He didn’t just kidnap the poor sod to make a North Korean version of Triumph of the Will or some other blatent political statement. No, he kidnapped him to make entertainment films! Godzilla? What the hell? This guy is running a nuclear weapons capable country? I don’t think Saddam would have even tried that.
I hope to Christ someone in the North Korean military or government that is sane overthrows this nutcase.
He was caught selling a missile factory to Lybia recently, I believe. He’s my kind of nutjob dictator. A real take charge kind of guy, if you know what I mean.
Is that all that bothers you? Don’t forget about the extensive gulag system in the Kumgang mountains and the Tumen river region. Here’s an article on the hell reserved for politcal prisoners.
Wow. Up until I saw a magazine cover, and now this thread, I thought it was spelled “Kim Jong II.” As in, 2, or the second. So it’s Il…not sure I like this. And I always said it “King Jong” in my head. Am I alone here?
Well, not to sound insensitive but gulags are standard dictator stuff. Kidnapping some guy to make cult monster movies bespeaks very clearly of a total reality disconnect. Scary.
That’s just it. I think most people are aware or wouldn’t be suprised that he tortures people/his own citizens and has his own concentraion camps… regular run-of-the-mill dictator stuff. Not him though, he sent cronies to another country and kidnapped a director to make a remake of Godzilla and other movies?
North Korea also kidnapped a number of young Japanese girls and took them back to NK to teach the language to their spies . They have been disappeared for a couple decades now so these young girls would be middle aged women now.
Unfortunately, I’d have to say false premise, they’re as nutty as both of the Kim’s have been. They’re the same folks who are sitting on a country that’s been starving for a decade, sends commandos to infiltrate South Korea on a regular basis, digs tunnels under the DMZ, tries to assasinate South Korean politicians, kills Americans in the DMZ with axes, attacked the USS Pueblo on the high seas, kidnaps Japanese civilians to train their spies, test fires missiles over Japan without warning…
I’d be great if someone deposed him, but I’m not sure there are any sane people in leadership over there.