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6. I watch these videos of typical North Korean's in mourning and I wonder...

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 03:02 AM

Dec 2011

are they overt showings of grief done strictly for the camera because of fear and paranoia or is it true grief learned from decades of propaganda programming? I'm thinking it's a combination of the 2.

Here's a series of excellent travelogues - pretty much bootlegged - that gives a really fascinating inside look, not all of it chaperoned. What a strange country.

http://www.vice.com//vice-guide-to-north-korea-1-of-3
http://www.vice.com//vice-guide-to-north-korea-2-of-3
http://www.vice.com//vice-guide-to-north-korea-3-of-3

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Pyongyang residents given fish in memory of Kim Jong-il [View all] bathroommonkey76 Dec 2011 OP

It's okay jberryhill Dec 2011 #1

So long, and thanks for all the fish! jberryhill Dec 2011 #2

Could be a cue card but... David__77 Dec 2011 #3

We have people who can recite Hannity and Rush jberryhill Dec 2011 #4

That's a good description. David__77 Dec 2011 #5

Are you in Pyongyang? nt Boston_Chemist Dec 2011 #9

Yah, the internet access there is swell! jberryhill Dec 2011 #10

I watch these videos of typical North Korean's in mourning and I wonder... Old and In the Way Dec 2011 #6

It's both jberryhill Dec 2011 #11

I agree....idolatry comes in many forms. Old and In the Way Dec 2011 #13

If the entire population hasn't eaten its way south jberryhill Dec 2011 #14

What, no loaves to go with the fishes? DCKit Dec 2011 #7

He fell down on the job last week! jberryhill Dec 2011 #12

That fish doesn't look very appetizing. nt Boston_Chemist Dec 2011 #8