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[polar]

The rumor that is going around some politicians and talk show hosts is that Kim Jong-un did not kill is Uncle by a firing squad but used 100 starving dogs. They have a word for this in Korean and often do it. I heard this morning that he also had his girlfriend exacuted. Dennis Rodman could speak fairly well when I have seen him a various TV shows. This morning he looked demented. Kim Jong-un is probably giving him drugs and who knows what else. I agree that he is being used.

[Red Cherry]

Rodman's excuse for his outburst is ""I was drunk.""

[dmod nj]

On 1/9/2014 Red Cherry said:

Rodman's excuse for his outburst is ""I was drunk.""

I am SHOCKED!

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On 1/8/2014 polar said:

The rumor that is going around some politicians and talk show hosts is that Kim Jong-un did not kill is Uncle by a firing squad but used 100 starving dogs. They have a word for this in Korean and often do it. I heard this morning that he also had his girlfriend exacuted. Dennis Rodman could speak fairly well when I have seen him a various TV shows. This morning he looked demented. Kim Jong-un is probably giving him drugs and who knows what else. I agree that he is being used.

Do you have a reliable source for this?

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A cautionary tale of dogs, imposters and North Korea

By John SudworthBBC News, Shanghai

Kim Jong-un's uncle was executed and denounced in North Korea as a threat to the state

An anonymous blogger is a tenuous enough source for a news story. But an imposter posing as that anonymous blogger?!

Perhaps not since "Curveball" - the now discredited Iraqi defector whose evidence was used to make the case for war - has an unreliable single source had such a field day.

The extraordinary claim that the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had his uncle fed alive to a pack of hungry dogs comes from this posting on a Chinese microblog.

It's beenpointed out by those who've unearthed the trail that all it took was a bit of Chinese and some basic curiosity. But as the sensational story was splashed around the world the original, extremely shaky sourcing on which it was based was lost.

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The post containing the gory details of the alleged execution is from a blogger calling himself Choi Seongho and claiming to be a North Korean newspaper editor now studying in China. His blog on Tencent, the country's second most popular microblogging platform, carries satirical comments about life in North Korea. He has 30,000 followers and he doesn't reply to direct messages.

He also has a namesake. There is a Choi Seongho very much alive and blogging on Sina, China's leading platform. The content is very similar, a mix of seemingly tongue-in-cheek North Korean patriotism and mild satire. But he has more than two million followers, was the first of the two to open an account, and although he keeps his identity anonymous, does reply to direct messages.

When asked by the BBC whether he was the source for the dog story, he denied it, saying; "The person on Tencent is someone trying to be me, who is not me."

Admittedly, many of the news organisations carrying the North Korean execution story have wondered out loud at its authenticity. Now we know the original sourcing, a single anonymous Chinese blog masquerading as another, more popular, Chinese blog, the story looks too weak to be worth the ink.

In the end, what all this tells us, as others have pointed out, is that when it comes to North Korea, we're too ready to entertain our darkest imaginings, even if we don't quite believe them ourselves.

It is certainly a dark and secretive place, but that makes it all the more important that we report the truth, not a sensational parody of it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-china-blog-25621324

[croemer]

On 1/8/2014 shesallthat said:

On 1/8/2014 Lion said:

Rodman was high-as-a-kite *wasted* in that interview. He's a severe alcoholic, and drug abuser.

Someone on TV said recently that Kim Jong-un is probably supplying Rodman with all the cocaine he wants on these trips, and I think that's very possible.

If not drugs, he's definitely being supplied with plenty of alcohol.

ITA - that sounds very believable! and if he is not giving it to him directly then he is giving dennis enough money that he can buy his own!

If true, Dennis better be very careful. Dennis may say the wrong thing...which he has done thru-out life and lord knows what could happen to him.

[croemer]

Portion of an article by AOL:

At the start of the game, Rodman sang "Happy Birthday" to Kim, who was seated above in the stands at the stadium, and then bowed deeply as North Korean players clapped.

To keep it friendly, the Americans played against the North Koreans in the first half, but split up and merged teams for the second half.

The North Korean team scored 47 points to 39 for the Americans before the teams were mixed. Rodman played only in the first half and then sat next to Kim during the second half.

"A lot of people have expressed different views about me and your leader, your marshal, and I take that as a compliment," Rodman told the crowd. "Yes, he is a great leader, he provides for his people here in this country and thank God the people here love the marshal."

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Me(croemer): Am disturbed that the Korean citizens may think we(America)may agree with Dennis' above statement of their leader.

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The rest of the AOL article: LINK

[Preds]

They believe what they are told by this leader and Rodman is his tool. They may think we are all like him ..... whacko. JMO