[net-gold] COUNTRIES: NORTH KOREA: The World Needs to Think Very Carefully About How to Deal with Kim Jong-Un
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COUNTRIES: NORTH KOREA:
The World Needs to Think Very Carefully
About How to Deal with Kim Jong-Un
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The World Needs to Think Very Carefully
About How to Deal with Kim Jong-Un
By Peter Oborne World
Last updated: January 3rd, 2014
The Telegraph
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/peteroborne/100252756/
the-world-needs-to-think-very-carefully-about-how-to-deal-
with-kim-jong-un/
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Kim Jong-un, the North Korean Dictator, is obviously insane. First he
allegedly had his ex-girlfriend executed by machine gun. Now it is being
reported that he ordered his uncle to be torn apart by savage dogs.
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This is why I believe that the world should be profoundly concerned by Kim
Jong-un's behavior. In his televised New Year address on wednesday, he
said: "Should another war break out on this land, it will result in a
deadly nuclear catastrophe and the United States can never be safe." This
sounds to me very much like the threat of a preemptive nuclear strike.
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I think we need to take this threat very seriously.
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North Korea
A Dog of a Story: Why Kim Jong Un
Probably Did Not Feed His Uncle to 120 Hounds
A report in a Hong Kong-based newspaper claims Kim Jong Un had his uncle
torn to bits by a pack of ravenous dogs
By Emily Rauhala
January 03, 2014
Time
http://world.time.com/2014/01/03/a-dog-of-a-story-why-kim-jong-un-
probably-did-not-feed-his-uncle-to-120-hounds/
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Kim Jong Uns late uncle was worse than a dog, according to the blustery
state media account of his purge. But was he killed by a pack of
half-starved dogs?
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Thats the claim of Beijing-linked Hong Kong newspaper, Wen Wei Po, which
on Dec. 12 reported that the instead of being executed by a firing squad,
as is typical, Jang was stripped naked, thrown in a cage with five of his
associates, and devoured by 120 hounds as Kim Jong Un and 300 officials
watched. The dogs preyed on the prisoners until they were completely eaten
up, according to the Straits Times, a Singaporean newspaper, who picked up
the story on Dec. 24.
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First, there is the reporting itself. North Koreas stubborn isolation
makes it nearly impossible for reporters to independently verify this type
of claim. Very few foreign reporters have access to the country and those
who do, like the Associated Press, are kept on a tight leash. It is
striking that Wen Wei Po was the only Chinese media outlet with the story.
Chinas powers of information control are not perfect, but the arms of its
propaganda machine tend to wave in synch.
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The method, in the end, may not matter so much. Nobody would argue in
favor of death by dog, death by mortar fire, or, really, any other type of
execution under Kim familys grim authoritarian rule. But the focus on
palace politics, rumors and intrigue seems to be calling attention away
from what we do know is taking place.
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Just last month, Amnesty International released new satellite images of a
notorious North Korean prison camp that shows new housing blocks. A former
guard told the agency of ongoing forced labor, the imprisonment of
children, and of people being forced to dig their own graves. If you are
still hungry for horror, give it a read.
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Something Weird Happened in North Korea: Report
By Joshua Keating
January 3 2014 10:59 AM
Slate
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2014/01/03/
kim_jong_un_uncle_reported_eaten_by_dogs_why_you_
should_be_skeptical_of.html
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Something Weird Happened in North Korea: Report
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You can do a lot in journalism with the word report. For instance, see
NBCs Kim Jong Uns executed uncle was eaten alive by 120 hungry dogs:
report.
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Did this really happen? We dont know! Experts seem skeptical. It first
appeared in English in the Singapore-based Straits Times, which cited a
three-week-old story in the pro-Beijing Hong Kong paper Wen Wei Po, which
was itself pretty thinly sourced. Perhaps not quite grasping how the viral
Internet works, the Straits Times reporter chose to lead with how the
execution would adversely affect bilateral relations between North Korea
and China rather than the naked man being eaten alive by ravenous dogs.
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For what it's worth, a New York Times report from last month cited South
Korean intelligence officials and news media reported that Jang
Song-thaeks aides were executed by anti-aircraft machine gun but that he
himself was killed by more traditional means.
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But we dont know for sure that it didnt happen. There have been other
reports of exotic execution methods used against North Korean senior
officials. Brutal torture is certainly common in the North Korean penal
system.
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Did Kim Jong-Un execute his uncle with 'starving dogs'?
January 03, 2014 5:17PM
News.com.au
http://www.news.com.au/world/did-kim-jongun-execute-his-uncle-
with-starving-dogs/story-fndir2ev-1226794492233
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AFTER North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un declared his uncle to be
"despicable human scum, worse than a dog," a newspaper claims to have
details of his horrific execution.
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Unlike previous executions of political prisoners which were carried out
by firing squads with machine guns, the Hong Kong Wen Wei Po reports Jang
Song Thaek was stripped naked and thrown into a cage, along with his five
closest aides.
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"Then 120 hounds, starved for three days, were allowed to prey on them
until they were completely eaten up. This is called "quan jue", or
execution by dogs," the article reads.
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The report claims the entire process lasted for an hour, with Jong-Un
watching it along with 300 senior officials.
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The alleged news of how his uncle was executed comes as South Korea
dismissed North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's conciliatory words in his New
Year message as an empty gesture, urging Pyongyang to scrap its nuclear
programs to show it is committed to better relations.
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In his speech yesterday, Kim hailed the execution last month of his
once-powerful uncle Jang Song-Thaek and accused the United States and
South Korea of manoeuvring for a nuclear war.
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JUST HOW FAR IS KIM JONG-UN PREPARED TO GO?
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But he also called for a "favourable climate" to improve relations with
the South, saying it was time for the two Koreas to stop doing "anything
detrimental to national unity and reconciliation".
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In its first official response, the South Korean government said it was
sceptical about the intentions of Kim, who has ruled the nuclear-armed
North since the death of his father, Kim Jong-Il, in December 2011.
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VIDEO: Was Kim Jong-Uns Uncle Eaten By Starving Dogs?
January 3, 2014
Tele management
http://www.tele-management.ca/2014/01/
video-was-kim-jong-uns-uncle-eaten-by-starving-dogs/
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Paul Roderick Gregory, Contributor
Op/Ed
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12/15/2013 @ 10:17AM
Kim Jong Un Copies The Playbook of Joseph Stalin In North Korea,
The World's Last Stalinist State
Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2013/12/15/
great-successor-shot-uncle-using-stalins-playbook/
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Stalin would have slapped the Great Successor heartily on his back for
executing his traitor-for-all-the-ages uncle. Well done, young fellow.
This young guy, Kim Jong Un, doesnt shirk from killing his own relatives.
He reminds me of myself. I did not hesitate to shoot my closest friends
and the relatives of my beloved first wife, Katya. Shooting friends and
relatives sends a chilling message to all. Well done!
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This Un guy sure knows how to run a show trial. Uncle Song pled guilty to
all charges, even the most outrageous. I had to wait until I was 49, and
here he is orchestrating show trials at 30. But credit where credit is
due: I pioneered the choreography back in 1936.
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The apple does not fall far from the tree. Uns grandfather dispatched 12
of his most senior officials back in 1953, my last year on earth. Un
promised Uncle Song he could live if he confessed and that his wife and
children would be safe. I used that trick hundreds of times, and they all
fell for it, but what could I do when the courts sentenced them to death?
As I used to say: Friendship is friendship but business is business.
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Well, lets now see how good Un is at leadership purges. After all, Uncle
Song confessed to plotting with military and foreign powers to overthrow
the government. Uncle Song must have recruited hundreds of despicable scum
coup plotters to his side. Un will execute them in due course, even those
that did nothing.
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World Views
No, Kim Jong Un probably didnt feed his uncle to 120 hungry dogs
By Max Fisher
January 3 at 11:21 am
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/01/03/
no-kim-jong-un-probably-didnt-feed-his-uncle-to-120-hungry-dogs/
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If you've been on the Internet at all today, you've almost certainly seen
the story claiming that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had his uncle
executed last month by stripping him naked and feeding him to 120 hungry
dogs. The story was first reported by a minor Hong Kong outlet on Dec. 12,
was picked up by a Singaporean newspaper on Dec. 24 and since late
Thursday has been sweeping through nearly every corner of the U.S. media.
The only problem is that it's probably probably not true.
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It was indeed a big surprise last month when South Korean intelligence
revealed that Kim had purged his own uncle, Jang Song Thaek, which North
Korea confirmed a couple of days later with a long screed in its state
media. The highly public nature of the purge, which ended with Pyongyang
announcing Jang's execution, was totally unprecedented and legitimately
shocking, which is a high bar for North Korea news.
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Crazy-sounding stories happen with some frequency in North Korea, where
the government has a well-earned reputation for taking political
punishments to medieval extremes. But there are five big reasons that this
story just does not seem particularly plausible. The fact that the Western
media have so widely accepted a story they would reject if it came out of
any other country tells us a lot about how North Korea is covered -- and
how it's misunderstood.
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First and foremost, let's consider the source. The story originated in a
Hong Kong newspaper called Wen Wei Po, which oddly makes the claim without
citing a source. With a couple of high-quality exceptions, Hong Kong media
have a reputation for sensationalist and tabloidy stories that do not
always turn out to be true. But, even by Hong Kong standards, Wen Wei Po
is considered an unusually unreliable outlet. A recent study found that,
out of Hong Kong's 21 newspapers, Wen Wei Po ranks 19th for credibility.
(Thanks to Asia-watcher Taylor Washburn for flagging this.)
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Other Points Covered in This Article:
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Second, consider the fact that the rest of the Chinese media have not
touched this story in the almost-month since it came out.
Third, South Korea's media have also not touched the story.
Fourth, the time lapse: this story has been around for almost a month, and
it's not been anywhere near confirmed.
Fifth, the predominant story of what happened is much more plausible.
Sixth, as the satirist Karl Sharro put it, "The clue about the story of
Kim Jong Un's uncle being fed to 120 hundred dogs being false is who has
time to count dogs at a time like that."
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But all of this raises the question: why are so many people and so many
major U.S. media outlets still willing to treat this implausible story as
plausible? This seems to be a problem particular to stories out of North
Korea, about which almost any story is treated as broadly credible, no
matter how outlandish or thinly sourced. There's no other country to which
we bring such a high degree of gullibility.
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Is It Remotely Plausible That Kim Jong-un Had His Uncle Eaten By 120 Dogs?
Adam Taylor
Published 7:36 am, Friday, January 3, 2014
San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/
Is-It-Remotely-Plausible-That-Kim-Jong-un-Had-His-5111515.php
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To start with, there are many strange aspects to the report. For example,
while the Strait Times article has made headlines over the world today, it
was actually first published on December 24. Then, while the Singaporean
newspaper is a fairly well-respected newspaper in itself, the actual
reporting for this story it cites a December 12 article in Wen Wei Po, a
Hong Kong-based newspaper supportive of the Chinese government. In studies
of the different credibility ratings of Hong Kong newspapers, Wen Wei Po
consistently ranks near the bottom of the tables.
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Over at NK News, Chad O'Carroll has spoken to a number of North Korea
experts about the report and its trustworthiness. The results are
decidedly mixed, though one expert, Honorary Senior Research Fellow in
Sociology and Modern Korea at the University of Leeds Aidan Foster-Carter,
points out that North Korea has released a number of videos of effigies of
South Korean officials being ravaged by dogs so, there may be a kernel of
truth to the method at least, though you have to wonder how practical
execution of a live human by dog really is.
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The sad reality is that this rumor, like many that come out of North
Korea, is almost completely unverifiable. Few foreign journalists work
inside North Korea. The Associated Press is the only Western news
organizations with a bureau there, and Chinese and Russian news agencies
are constrained by their own government's policies censorship. North
Korea's own reporting is incomplete and suspect.
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Thus, many experts view the more absurd stories that come out of North
Korea with trepidation. Last year, when there were rumors that Kim may
have had his ex-girlfriend (or rather, rumored ex-girlfriend) executed,
many North Korea watchers expressed disbelief. "I don't trust these
sources," says Steven Herman, formerly Voice of America's Korea
correspondent, told Business Insider at the time. "Even mainstream media
in South Korea has repeatedly been wrong on these sensationalistic stories
originating from the North."
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Why Kim Jong-un probably didn't feed his naked uncle to 120 dogs
January 4, 2014 - 5:15AM
Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/world/why-kim-jongun-probably-didnt-
feed-his-naked-uncle-to-120-dogs-20140104-30a85.html
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Did Kim Jong Un Feed His Uncle To 120 Dogs? Be Skeptical
by Mark Memmott
January 03, 201412:58 PM
The Two Way
NPR
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/01/03/259386090/
did-kim-jong-un-feed-his-uncle-to-120-dogs-be-skeptical
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On Dec. 12, that Jang had just been tried and executed for alleged crimes
against the state, the relatively small Hong Kong newspaper claimed Jang
had been "stripped naked and thrown into a cage" to be killed and eaten by
120 dogs.
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Twelve days later, , adding that Wen Wei Po also claimed the execution by
dogs had been supervised by Kim himself and witnessed by 300 senior North
Korean officials.
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Then this week, the "month-long rumors ... inexplicably re-emerged," .
Why now? It adds that "Christopher Green, international editor at The
Daily NK warned that mainstream media organizations had a tendency to
reprint sensationalist stories on North Korea with little regard for
truth."
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Ah, the truth. That brings us to the debunking.
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