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Offline Chris_

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30 North Korean officials involved in South talks die 'in traffic accidents'
« on: May 26, 2012, 12:58:19 PM »
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30 North Korean officials involved in South talks die 'in traffic accidents'

Thirty officials of the North Korean regime who were involved in talks with South Korea have been executed or died in "staged traffic accidents," according to a human rights report.

In its annual study, Amnesty International claimed that in addition to the 30 who died in purges last year, a further 200 were rounded up in January this year by the State Security Agency as Pyongyang carried out the transfer of power from Kim Jong-il, who died of an apparent heart attack in December, and his 29-year-old son, Kim Jong-un.

Of those 200, Amnesty said, some were apparently executed and the remainder were sent to political prison camps. The gulag system presently contains an estimated 200,000 people in "horrific conditions," the group said.
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Re: 30 North Korean officials involved in South talks die 'in traffic accidents'
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2012, 01:05:37 PM »
It takes a lot of propaganda to make up for the paucity of internal combustion engines required to stage a good traffic accident. At least in North Korea.

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Re: 30 North Korean officials involved in South talks die 'in traffic accidents'
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2012, 01:09:28 PM »
Well, I guess at least they are not trying to be cute about any of it.

230 Norcoms that were involved in the talks have been "sidelined" might lead one to believe they are less then interested in reaching any kind of comity at all.

Yeah...I know, it's shocking.
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Re: 30 North Korean officials involved in South talks die 'in traffic accidents'
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2012, 04:56:07 PM »
Quote from: obumazombie on May 26, 2012, 01:05:37 PM
It takes a lot of propaganda to make up for the paucity of internal combustion engines required to stage a good traffic accident. At least in North Korea.

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Damn women OX-cart drivers.
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Re: 30 North Korean officials involved in South talks die 'in traffic accidents'
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2012, 06:17:21 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on May 26, 2012, 04:56:07 PM
Damn women OX-cart drivers.

I know I'd hate to be stepped on by an ox, or run over by its cart!

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Re: 30 North Korean officials involved in South talks die 'in traffic accidents'
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2012, 11:26:36 PM »
Quote from: Big Dog on May 26, 2012, 06:17:21 PM
I know I'd hate to be stepped on by an ox, or run over by its cart!


Yeah, but wouldn't it get slowed down some from the first 100 dissidents it was accidentally running over ?
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Re: 30 North Korean officials involved in South talks die 'in traffic accidents'
« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2012, 06:44:08 AM »
Quote from: obumazombie on May 26, 2012, 11:26:36 PM
Yeah, but wouldn't it get slowed down some from the first 100 dissidents it was accidentally running over ?

I don't know, those oxen look pretty dedicated.
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Re: 30 North Korean officials involved in South talks die 'in traffic accidents'
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2012, 01:49:38 PM »
Quote from: Big Dog on May 27, 2012, 06:44:08 AM
I don't know, those oxen look pretty dedicated.
As dedicated as say...Sweet Betsy from Pike ?

"Have you heard tell of sweet Betsy from Pike
She cross the wide prairie with her lover, Ike
With two yoke of Oxen, a big yellow dog,
A tall Shanghai rooster and one spotted hog?
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Re: 30 North Korean officials involved in South talks die 'in traffic accidents'
« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2012, 02:21:06 PM »
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As dedicated as say...Sweet Betsy from Pike ?

"Have you heard tell of sweet Betsy from Pike
She cross the wide prairie with her lover, Ike
With two yoke of Oxen, a big yellow dog,
A tall Shanghai rooster and one spotted hog?

I heard Connie Dover sing that song years ago at a concert of cowboy and Celtic music. It was 'bout the prettiest thing I ever heard.
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