload/2012/07/26/RTR35BPM.jpg[/img] [url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2012/07/kim-jong-un-has-actually-been-married-three-years/55043/#.UBIhTnUtAoE.reddit]Source[/url] She looks happy; probably thinking "Heh, I'll be like the only Korean woman not starving."
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
[t]http://cdn.theatlanticwire.com/img/upload/2012/07/26/RTR35BPM.jpg[/t] Let's play spot Kim Jong-il
[QUOTE=Character;36961192][t]http://cdn.theatlanticwire.com/img/upload/2012/07/26/RTR35BPM.jpg[/t] Let's play spot Kim Jong-il[/QUOTE] [thumb]https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSkjKAouFTI6lXgHdbNug6UoQI1Fb3xZcSZR-XMT3Sf3aGxkHA2[/thumb] He's at the top right corner !
[QUOTE=Kendra;36960997]She looks happy; probably thinking "Heh, I'll be like the only Korean woman not starving."[/QUOTE] There's tons of Korean women who aren't starving. They're just separated by a barbed wire, a wall, landmines and thousands of armed soldiers.
Well he wasn't head of the country 3 years ago was he.
Pictures of authority figures having fun never cease to make me chuckle.
she's pretty good looking. kim's lucky. [editline]27th July 2012[/editline] the elbows arent very pointy either
Supreme position of power, elbows not pointy 10/10 would fuck
[QUOTE=Character;36961192][t]http://cdn.theatlanticwire.com/img/upload/2012/07/26/RTR35BPM.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] Heh, I didn't know he's the kind of guy who'd ask military leaders to go to Disneyland with him. Then again, we already knew he was a manchild.
[QUOTE=Kendra;36960997] [img]http://cdn.theatlanticwire.com/img/upload/2012/07/26/RTR35BPM.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Man, this image alone sends a radical message of who is in charge of the country now. Can't imagine Kim Jong-il would ever have his picture taken in a theme park ride.
Un seems a tad more down to earth compared to Sung or Il.
[QUOTE=Boba_Fett;36961282]There's tons of Korean women who aren't starving. They're just separated by a barbed wire, a wall, landmines and thousands of armed soldiers.[/QUOTE] She still probably thinks that, they don't count South Korea. [editline]27th July 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Zillamaster55;36963237]Un seems a tad more down to earth compared to Sung or Il.[/QUOTE] Well according to North Korea's version of history Un is the first leader who's mostly human, they believe Sung created the universe and Il was some sort of demigod. He does definitely seem more human than his predecessors.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/qjw7q.jpg[/IMG] [editline]27th July 2012[/editline] weirdest picture I've seen today
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;36963237]Un seems a tad more down to earth compared to Sung or Il.[/QUOTE] He's still a ruthless dictator that wouldn't think twice before sacrificing his people's well-being in order to increase his own.
[QUOTE=Swebonny;36963334][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/qjw7q.jpg[/IMG] [editline]27th July 2012[/editline] weirdest picture I've seen today[/QUOTE] Whats with the random white guy?
Here's hoping that eventually North Korea gets a leader that decides "ALRIGHT FUCK THIS LYING FACADE SHIT" and starts to make North Korea a civilized country. It won't be instant of course because of all the brainwashing Sung and Il did but it should happen soon.
but that's boring! [editline]27th July 2012[/editline] we all need a crazy country to laff at
[QUOTE=Dysgalt;36963356]Whats with the random white guy?[/QUOTE] Spy, obviously
[QUOTE=Dysgalt;36963356]Whats with the random white guy?[/QUOTE] Maybe Cuntsman finally made good on his claims that he'd rather live in North Korea.
[QUOTE=Swebonny;36963334][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/qjw7q.jpg[/IMG] [editline]27th July 2012[/editline] weirdest picture I've seen today[/QUOTE] the random white is just literally throwing the picture off, like he's just giving the generic "fun" expression
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;36963237]Un seems a tad more down to earth compared to Sung or Il.[/QUOTE]Not really: [QUOTE=Swebonny;36963334][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/qjw7q.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Kendra;36960997][img]http://cdn.theatlanticwire.com/img/upload/2012/07/26/RTR35BQ6/large.jpg[/img] [img]http://cdn.theatlanticwire.com/img/upload/2012/07/26/RTR35BPM.jpg[/img] [url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2012/07/kim-jong-un-has-actually-been-married-three-years/55043/#.UBIhTnUtAoE.reddit]Source[/url] She looks happy; probably thinking "Heh, I'll be like the only Korean woman not starving."[/QUOTE] that picture with them on the roller coaster, that has to be the first time I've seen his group actually happy and not just with fake look smiles
[QUOTE=viperfan7;36966689]that picture with them on the roller coaster, that has to be the first time I've seen his group actually happy and not just with fake look smiles[/QUOTE] They're happy because when they're all strapped in like that, for a few minutes, they're not facing the constant risk of getting eaten by Kim Jong Un.
Apparently it's okay to be a ruthless dictator if you have fun on rollercoasters. Maybe Hitler should've gone to Alton Towers.
[QUOTE=DamagePoint;36963349]He's still a ruthless dictator that wouldn't think twice before sacrificing his people's well-being in order to increase his own.[/QUOTE] This is compared to a father who put people in labor camps for being taller than him and believed he could control the weather. When you look at it like that he does seem considerably more sane.
[QUOTE=Noss;36966782]Apparently it's okay to be a ruthless dictator if you have fun on rollercoasters. Maybe Hitler should've gone to Alton Towers.[/QUOTE] No no it's okay because Kim Jong Un isn't taking over the nearest defenseless country.
[QUOTE=Dysgalt;36963356]Whats with the random white guy?[/QUOTE] He looks like Bear Grylls
Not bad
[QUOTE=CubeManv2;36964044]the random white is just literally throwing the picture off, like he's just giving the generic "fun" expression[/QUOTE] Seriously, who is the white guy?
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