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Swede

(33,244 posts)
Sun May 27, 2012, 11:16 AM May 2012

30 North Korean officials involved in South talks die 'in traffic accidents'

Looks like the new boss,is the same as the old boss.



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.

North Korea has a habit of executing bureaucrats who are perceived to have failed the regime, even though they are often merely carrying out the orders of higher-ranking officials or members of the ruling family.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9289608/30-North-Korean-officials-involved-in-South-talks-die-in-traffic-accidents.html

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30 North Korean officials involved in South talks die 'in traffic accidents' (Original Post) Swede May 2012 OP
Someone will be along to explain how this is Obama's fault, surely. Robb May 2012 #1
Well, don'cha know, he's a socialist, and socialists invented gulags... JHB May 2012 #3
A country run by insanity treestar May 2012 #2

Robb

(39,665 posts)
1. Someone will be along to explain how this is Obama's fault, surely.
Sun May 27, 2012, 11:20 AM
May 2012

How did the mayor of Chicago manage to cause such suffering?

JHB

(37,160 posts)
3. Well, don'cha know, he's a socialist, and socialists invented gulags...
Sun May 27, 2012, 12:16 PM
May 2012

...and concentration caps, and punishing people "Chicago style"

It's a direct line, couldn't be clearer. If you really want to know the facts, get off the lamestream liberal media and watch FOX & Rush!!


(you know it's because it's spelled right and not in all caps)

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