# Is this guy for real? (North Korean Propaganda Blogger?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 2, 2006, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-guy-for-real-north-korean-propaganda-blogger/374953 "2006-10-02T11:14:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grey\_area](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-guy-for-real-north-korean-propaganda-blogger/374953/1 "2006-10-02T11:14:32Z")
Here’s his [YouTube profile](http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Songunblog) as well his[blog](http://songun-blog.blogspot.com/). I speak fluent Korean and it’s legit as far as I can tell. Is North Korea trying to spread propaganda on the internet, and through YouTube of all places? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-guy-for-real-north-korean-propaganda-blogger/374953/2 "2006-10-02T11:22:44Z")
That is one weird blog. I’m pretty sure your average North Korean doesn’t have internet access, so if it’s legit, it has to be propaganda. NK propaganda is so fucking crazy that it’s hard to tell if they’re mocking it or if it’s sincere. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-guy-for-real-north-korean-propaganda-blogger/374953/3 "2006-10-02T11:24:10Z")
Oh, I forgot…anyone else _snerk_ at the idea of a human rights group in North Korea? ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-guy-for-real-north-korean-propaganda-blogger/374953/4 "2006-10-02T11:29:45Z")
[QUOTE=Kyla] I’m pretty sure your average North Korean doesn’t have internet access, so if it’s legit, it has to be propaganda. [/QUOTE] Yup. > [@](#): > > As for computer use in North Korea, the proliferation of desktops and laptops is far from high. In addition, Pyongyang has made clear that the Internet is available for only several thousand people who have been approved to be connected and already have a phone line with international connection. > **[North Korea's baby steps for the Internet](https://phys.org/news/2005-08-north-korea-baby-internet.html)** > > Talks between North Korea and some of its most powerful neighbors continue to be bumpy at best as the hermit nation keeps playing its trump card of threatening to become a nuclear power. Whether Kim Jong-Il's regime actually does have nuclear... > [@](#): > > NK propaganda is so fucking crazy that it’s hard to tell if they’re mocking it or if it’s sincere. Yup. Even the government’s official website has a very off-kilter feel: [http://www.korea-dpr.com/](http://www.korea-dpr.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-guy-for-real-north-korean-propaganda-blogger/374953/5 "2006-10-02T11:49:01Z")
That blog is so bizarre as to almost seem like pure self-parody. A picture of an Asian person afflicted with what looks like a body full of boils is a “victim of capitalism in America?” An image of a city with photoshopped-in smoke is evidence of Isreali treachery? An image appearing to be from a civil war reenactment is evidence of racist slave trading “Amerikkka?” All the while heaping praise after praise on the falwless brilliance of his Dear Leader? I can’t decide whether it’s worth a hearty laugh or a WTF. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-guy-for-real-north-korean-propaganda-blogger/374953/6 "2006-10-02T12:10:59Z")
> [@](#): > > … committing the egrerious war crimes against humanity such as stealing Lebanese children’s eardrums and tastebuds to make cookies to… Eardrum and Tasetbud cookies??? Yum!!! ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-guy-for-real-north-korean-propaganda-blogger/374953/7 "2006-10-02T14:34:11Z")
Amusing - I was browsing the [kcckp.net](http://kcckp.net) pages and discovered that kimchi helps prevent SARS and Bird Flu - [Korean Kimchi](http://www.kcckp.net/en/periodic/korea/index.php?contents+1457+2006-08+54+13). 😕 ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-guy-for-real-north-korean-propaganda-blogger/374953/8 "2006-10-02T14:44:41Z")
Seems that if this were real, they wouldn’t have comments enabled or would have them moderated. There are some pretty insulting things said about Kim Jong II in the comments that I can’t imagine a real NK propaganda blog would even allow.