Kim Jong Un gave his Uncle that work

[MikelArteta]

I've never been there but my pops always told me if his family wasn't all in DR he would retire in Cuba. He visited Cuba as a man but it was the closest thing to resembling how DR was when he was a kid. Like DR has changed but Cuba has not, I'm guessing it's the 50's 60's vibe.

I might have to look into leaving from Canada and checking it out.

cuba is amazing as well cheap, i paid 700 for 7 days all inclusive a 4 star hotel.

it's much safer than dr, i was walking the streets of havana and varadero by my lonesome at like 2am every night, the women are , the people are friendly as hell.

I brought down supplies from the dollar store when i went just items like toothpaste, toothbrushes, razors, cheap dollar store pads, nail clippers, old clothes and just handing them out and the folks loved it.


I had some jays snapback and this dude kept asking for it at the hotel on my final day i gave it to him, and this was like a old 50 year old man and it looked like he was going to cry.

The old cars are amazing, the museums are amazing, seeing things like batista gold phone, che guevera's gun, the granma (boat fidel used), so much history, you can walk through old havana and it feels like its 1950 or the late 60's the buildings, the streets, the old hotels where hemingway ate, can see the old mob casinos and hangouts, al capones house.

Can rent a scooter for like 25 bucks for the whole day and just ride around town, only thing bad is the food is so bland , toilet paper is a premium if you bring your own you will be a king.

It was a amazing experience, there is no instagram, twitter, minus hotels satellite and cable tv is at a premium, cell phones rare as hell, internet i talked to people down there who never evne used teh internet, at the hotel i stayed at all they had was 56k, although the newer ones in the new part of havana like melia etc. have wireless etc.

the people are so friendly i cant wait to go back

 

[bnm8907]

I need to find my smugun smiley

I hope to go to north Korea in June

You got to be joking brah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_14




I wouldn't go to that place if they payed me. And anybody who supports North Korea

not their people tho just their goverment/leadership

 

[MikelArteta]

You got to be joking brah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_14




I wouldn't go to that place if they payed me. And anybody who supports North Korea

not their people tho just their goverment/leadership

not joking, many people go on tour there its just pricey and your restricted

http://www.koryogroup.com/travel_groupTours.php

prices arent that bad really

cant wait

 

[dh86]

North Korea is a ultra fascist military state that's gonna be allowed to collapse on top of itself as what happens to those types. Within the next 10 yrs looks to be a safe bet. Dude keep purging his army chiefs don't be shocked at an Anwar Sadat situation

 

[Wild self]

 

[TonyStarks]

You're out breh

 

[Robbie3000]

On a purely strategic perspective, he's doing the right thing. You have to get rid of the old guard and institute your own people who will be loyal to you. Alot of these men he is eliminating we're loyal to his father. Hell they still view him as the little kid they used to see in the palaces.

 

[NvrCMyNut]

Live like a Feudal Lord in nearly 2014, brehs.

This makes me think. Centuries ago, for most of recorded history this kind of behavior has been acceptable and not even seen as morally wrong. So isit really wrong or that bad? what will they think of as morally wrong 500 years from now

 

[88m3]

North Korea 'summons business people from China'

Kim Jong-un has been shown in a series of images released by North Korean state media touring a military institute surrounded by loyal military officers, in an apparent show of his grip on power
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Korea crisis

• Purge explained
• Extreme insults
• Purge in pictures
• Purge and stability

North Korean business people are being recalled from China following the execution of top official, Chang Song-thaek, says a South Korean report.

Leader Kim Jong-un may be purging associates of Mr Chang, who was in charge of economic ties with China.

Mr Kim has been pictured by state media for the first time since the execution of Mr Chang, his uncle.

The South Korean government believes Kim Jong-un is trying to consolidate his power through a reign of terror.

The execution of the leader's uncle on Friday raised international concern about the stability of the nuclear-armed state.

North Korea has summoned back business people working out of the north-eastern Chinese cities of Shenyang and Dandong, sources told the South Korean news agency Yonhap.

They are in China to enhance bilateral trade and investment.

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Chang Song-thaek

• Born 1946; marries Kim Jong-il's sister in 1972
• Joins Korean Workers' Party administrative ranks in 1970s
• Elected to Central Committee in 1992
• Sidelined in 2004, but rehabilitated in 2006
• 2011: Gets top military post under Kim Jong-un
• Nov 2013: Dismissed from his position
• December 2013: Executed as a "traitor"

• Profile: Chang Song-thaek
• Purge: Brutal but risky
• Purge sparks stability fears

Another source told the agency Pyongyang planned to bring all officials and staff home from China in stages.

It appeared to be a crackdown on those perceived as loyal to Mr Chang, Yonhap said.

It could also be another sign that Mr Chang's downfall reflected discomfort at his enthusiasm for Chinese-style economic reform.

There have been other reports over recent days about officials being recalled to North Korea from abroad.

South Korean intelligence officials say two of Mr Chang's closest aides were executed last month, and analysts suggest the purging of such a high-profile figure is unlikely to take place without a "ripple effect" - a purge of others linked to them.

Mr Kim was pictured in photographs released by state media for the first time since the dramatic execution of Mr Chang on Thursday following a military trial.

He was shown touring a military design institute, trailed by military officers, many taking notes. Among them was Mr Kim's personal envoy, Vice-Marshal Choe Ryong-hae.

Mr Kim is shown dispensing guidance for his followers, in the manner customary to the ruling Kim dynasty.

Among them is his personal envoy Vice-Marshal Choe Ryong-hae, second from left - apparently still firmly in favour.

There is speculation Mr Kim is conducting a purge of those advocating a different economic policy.
The pictures appeared designed to demonstrate Mr Kim's continuing hold on power and "business as usual" for the North Korean leadership, said commentators.

The images will also be scrutinised for clues to Mr Kim's inner circle, analysts say.

Among those pictured in the latest photographs are believed Hwang Pyong-so, vice departmental director of Party Central Committee (not in military uniform), Choe Ryong-hae, vice-marshal of the armed forces, and Jang Jong-nam, the nation's new defence minister.

Mr Chang was married to the sister of late leader Kim Jong-il, and is believed to have mentored Kim Jong-un when he succeeded his father in North Korea in 2011.

He had been seen as the second-most important figure in the country, holding several key posts, but last week was shown being dramatically removed from a special party session by armed guards and stripped of all his titles before his execution days later.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25380168

get wiped out in a purge, brehs!

 

[bnm8907]

not joking, many people go on tour there its just pricey and your restricted

http://www.koryogroup.com/travel_groupTours.php

prices arent that bad really

cant wait

Why would you go to country that actively has concentration camps and keeps people as slaves. Some of which are there not because of their own doing?

 

[Malik]

On a purely strategic perspective, he's doing the right thing. You have to get rid of the old guard and institute your own people who will be loyal to you. Alot of these men he is eliminating we're loyal to his father. Hell they still view him as the little kid they used to see in the palaces.

Yep. I can completely understand from an objective standpoint, especially the bolded. And before we get all sentimental, let's remember friends, this is North Korea. I doubt his uncle was an humanitarian

 

[bnm8907]

This makes me think. Centuries ago, for most of recorded history this kind of behavior has been acceptable and not even seen as morally wrong. So isit really wrong or that bad? what will they think of as morally wrong 500 years from now

Who said wasn't morally wrong back then? You just couldn't do anything about it.

We can only hope that 500 years from they will look at us like. That would be a good thing it would mean civilization had progressed.

 

[ZEupTWN]

aint no mo play in nk

 

[Day_Walker]

There's was a poster on another forum that made a thread with pics he had secretly taken while he went on a NK tour.
I'll try find it and post it later on

 

[godkiller]

On a purely strategic perspective, he's doing the right thing. You have to get rid of the old guard and institute your own people who will be loyal to you. Alot of these men he is eliminating we're loyal to his father. Hell they still view him as the little kid they used to see in the palaces.

Oddly enough that's the approach Niccolò Machiavelli takes in his classic "The Prince".