Business Insider: The formerly tiny band of journalists and academics who specialize in North Korea has expanded dramatically in numbers over the past several years. Watching this has been a cause for rejoicing.
The pendulum may have swung a bit too far, though, judging from the current mad rush by what has become a veritable horde of Pyongyang watchers to put forth theories about the meaning of Kim Jong Un’s mysterious month-long absence from the public eye.
On the basis of scanty evidence we’re hearing theories that:
- Kim is gravely ill (if not dead).
- He has been replaced by his sister.
- He has been removed in a coup.
- He is under house arrest and — this one you gotta love — in danger of being hung out to dry as the fall guy taking the blame for the three-generation Kim dynasty’s horrible human rights record.
Friday, October 10, 2014
Tiniest dictator in the world is missing
The tiniest dictator in the world, at 3'4", Dim Kim Son of North Korea is missing:
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