Sunday, October 10, 2010

Confusion - what else? - in North Korea

NPR (among a select few others) files this report from Pyongyang.

As noted, however: "The big, unanswered question is why North Korea has opened its doors to the world's press at this point in time, and exactly what it wants us to see.

Be sure not to read Korea Central News Agency reports for any clues.

One thing (or person) for sure, seems to be, Kim Jong-Un.

Here he is, seated left.


Any questions?

Coincidentally, the party mood in Pyongyang was heightened by reports that Hwang Jang-yop, the most senior North Korean official ever to defect, had been found dead (from an apparent heart attack) at his home in Seoul on Sunday. The 87-year-old former secretary of the Workers Party and one-time tutor to Kim Jong-il, had been a constant critic of the seemingly never-ending Pyongyang capers since his defection in 1997.

If only elder brother had succeeded in his Tokyo Disneyland escapade . . .

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