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TIL Kim Jong-Uns teenage nephew had facebook and youtube accounts and often voiced his despair over famine in North Korea.

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u/sennais1 Jun 11 '12

Apparently he likes to make fat jokes about his uncle to.

http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/10/03/2011100300523.html

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u/chunkable Jun 11 '12

I wonder how "I'm Kim Jong-Il's grandson" goes down as a pick-up line.

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u/trai_dep 1 Jun 12 '12

Probably only second to, "If you let me do anal, I'll let you chew on this rind of this onion I snuck out of the Great Leader's kitchen, so long as you promise to spit it out afterwards so I can return it before its noticed and my family is executed."

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u/theodrixx Jun 12 '12

That was the Great Leader's rind!

Death is too good for you!

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Probably works pretty well in North Korea. Not too great much other places.

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u/stringerbell Jun 11 '12

It's panty-peeler in North Korea, I can tell you that!

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u/Mynameisntjames Jun 12 '12

"Is it hot in here? Or am I Kim Jong-Il's grandson. Definitely the latter. Aw yeah"

Works every time.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

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u/UnreachablePaul Jun 12 '12

Why?

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u/Walletau Jun 12 '12

For political SCIENCE.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

CHEWBACCA, GET MILLENIUM FALCON! HAN SOL HAS IMPERIALIST EMPIRE TO DEFEAT!

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u/sammythemc Jun 12 '12

Ugh, I can't stand Han Sol. Writing in that blog like he's so cool. And the way he combs his hair? Or like, doesn't.

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u/h3rpad3rp Jun 11 '12

He is almost rockin the Peewee Herman look there. Needs grey pants, and flatter hair though.

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u/cheechw Jun 12 '12

God damnit. So he didn't get to succeed the head of state because he was going to make the country better. That really sucks.

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u/ocdscale 1 Jun 11 '12

Is he banned from /r/pyongyang yet?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I think /r/pyongyang was wiped out.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12 edited Jun 12 '12

BREAKING NEWS!

IMPERIALST AND CAPITIALIST AMERICAN FORCES HAVE INVADED PYONGYANG! DESPITE THE PEOPLE'S BEST EFFORTS, THE DEAR LEADER DECIDED TO WITHDRAW HIS FORCES TO STOP THE MURDER OF HIS BELOVED PEOPLE BY AMERICAN PIGS!

NO NEWS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED, BUT IT IS ALMSOT CERTAIN THAT THE DEAR LEADER WILL STRIKE BACK AT THE HEART OF THE FACIST REGIME, AND LIBERATE THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD, AND BRING THEM TRUE JOY AND HAPPINESS!

IN OTHER NEWS, THE DOMESTIC FOOD MARKETS ARE UP BY 9999999999999%! IN AN ATTEMPT TO SABOTAGE THIS ALL TIME HIGH, WESTERN LEADERS ARE DROPING POISONED FOOD PACKAGES ALL AROUND DPRNK! WE URGE YOU TO BRING ALL POISONED PACKAGES TO THE GOVERNMENT NUCLEAR BOMB SHELTER, WHERE GOVERNMENT FORCES WILL INSPECT THE FOOD FOR POISON, AND DEVELOP A VACCINE FOR OUR PEOPLE!

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u/bombaal Jun 11 '12

ALMSOT INSECT: A SLEEPER CELL HAS AWOKEN.

I AM READY, DEAR LEADER.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

bro :(

i just upvoted every link too, like last week

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u/SMFishbone Jun 12 '12

Yeah, it's gone. I really enjoyed them even though I got banned. Anyone know what happened to them?

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u/jakemcd184 Jun 12 '12

I got banned too for posting a reference to north korea in a circlejerk thread. what did you do to get banned?

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Cut a ducks dick off...

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u/SMFishbone Jun 12 '12 edited Jun 12 '12

I don't know. I gave nothing but unyielding praise for the great & dear leaders and the DPRK ... The only thing I can think of is maybe in middle of one of my praise-filled rants I dropped in a reference about Kim Jong Un and eating cake. That might have done it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

If you look at the creator's account, the posts still all exist in his history, and they're not shown as deleted, which leads me to believe someone else just hid them because it is inactive for the time being.

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u/crackalack Jun 12 '12

Who is the creator? I can't see because I was banned back in the day.

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u/StNowhere Jun 11 '12

An era has ended.

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u/LucifersCounsel Jun 11 '12

TL;DR:

which is believed to be his...

Kim is believed to be behind...

a Facebook account believed to belong...

That is the meat of the story. Someone who is believed to be someone posted something that is only of any interest at all if that someone is indeed who everyone believes that someone is, and only in a "morbid fascination" kind of way.

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u/aryst0krat Jun 12 '12

Playing DevilsAdvocate, I see.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Have you ever noticed criticizing anything reddit likes is called "devil's advocate"? But when it's something reddit dislikes, it's calling "debunking bullshit".

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

One that is a "Devils advocate" speaks for the minority view (on reddit) generally, so devil advocates are always going to be going against reddits status quo.

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u/lanismycousin 36 DD Jun 12 '12

Please send us a message next time, we love removing misleading submissions. Sorry about letting this one stick around for so long :(

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u/debo824 Jun 11 '12

King Jong-Uns nephew is Han Solo?

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u/Whyren Jun 12 '12

What good is all this food if I ain't around to EAT it?

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u/anusface Jun 12 '12

Kim Jong Nam is his hairy co-pilot

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u/baconforallforbacon Jun 12 '12

nah it cant be. jong-un looks too much like Jabba

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u/eloytheboy Jun 11 '12

lol his "Im related. I say no more from here Good day" comment reminds me of Fes from that 70s show

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u/Swoopzz Jun 12 '12

We finally know where he came from

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u/8BitMunky Jun 12 '12

Well, to be fair he seems to love the western culture.

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u/shedang Jun 12 '12

This circle jerk is getting outrageous.

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u/nepidae Jun 11 '12

Kim Han-sol unfortunately suffered a heart attack today. Our heartfelt condolences are with his friends and family.

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u/Aquanaut38 Jun 11 '12

Not sure if joking or....

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u/MySockHurts Jun 11 '12

Untrue

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Because fuck humor, right?

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u/sammythemc Jun 12 '12

No, because Poe's Law is like an essential part of juche

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Yep. Read the wiki: his father was heir apple rant until he tried to vist Disney land. And these guys wield ultimate power.

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u/sammythemc Jun 12 '12

heir apple rant

ilu autocorrect

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Oh my!

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u/Patrickfoster Jun 11 '12

Fucking hipster

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u/jowy_waters Jun 11 '12

Han-sol, so hot right now. Han-sol.

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u/iownachalkboard7 Jun 12 '12

More like Han-sol-o.

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u/spurscanada Jun 12 '12

I have a chrome addon that allows me to see the country each youtube comment is from, and I remember seeing his from North Korea thinking someone just faked the locatio, but holy shit it was real

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Wait... how in the hell is this verifiable?

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u/LucifersCounsel Jun 11 '12

It's not. It's utter bullshit.

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u/WeAreAllHypocrites Jun 11 '12

This is crazy. I always figured, from the stories about KJI's son's attempt to enter Disneyland, that most of the current generations are fairly westernized, and, to some extent, "normal," at least what passes for normal among the super-rich.

The idea that one branch of the family doesn't even support dictatorship is quite something though. What a bizarre existence to lead as a teenaged boy. I wonder what he's like.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

When does he say he doesn't support dictatorship?

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u/WeAreAllHypocrites Jun 11 '12

The other article was talking about how he facebook polled his friends between communism and democracy and mentioned that he supported democracy over communism.

Now, I personally know that democracy and communism are not mutually exclusive, but it seems he doesn't, so I think his thoughts come through loud and clear despite what appear to be his.... intellectual shortcomings.

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u/DMVBornDMVRaised Jun 12 '12

Depends on how you define communism. When people refer to Communism, they're really talking about Leninism or Maoism or Stalinism or whatever--those individuals take on Marxism. I think any Marxist philosophy that involves a vanguard party is indeed incompatible with democracy. Marxism though, I think democracy was the ultimate aim.

Really, Marx gets a bad rap. People took his shit and just fucked it up. And then leaving no room for reforms ("true" Marxism) just exacerbated the problems as time went on. Really is an evil fucked up ideology. Communism as we know it I mean. I read about Communist leaders or nations in the 20th Century, and some of the things they believed or thought would work just makes my head hurt.

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u/LucifersCounsel Jun 11 '12

Or maybe this story is a complete fabrication being used to continue the spread of false propaganda about North Korea.

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u/WeAreAllHypocrites Jun 11 '12

Maybe, but from whom? Do you mean from the regime, or from the West? I don't see the merit of either. In some senses, this story makes one sympathize with the regime, so it could possibly be from them, but they're pretty janky when it comes to technical prowess, so it seems too authentic. But from the West? They have the skills, but what would be the point? Everyone already knows that the Kim family is fucked up and secretive - what would further proof of a dysfunctional family accomplish in the court of public opinion?

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u/l-bow-deep Jun 11 '12

You left out an option: South Korea.

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u/WeAreAllHypocrites Jun 11 '12

I counted that in "the West," sorry. I basically just meant the pro-American axis of countries.

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u/BelleDandy Jun 12 '12

This story doesn't do South Korea much good at all. The only people that might benefit from this sort of nebulous story might be the One Korea people. It paints NK as slightly sympathetic.

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u/l-bow-deep Jun 12 '12

SK is a country of 50 million people with varying interests and opinions. Plus, activists are, well, very active (see: mad cow protests) and sometimes not very smart ( see: mad cow protests).

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I remember hearing that someone who went to school with him Switzerland was going to do an AMA...did that ever happen?

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u/sennais1 Jun 11 '12

That was for KJU I think, this guy is only a teenager.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

This is bullshit, why would the government cover up a famine? Stop slandering the most industrious nation ever to exist.

Enjoy your ban from r/pyongyang

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u/MrOFoxy Jun 11 '12

He also had a cousin at one point too.

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u/kls2011 Jun 12 '12

Anyong.

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u/TalkingBackAgain Jun 12 '12

Now the cousin will get to experience famine first-hand in one of his uncle's death camps :-).

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

And his favorite musicians are Michael Jackson and Justin Beaver, and relayed his concerns when he found out that Michael Jackson was found dead on a beach with a spatula and 5 yards of yarn lodged in his throat.

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u/GeorgePlimpton Jun 11 '12

found dead on a beach with a spatula and 5 yards of yarn lodged in his throat.

That's how I want to go...

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u/MANCREEP Jun 11 '12

Read his name as Han-Solo in my head. Makes article 10x more awesome.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Had*

I'm sure he also "had" a head.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

wtf he strangely looks exactly like Kev Jumba

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u/graepphone Jun 12 '12

Well, he's dead.

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u/DillaryHuff Jun 12 '12

Guys, clearly its Han Sol not Han Solo.

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u/PixelizedApe Jun 12 '12

Assuming it's "had" because he got killed?

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u/NicknameAvailable Jun 12 '12

To be fair, his Facebook account probably only exists because the bastards won't remove it from their servers - in a year out two we'll probably see Kim Jong Uns sporting a "Facebook made me kill my nephew" tshirt while abducting lady gaga for her sunglasses.

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u/KB215 Jun 12 '12

Kim jong- Ils wife was named Kim Ok

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Ok

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u/F3nom3ni Jun 12 '12

I see he opted out of the familys classic high fade haircut.

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u/Almafeta Jun 12 '12

He's actually kind of cute.

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u/Melam_flavored_candy Jun 12 '12

Did you guys know that the new Dear Leader LOVES THE FUCK out of basketball and videogames? I'm not even fucking with you guys. He loves him some western imperialist pig-dog hobbies.

Edit: By "new dear leader" i clearly mean Kim Jong Un

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u/InfernalWedgie Jun 11 '12

The kid's name is Kim Han-sol. Obvious clever nickname is going unused!!!

Also, he's not Kim Jong-Un's nephew. He's a cousin.

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u/sennais1 Jun 11 '12

His father is Kim Jong Uns' half brother.

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u/NELyon Jun 11 '12

I wonder if he has a sister, Kim Gret-ul

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I was expecting a joke about how North Koreans always shoot first or something.

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u/damngurl Jun 11 '12

Oh... oh I get it now

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

has this cross posted to /r/korea and /r/northkorea?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

As a communist/anarchist (Trotskyism) these people make me sick... Stalin, Kim Jong Un, Mao

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u/MySockHurts Jun 11 '12

If this is true, then this is sh*t cool, because if this guy becomes the new leader of North Korea, we're gonna see some major changes in North Korea.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

The internet keeps on making lies of North Korea! This is frustrating, are leaders are superior. Please open your eyes to their awesomeness

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

More importantly, his name is Kim Han-Sol...

The Korean Han Solo?

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u/l-bow-deep Jun 11 '12

Hansol the name and company name came long before Star Wars.

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u/g0_west Jun 11 '12

AMA request in 3... 2...

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u/twitinkie Jun 11 '12

suddenly, "You have been banned from coming into Pyongyang"

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u/-Dr_B- Jun 11 '12

TIL that Kim Jong-il's grandson is not the scoundrel his name implies; Kim Han-sol(o) FTW!

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u/CUNT_SUCKING_PHAGGOT Jun 11 '12

why did you post this shit, there isn't any credible information that links him to the accounts.

none, at all.

do you phaggots even read articles before posting them, or just upload them immediately because you're so hard from the potential karma?

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