Kim Jong-un's half brother assassinated in Malaysia

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14 Feb 2017, 4:14 pm

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/kim-jong-un-assassination-female-agents-poisoned-needles-north-korea-killed-dead-death-malaysia-a7579336.html
Kim Jong-un's half-brother 'assassinated by two female agents using poisoned needles' in Malaysia

What do you think of it?

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14 Feb 2017, 4:17 pm

At least he wasn't put into a cage with a pack of wild hungry dogs.

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14 Feb 2017, 11:08 pm

I think maybe a military coup was in the process of developing in North Korea, and the plotters were looking to replace Kim with his brother - or so Kim might have imagined - and so Kim got rid of a possible rival.

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15 Feb 2017, 7:16 pm

Maybe he got involved with that KKK Grand Wizard's wife! :lol:

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15 Feb 2017, 7:47 pm

NHK went into considerable detail on this story. Apparently, Jong-Nam was getting protection from Chinese state security for many years. This lead Jong-Un to worry that China might be thinking of supplanting him. Jong-Nam was traveling without protection under a fake passport when he was assassinated.

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15 Feb 2017, 8:19 pm

naturalplastic wrote:

Maybe he got involved with that KKK Grand Wizard's wife! :lol:

Actually, I heard that Kim Jr. found out his brother was texting with Ivanka Trump.

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18 Feb 2017, 1:55 pm

I am quite obsessed with North Korea, as I am with most authoritarian regimes. I know someone who has sneaked into the country from China, blew my mind when I first heard but he explained it is common at one particular spot. Bribes paid, boat across the river and you are in a sh*tty market village over the border. It's where goods are smuggled in.

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18 Feb 2017, 2:02 pm

248RPA wrote:

What do you think of it?

whole thing sounds like a movie plot.

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18 Feb 2017, 2:18 pm

Biscuitman wrote:

This person you know sneaked IN to North Korea? Did so via China by crossing the Yalu River? Interesting.

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18 Feb 2017, 2:55 pm

I am always worried that the slightest thing could set North Korea off. What do you think would happen if Kim Jung Un died?

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18 Feb 2017, 3:14 pm

Maybe one of his government officials will take over. Or maybe a war will start. Civil war or war with another country, it will be bad, considering North Korea has nuclear weapons.

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18 Feb 2017, 3:16 pm

The reason I wonder is that North Koreans are taught from birth that Un's family is magic. Who could fill their place?

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18 Feb 2017, 10:01 pm

China bans ALL coal imports from North Korea!

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 87931.html

I think the end is soon approaching for Kim Jong-Un

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19 Feb 2017, 12:05 pm

naturalplastic wrote:

Biscuitman wrote:

This person you know sneaked IN to North Korea? Did so via China by crossing the Yalu River? Interesting.

Don't know the name of the river but said most weekends a boat or 2 go over, people smuggle goods there and fans of 'dark tourism' get to wander round a North Korean market. I would be worried about getting picked up and disappearing into a gulag.

I am writing this while wearing a North Korean t shirt.

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19 Feb 2017, 8:40 pm

With the logo of "The Pyongyang Packers" football team on it? Lol!

Or just with the mug of the "Dear Leader" emblazoned on it?

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20 Feb 2017, 3:38 am

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With the logo of "The Pyongyang Packers" football team on it? Lol!

Or just with the mug of the "Dear Leader" emblazoned on it?

Just NK flag. Also have a NK football top in my cupboard!

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