# Kim Jong Un croaked his uncle **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 12, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197 "2013-12-12T21:57:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197/61 "2014-01-03T16:55:07Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Who knows if it is true, but the story ads another elegant touch: the alleged eaten-by-dogs execution is reported to have been witnessed by Kim Jong Un and 300 other top officials. As Voltare remarked on the execution of Admiral Byng: “pour encourager les autres”. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197/62 "2014-01-03T18:52:10Z")
This just in! Nobody believes the ridiculous [120 dogs tearing him limb from limb story.](http://world.time.com/2014/01/03/a-dog-of-a-story-why-kim-jong-un-probably-did-not-feed-his-uncle-to-120-hounds/?) I knew it was too good to be true. It’s only 115! ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197/63 "2014-01-03T19:09:10Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > This just in! Nobody believes the ridiculous [120 dogs tearing him limb from limb story.](http://world.time.com/2014/01/03/a-dog-of-a-story-why-kim-jong-un-probably-did-not-feed-his-uncle-to-120-hounds/?) The [Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/01/03/no-kim-jong-un-probably-didnt-feed-his-uncle-to-120-hungry-dogs/?tid=pm_pop) agrees & gives even more reason why it’s BS ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197/64 "2014-01-03T19:37:08Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > The [Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/01/03/no-kim-jong-un-probably-didnt-feed-his-uncle-to-120-hungry-dogs/?tid=pm_pop) agrees & gives even more reason why it’s BS The chastisement at the end is pretty relevant to me. I’m normally pretty skeptical and don’t believe news stories without some degree of confirmation by other independent news sources. But when it comes to North Korea, no matter how crazy the story, I tend to believe it. Not a good habit, but then, that’s not an ordinary country either. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197/65 "2014-01-03T19:58:16Z")
All Uncle would have to do was yell, “Squirrel!” and point at the other end of the cage. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197/66 "2014-01-03T20:06:19Z")
But I thought he was mortared, not machine-gunned. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197/67 "2014-01-03T20:27:39Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > But I thought he was mortared, not machine-gunned. …having washed down his last meal with a glass of Amontillado. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197/68 "2014-01-03T20:40:56Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > …having washed down his last meal with a glass of Amontillado. For the love of dog, Montressor! ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197/69 "2014-01-03T20:44:12Z")
[Couldn’t have been more than 50:](https://twitter.com/KarlreMarks/status/419109375811129345) > [@](#): > > The clue about the story of Kim Jong-un’s uncle being fed to 120 hundred dogs being false is who has time to count dogs at a time like that. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197/70 "2014-01-03T20:51:21Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > But I thought he was mortared, not machine-gunned. Different dude. I suppose next month they’ll have the next purged “traitor” fire an RPG with the backblast tube down his throat. It seems Uncle was taken out with whatever’s the commie equivalent of a quad-.50 which _would_ reduce him to puppy chow. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197/71 "2014-01-03T21:10:57Z")
I doubt there are 120 dogs left uneaten in NK. StG ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197/72 "2014-01-03T21:24:10Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > I doubt there are 120 dogs left uneaten in NK. That’s cold, man. Probably true, but cold. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197/73 "2014-01-03T23:15:26Z")
To be fair to the lad. he had been [on the razzle](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/10535033/Kim-Jong-un-very-drunk-when-he-ordered-execution-of-uncles-two-aides.html)… Come on, we’ve all done it haven’t we… had a few too many sherbets and purged an uncle… On a slightly more serious note: The fact that the ‘Execution by dog’ story first appeared in a Chinese paper (no matter how disreputable) would suggest that China is losing patience with her noisy neighbour. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197/74 "2014-01-27T18:48:48Z")
North Korea has reportedly put to death all direct relatives of the uncle of leader Kim Jong-Un, including young children. > **[N Korea executes relatives of Kim Jong-Un's dead uncle: reports](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-27/north-korea-executes-family-of-uncle-of-kim-jong-un-reports-say/5221194)** > > North Korea has reportedly put to death all direct relatives of the uncle of leader Kim Jong-Un, Jang Song-thaek, who was executed last month for "attempting to overthrow the state". Obviously if you don’t put the young children to death, they will grow up and might seek revenge. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197/75 "2014-01-27T19:42:05Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > The chastisement at the end is pretty relevant to me. I’m normally pretty skeptical and don’t believe news stories without some degree of confirmation by other independent news sources. But when it comes to North Korea, no matter how crazy the story, I tend to believe it. Not a good habit, but then, that’s not an ordinary country either. The fact it was North Korea is why people took this at face value. Any other country: too cray cray to believe. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197/76 "2014-01-27T19:52:37Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > North Korea has reportedly put to death all direct relatives of the uncle of leader Kim Jong-Un, including young children. > [North Korea executes relatives of Kim Jong-Un's uncle Jang Song-Thaek, reports say - ABC News](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-27/north-korea-executes-family-of-uncle-of-kim-jong-un-reports-say/5221194) > > Obviously if you don’t put the young children to death, they will grow up and might seek revenge. “Hello, my name is Inigo Kim. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197/77 "2014-01-27T20:04:22Z")
How do guys like Kim get away with crap like this? Maybe he’s a sociopath, but everyone around him can’t be (can they?). I’d think that eventually there would be a coup againt Kim, just because his lackies are sick & tired of his bullshit. Of course, nobody ever staged a coup against Stalin, and it required foreign intervention to remove the likes of Hitler and Saddam Hussein, so apparently it is quite possible to get away with stuff like this… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197/78 "2014-01-27T20:17:13Z")
The problems with a coup, or even an assassination are that you need more than one person and the penalty to your family if you do either is extreme. You can’t trust _anyone_, and even if you kill the clown, your family dies. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197/79 "2014-01-27T20:47:30Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > North Korea has reportedly put to death all direct relatives of the uncle of leader Kim Jong-Un, including young children. > [North Korea executes relatives of Kim Jong-Un's uncle Jang Song-Thaek, reports say - ABC News](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-27/north-korea-executes-family-of-uncle-of-kim-jong-un-reports-say/5221194) > > Obviously if you don’t put the young children to death, they will grow up and might seek revenge. Better make sure they killed all the pets too, even the kittens. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197/80 "2014-01-27T20:50:19Z")
Otherwise they’ll turn into [ninjas](http://www.tshirtvortex.net/wp-content/uploads/Awwwsassin.gif). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-croaked-his-uncle/676197.md?page=5)