http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/14/asia/kim-jong-un-half-brother-death/index.html
I saw that. I bet that's SOME Thanksgiving dinner at the Il Jong house every year. :knuppel2:
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/north-koreans-tried-to-stop-autopsy-on-body-of-leaders-half-brother?xtor=CS1-10
What's funny is that he said all along he had no interest in running the country. Makes you wonder why he got off'ed.
He could still know waaaaaaayyyy too much. And might have been talking about it to someone.
South Korean press claims China prefers the victim as successor to Kim Jong Il. (Paranoid?) Kim Jong Un of course is getting rid of him as China is beginning to oppose his nuclear antics.
some more details about the hit from Malaysian news... The perpetrators were non-Korean. They were recruited amateurs and got caught. The North Korean masterminds watched from a nearby cafe and fled the country the same day. Pretty good planning.
Is that the same story I saw that said the amateurs thought they were participating in a prank show? They didn't know what they were doing was going to kill the man. At least that's what I read.
Quote from: MetalDog on February 20, 2017, 11:00:22 PM
Is that the same story I saw that said the amateurs thought they were participating in a prank show? They didn't know what they were doing was going to kill the man. At least that's what I read.
Yup. But I can hardly believe the prank alibi.
Wasn't the same 'prank' previously pulled on others by the suspects, only with actual perfume water? That would support their contention that they were duped. Also, have the authorities figured out what the chemical agent was?
More Korean suspects sought by Malaysia
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-police-will-extend-remand-order-for-indonesian-and-vietnamese-suspects-in-kim?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&xtor=CS1-10#link_time=1487736244
Female suspects knew it was poison?
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/female-suspects-in-kim-jong-nams-killing-knew-it-was-poison-attack-malaysia?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&xtor=CS1-10#link_time=1487742322
Quote from: Staggerwing on February 21, 2017, 06:41:49 AM
Wasn't the same 'prank' previously pulled on others by the suspects, only with actual perfume water? That would support their contention that they were duped. Also, have the authorities figured out what the chemical agent was?
VX nerve gas
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/vx-nerve-gas-used-to-kill-kim-jong-nam-5-things-about-the-chemical-weapon?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&xtor=CS1-10#link_time=1487914269
And it seems Leader Kim Jong-Un :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :notworthy: has since killed 5 more officials with an anti aircraft gun (bizarre, but it is Nork). The VX used on his brother seems almost a kindness for KJU... :hide:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/02/27/north-korea-reportedly-kills-5-senior-officials-with-antiaircraft-guns.html
Don't forget the ex-girlfriend he had machine gunned when he broke-up with her. I guess hanging is too mundane for him. L:-)
Quote from: Sir Slash on February 28, 2017, 11:20:19 PM
Don't forget the ex-girlfriend he had machine gunned when he broke-up with her. I guess hanging is too mundane for him. L:-)
Execution via AA auto-cannon seems to be all the rage.
Quote from: Boggit on February 28, 2017, 07:14:45 PM
And it seems Leader Kim Jong-Un :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :notworthy: has since killed 5 more officials with an anti aircraft gun (bizarre, but it is Nork). The VX used on his brother seems almost a kindness for KJU... :hide:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/02/27/north-korea-reportedly-kills-5-senior-officials-with-antiaircraft-guns.html
OK, so I'm fascinated by this...
1. Did he put them in an aircraft and shoot them down?
2. Did he launch them in the air one-by-one like skeet and then shoot them? What happens if you miss? You launch them again with broken limbs and hope you hit them the second time?
3. Did he just do the boring thing and line them up against a wall and the AA gun was just the closest handy gun?
Quote from: bayonetbrant on March 01, 2017, 05:57:50 AM
OK, so I'm fascinated by this...
1. Did he put them in an aircraft and shoot them down?
2. Did he launch them in the air one-by-one like skeet and then shoot them? What happens if you miss? You launch them again with broken limbs and hope you hit them the second time?
3. Did he just do the boring thing and line them up against a wall and the AA gun was just the closest handy gun?
#3.
There's a video on LiveLeak if you really really want to see it happen.
All he's missing is a baseball bat called Lucille. And brains.
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on March 01, 2017, 06:11:59 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on March 01, 2017, 05:57:50 AM
OK, so I'm fascinated by this...
1. Did he put them in an aircraft and shoot them down?
2. Did he launch them in the air one-by-one like skeet and then shoot them? What happens if you miss? You launch them again with broken limbs and hope you hit them the second time?
3. Did he just do the boring thing and line them up against a wall and the AA gun was just the closest handy gun?
#3.
There's a video on LiveLeak if you really really want to see it happen.
I don't want to know why you know that
I haven't seen the video; I just know it exists. I can live my life fine without seeing gory execution videos.
I've heard they've done worse, though, such as put a dozen hungry dogs on a prisoner to be executed, and other worse things. North Korea is just a gem of civilization, ain't it?
North Korea is the crazy Red-Neck Neighbor of Asia. L:-)
Quote from: bayonetbrant on March 01, 2017, 05:57:50 AM
Quote from: Boggit on February 28, 2017, 07:14:45 PM
And it seems Leader Kim Jong-Un :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :notworthy: has since killed 5 more officials with an anti aircraft gun (bizarre, but it is Nork). The VX used on his brother seems almost a kindness for KJU... :hide:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/02/27/north-korea-reportedly-kills-5-senior-officials-with-antiaircraft-guns.html
OK, so I'm fascinated by this...
1. Did he put them in an aircraft and shoot them down?
2. Did he launch them in the air one-by-one like skeet and then shoot them? What happens if you miss? You launch them again with broken limbs and hope you hit them the second time?
3. Did he just do the boring thing and line them up against a wall and the AA gun was just the closest handy gun?
Skeet sounds more entertaining, if a bit sick... :hide: >:D
There's a pedigree -- and a Wikipedia entry (yeesh) -- for this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowing_from_a_gun
Malaysians in North Korea now not allowed to leave after the diplomatic fallout.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on March 01, 2017, 05:57:50 AM
Quote from: Boggit on February 28, 2017, 07:14:45 PM
And it seems Leader Kim Jong-Un :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :notworthy: has since killed 5 more officials with an anti aircraft gun (bizarre, but it is Nork). The VX used on his brother seems almost a kindness for KJU... :hide:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/02/27/north-korea-reportedly-kills-5-senior-officials-with-antiaircraft-guns.html
OK, so I'm fascinated by this...
1. Did he put them in an aircraft and shoot them down?
2. Did he launch them in the air one-by-one like skeet and then shoot them? What happens if you miss? You launch them again with broken limbs and hope you hit them the second time?
3. Did he just do the boring thing and line them up against a wall and the AA gun was just the closest handy gun?
This isn't the first time Kim has used this method of execution for high-ranking NK leaders.
I recall seeing a news blurb about one of his generals getting the same treatment awhile back. Must be a fairly regular event in Best Korea™.
Makes you wonder whether:
a) Kim is extremely paranoid
and/or
b) There has been at least one nascent attempt at a coup
.. due to the regular execution of people in higher leadership circles, in recent years. And these are only the leaks that have made it out of NK.