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[ToxicAdam]

Dammit. My first round selection of Castro in my dictator death pool seemed like a lock 4 years ago

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Wow. Didn't see that coming.

 

[chaostrophy]

I hope you're joking...

Apparently there are some Koreans panicking, but I don't think it means the cease fire is over.

My brother has lived in Seoul for years as an English teacher, and he's told me that as a whole Americans are more scared of/worried about North Korea than South Koreans are.

 

[wenis]

interesting start to the week.

 

[Mully]

ok who is hot woman on Skynews currently ?

Where is Natalie Goddamn Sawyer?

 

[Xisiqomelir]

Let's go, Kim Jong Nam!

 

[xbhaskarx]

Will there be a succession struggle or has Kim Jong Chubby Youngest Son successfully consolidated power over the last year?

 

[FOOTE]

Oh damn.

 

[ZoddGutts]

Glorious leader, nooooooo.

 

[Natiko]

Wow, knew it was coming but still..

 

[Electivirus]

Kim Jong-Il's been dead for 12 seconds and I've already seen more sick puns than I have in the past 3 years. :/

 

[Jintor]

Wonder if this will change anything.

 

[WARP10CK]

Whoa o__o

2011 has been a crazy year.

Yeah I thought we had seen the last of this years events and now this.
Well South Korea what are you waiting for INVADE !!!!!

 

[tapedeck]

Was he Ill?

9.5/10

 

[SleepyJohn11]

His son takes over?

Somehow, I don't think he'll have as much control as the previous Kims. That power over people can't stay constant forever.

 

[Malo]

Dear leader is no more.

 

[MIMIC]

 

[LaserBuddha]

My brother has lived in Seoul for years as an English teacher, and he's told me that as a whole Americans are more scared of/worried about North Korea than South Koreans are.

Yeah, NK doesn't really have the means to do anything with their large (but hungry, and poorly equipped) military. They don't even have the technology to actually deliver a nuke.

 

[wenis]

Somehow, I don't think he'll have as much control as the previous Kims. That power over people can't stay constant forever.

all power is constant in Best Korea.

 

[spindashing]

 

[Shanadeus]

I'm updating the OP. Help me, GAF

OP:

No More Dear Leader: Kim Jong-il is dead.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16239693

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has died, state-run TV has announced.

His death was announced in an emotional statement read out on national television.

The announcer, wearing black, said he had died on Saturday of physical and mental over-work. Kim Jong-il was 69 and believed to have suffered ill health for many years.

The BBC's Lucy Williamson in Seoul says his death will cause huge shock waves across North Korea.

His son Kim Jong-un has been suggested as a likely successor although nothing has yet been announced in the highly secretive state.

Kim Jong-il is finally dead, after having ruled North Korea with an irongrip since 1985.
Time will only tell if the next leader will handle the situation in North Korea better.

 

[LaserBuddha]

Somehow, I don't think he'll have as much control as the previous Kims. That power over people can't stay constant forever.

Not forever, but the overwhelming majority of North Koreans don't have any (truthful) concept of the outside world. There can't be an uprising with no context.

 

[Angry Fork]

This is now the time if any for the people of NK to revolt if they feel it in themselves to do so. I really hope it happens so they can be free, but perhaps many don't even know what it's like to live a life beyond totalitarianism.

 

[VeryGooster]

no fucking shit.

lol...

 

[Guardian Bob]

Good. Now hopefully his son has better senses.

 

[Kazerei]

I don't know anything about Kim Jong Un, but I hope he leads North Korea for the better.

 

[TheKaeptain]

[IMGhttp://i.imgur.com/SaQGL.jpg[/IMG]

How can an evil person like that have such a nice smile?

 

[XANDER CAGE]

My brother has lived in Seoul for years as an English teacher, and he's told me that as a whole Americans are more scared of/worried about North Korea than South Koreans are.

Yeah, I remember hearing as much from friends in Korea back when the last OMG GUYS THEY'RE TESTING MISSILES thing was going down.

 

[Enduin]

My favorite part is that he died from "physical and mental over-work."

 

[Joel Was Right]

Yonhap

ROK military goes on emergency alert following DPRK announcement of Kim Jong-il's death.

 

[toxicgonzo]

 

[cory.]

Damn.

 

[The Technomancer]

Yeah, so like I was saying to my roomate: the current power structure is still entrenched, but the cult of personality around him was so incredibly strong that we'll see what it does to their national psyche.

 

[ahoyhoy]

Good. Now hopefully his son has better senses.

If he's interested in self preservation, he'll just keep oppressing his people collecting aid checks from the other industrialized nations too worried about backlash to actually put any kind of pressure on North Korea.

 

[crazy monkey]

How can an evil person like that have such a nice smile?

magic of asian smile

 

[iAmMaximus]

Homefront 2 viral marketing.

Genius.

 

[LQX]

Surprised they actually announced it.

 

[filler]

Good night sweet prince.

 

[KingGondo]

Piece of shit. Every day a dictator dies, the world is a better place.

If there is a hell, I'll see you there.

 

[Angry Fork]

Now that I think about it I wish Hitchens lived long enough to see this day, this might've even made him happier than the death of Bin Laden.

 

[Horse Detective]

Damn North Korean Dictator stealing users from posting in the Dexter season 6 thread.

Why couldn't he have died next week

 

[Tarazet]

Kim Jong-un at 18: "We are here, playing basketball, riding horses, riding Jet Skis, having fun together. But what of the lives of the average people?"

 

[Oozer3993]

In a related story, Fransisco Franco is still dead.

 

[LaserBuddha]

How can an evil person like that have such a nice smile?

 

[PhoenixDawn]

Surprised they actually announced it.

Same, I'd figure they'd keep it secret as long as they could. Perhaps even bring in an impostor and make it seem like he was still alive and well.

 

[Barrett2]

Hopefully his kid isn't a lunatic.

 

[Ill Saint]

Great leader is no more.

Dear Leader. Great Leader was his father Kim Il Sung.
I hope this will lead to the country opening up and begin a process of re-unification of the Koreas.

 

[ahoyhoy]

Yeah, so like I was saying to my roomate: the current power structure is still entrenched, but the cult of personality around him was so incredibly strong that we'll see what it does to their national psyche.

Shouldn't be any different that when his father died, unless it takes three generations of successive leadership and oppressive regimes to finally upset the balance in the DPRK.

 

[Particle Physicist]

Wonder if we'll see a repeat of this...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrvIM1ENcbA

That is the first thing that ran through my mind.

 

[mollipen]

Best Korea has not lost a leader—Heaven has finally gained its proper ruler!