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Old 02-01-2011, 02:04 AM
 
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North Korea's UN ambassador invited UN diplomats to the birthday party celebrating the 69th birthday of Kim Jong-il.According to the news leaking out of North Korea lately, citizens and soldiers have been running away from military, raiding homes and robbing ordinary citizens because of the terrible shortage of food. Many are worried that this shortage of food may lead to another catastrophe like the mass starvation and death of 2~3 million people during the 90s.
Despite the devastated economy and the catastrophic shortage of food, Kim Jong-il and his government have been smuggling quality liquor, watches and luxury cars like Mercedes. This is simply outrageous.The list goes on. While citizens and soldiers are struggling just to have one or two meals a day to survive, North Korean diplomats are busy dealing illegal drugs to make the dollars needed to buy the presents Kim wants. This is simply too frustrating to just watch.


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Old 02-01-2011, 03:42 AM
 
Location: Riachella, Victoria, Australia
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What's the answer? Unification or China. Send in CIA operatives.

The saddest part is probably the lack of knowledge in the country.
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Old 02-01-2011, 10:01 AM
 
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What's the answer? Unification or China. Send in CIA operatives.

The saddest part is probably the lack of knowledge in the country.
People in north korea are getting news out by going near the border with china and using chinese cell phones to send out text, email and phone conversations.

Unlike 15 years ago, now the north korean people know about the outside world. Due to trade at the chinese border, cheap vhs and dvd players have flooded the country and people watch south korean tv shows on these players. Most people know now the outside world and that they live in the dark ages.

What it comes down to is getting organized. There is no doubt the country will topple if all the people unite.
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Old 02-01-2011, 10:35 AM
 
Location: US Empire, Pac NW
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Information is inherently a democratization tool. What that means is that as information about the outside world comes in they will have more open minds. It will take a long time to dispel the personality cult that the Kims have created for themselves.
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Old 02-01-2011, 10:54 AM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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Information is inherently a democratization tool.
Not necessarily true. When a regime is hindering the well-being of the citizenry, there is more than one alternative. All that is needed is an authority (whether democratic or otherwise) that is inclined to institute public policy more in keeping with the general welfare of the populace. A few examples might be Singapore and Jordan.

Do not make the mistake of assuming that "democracy" is a magic bullet that automatically raises the quality of life to its theoretical apex or that democracy will be used effectively by a desperate or ignorant citizenry. Russia and some former Soviet republics come to mind.

For example, there was immediate relief for the Central African Republic after the overthrow of the Kim-like Bokassa regime in 1979, even though it was governed by a series of dictators for the next 14 years before elections were finally held. The coup against Bokassa was engineered by the French, who were not too timid to take what they saw as humanitarian measures against the tyrant.

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