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mysteryowl

(8,537 posts) Mon Oct 12, 2020, 10:27 AM Oct 2020

Kim Jong-un sheds tears as he delivers rare apology to North Korea over failings [View all]

Source: Guardian/US

The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, shed tears as he issued a rare apology for his failure to guide the country through tumultuous times exacerbated by the coronavirus outbreak.

Speaking at a huge military parade held at the weekend to mark the 75th anniversary of the ruling Workers’ party, Kim removed his glasses and wiped away tears – an indication, analysts say, of mounting pressure on his regime.

“Our people have placed trust, as high as the sky and as deep as the sea, in me, but I have failed to always live up to it satisfactorily,” he said, according to a translation of his comments in the Korea Times. “I am really sorry for that.”

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Kim Jong-un sheds tears as he delivers rare apology to North Korea over failings [View all] mysteryowl Oct 2020 OP

Trump can't/won't even do that. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #1

Yes, the Supreme Leader of NK shows more empathy and humility than the President of the U.S. n/t thesquanderer Oct 2020 #12

It could be that he or his advisors recomended he do this to make himself look better than the POTUS LiberalLovinLug Oct 2020 #20

I know, right?? ailsagirl Oct 2020 #32

Well, that was unexpected... hlthe2b Oct 2020 #2

That's what I thought as well pandr32 Oct 2020 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Wawannabe Oct 2020 #3

Uh, he's a murderer. BlueStater Oct 2020 #8

And tRump has killed some 200,000 Wawannabe Oct 2020 #11

I didn't say anything about Trump. BlueStater Oct 2020 #15

And the Kim family has killed far more than that, dware Oct 2020 #16

Kim Jong Un: Now even more oleaginous. dchill Oct 2020 #4

ill be the first to admit TalenaGor Oct 2020 #7

I have seen the word used before. I hadn't seen it recently... dchill Oct 2020 #10

I have always seen that word applied to Mike Pence!!! eom japple Oct 2020 #14

I had to look it up too because at least the first part BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #18

Gergen applied it to tRump on CNN not long ago. lastlib Oct 2020 #30

He's an olive tree? marie999 Oct 2020 #22

In a manner of speaking. dchill Oct 2020 #24

Holy shit. Covid must have hit harder there than the rest of the world knows. BusyBeingBest Oct 2020 #5

WTF? Aristus Oct 2020 #6

I thought he is claiming zero covid cases in NK Bengus81 Oct 2020 #9

Coming up next lonely bird Oct 2020 #17

And his sister is even more batshit-crazy than he is. NT. dware Oct 2020 #19

Agreed. The key would be how the military reacts. lonely bird Oct 2020 #21

Unlikely, given the culture of rigid patriarchy. LudwigPastorius Oct 2020 #26

While you are correct re: rigid patriarchy lonely bird Oct 2020 #28

Hmm....OK LudwigPastorius Oct 2020 #23

Trump 'I don't take responsibility at all' Historic NY Oct 2020 #25

Pathetic. This scumbag is responsible for the deaths of millions of Koreans, him and his kin... SWBTATTReg Oct 2020 #27

All part of a carefully orchestrated spectacle soryang Oct 2020 #29

I can see I'm not the only one here who has noticed our own 'beloved leader's' failure PatrickforO Oct 2020 #31

They buried the lede. LudwigPastorius Oct 2020 #33

Human garbage. Codeine Oct 2020 #34

He executed five officials EndlessWire Oct 2020 #35

God Save Anyone Who Agrees Aloud, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2020 #36