BuzzFeed - Buzz Tagged "kim jong il dead" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:08:19 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) "Actual" Titles That Foreign Leaders Gave To Kim Jong-Il http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/titles-that-kim-jong-il-was-actually-called The recently departed “Dear Leader” was called many things in his life. The following are allegedly all titles that were ascribed to him by foreign leaders (according to North Korea).

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/titles-that-kim-jong-il-was-actually-called Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:47:08 -0500 <b>The recently departed "Dear Leader" was called many things in his life.</b> The following are allegedly all titles that were ascribed to him by foreign leaders (according to North Korea). jpmoore nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult <small>Photo via Reuters.</small> nonadult Kim Jong-Il TV Shows http://www.buzzfeed.com/sly/kim-jong-il-puns Reserving our place in hell for making these a reality, but the internet told us to .

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/sly/kim-jong-il-puns Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:40:14 -0500 <b>Reserving our place in hell for making these a reality, but the internet <a href="http://devezencuandoescribo.tumblr.com/post/14456937080">told us to</a>.</b> sly nonadult 13 Horrifying Photos From North Korea http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/13-horrifying-photos-from-north-korea There's a reason why any foreigner who dares to visit North Korea is arrested if attempting to wander outside of a guided tour arranged by the government. They might catch a glimpse of the hunger crisis going on. For more on the subject, I recommend reading “Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea” by Barbara Demick and watching the documentary “Seoul Train “.

"A starving North Korean refugee managed to escape from Hyesan to Changbai, but died two days after this picture was taken (in 2000)."

Source: google.com  /  via: northkoreanrefugees.com

"This North Korean man escaped to Vietnam but was arrested and handed over to Chinese authorities. He so feared being sent back to North Korea that he swallowed spoons trying to kill himself. Here, he shows the incision made to remove the spoons. He managed to avoid repatriation and reached South Korea by a small boat."

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"Due to severe famines, human flesh is reportedly being sold on the black market in North Korea."

A 54-year-old North Korean refugee named Lee said:
"My two grandsons, ages 11 and 8, were sacrificed for the survival of other North Koreans, On the day I discovered that my grandsons were missing, I visited other houses searching, but I could not find them. I asked my grandsons' friends where they were. They said that my grandsons disappeared near the black market."

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Malnourished children scavenge for acorns, seaweed, and grass.

Source: listen.learningcommons.us

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/13-horrifying-photos-from-north-korea Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:55:58 -0500 <b>There&#39;s a reason why <a href="http://www.lindsayfincher.com/faq-i-want-to-visit-north-korea.html">any foreigner who dares to visit North Korea</a> is arrested if attempting to wander outside of a guided tour arranged by the government.</b> They might catch a glimpse of the <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44808274/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/t/hunger-crisis-grips-north-korea-food-runs-short/#.Tu92eCNWqNw">hunger crisis</a> going on. For more on the subject, I recommend reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385523904/?tag=buzz0f-20">"Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea"</a> by Barbara Demick and watching the documentary <a href="http://www.seoultrain.com/">"Seoul Train</a>". peggy nonadult The Best Twitter Reactions To The Death Of Kim Jong-Il http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/the-best-twitter-reactions-to-the-death-of-kim-jon

Because when a dictator dies, people need to tweet about it. These were the best that Twitter had to offer.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/the-best-twitter-reactions-to-the-death-of-kim-jon Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:02:07 -0500 <b>Because when a dictator dies, people need to tweet about it.</b> These were the best that Twitter had to offer. jpmoore nonadult North Korea Turns Out Lights To Honor Kim Jong-Il http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/north-korea-turns-out-lights-to-honor-kim-jong-il A new Department Of Defense satellite image shows lights out across the country. A fitting memorial.

Just kidding! This is what North Korea always looks like, thanks to the recently departed Dear Leader's long misrule.

Source: globalsecurity.org

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/north-korea-turns-out-lights-to-honor-kim-jong-il Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:32:07 -0500 <b>A new Department Of Defense satellite image shows lights out across the country.</b> A fitting memorial. scott nonadult Kim Jong-Il Through The Years http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/the-definitive-photos-of-kim-jong-il South Korea's Yonhap News Agency is reporting that the North Korean dictator died of fatigue yesterday morning during a 17 hour train ride. This is his life in images.

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Kim Jong-Il as a child with his father and mother

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Kim Il-Sung talking to his son Kim Jong-Il

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Kim Jong-Il with Kim Il-Sung

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/the-definitive-photos-of-kim-jong-il Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:47:07 -0500 <b>South Korea&#39;s Yonhap News Agency is reporting that the North Korean dictator died of fatigue yesterday morning during a 17 hour train ride.</b> This is his life in images. jpmoore nonadult Photoshopped Kim Jong Il http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/photoshopped-kim-jong-il

Can you make a more convincing image than the North Korean government that proves Kim Jong Il is still alive?

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/photoshopped-kim-jong-il Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:38:20 -0500 Can you make a more convincing image than the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://buzzfeed.com/expresident/kim-jong-il-rumors">North Korean government</a> that proves Kim Jong Il is still alive? scott adult Kim Jong Il Rumors http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/kim-jong-il-rumors The rumors that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is dead or incapacitated have been given new life by a series of photographs just released by his government that appear to have been PhotoShopped. Apparently, they don't have the clone stamp tool over there yet.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/kim-jong-il-rumors Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:08:44 -0500 The rumors that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is dead or incapacitated have been given new life by a series of photographs just released by his government that appear to have been PhotoShopped. Apparently, they don&#39;t have the clone stamp tool over there yet. expresident nonadult