Kim Jong (the Only) Un

                The given name of North Korea’s  leader has now been reserved only for him, according to reports. All North Koreans who had the same name when Kim came to power in 2011 have been forced to give them up, a South Korean government official confirmed. He stated, “It’s true that in North Korea, they now allow only one Jong Un.”

                There was mild hope in some quarters when Kim first came into power that he would prove to be a more modern, open and less brutal ruler than his dad and grandfather were.

                Then he had his uncle executed by firing squad when he started accruing too much power.

                That tended to curtail the optimism.

                Moreover, all North Korean homes and offices must sport portraits of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, the current dictator’s  grandfather and father, respectively. There are statues of these two men in all major cities. Their birthdays are national holidays. North Koreans wear lapel pins bearing their images, many while nearly starving.

                No one, at least outside North Korea, knows how many people were forced to give up their name, but Jong Un was a common name- for  men and women-  in both Koreas.

                Yet in North Korea, there will now be only one Jong Un. Unfortunately for North Koreans, it’s the wrong Jong Un.

North Korea: Releasing Film an "Act of War"

SEOUL, South Korea-

Thursday, June 26

North Korea has warned the U.S. government that the release of a new American comedy about a plot to assassinate leader Kim Jong Un would be an “act of war that we will never tolerate”. An unidentified spokesman for North Korea’s Foreign Ministry averred in state media  Wednesday that if the U.S. government doesn’t block the movie’s release, it will face “stern” and (my favorite) “merciless” retaliation.

     The movie ‘triggering’ these threats was thought to be “The Interview” starring Seth Rogen and James Franco as a producer and a talk -show host who land an exclusive interview with the North Korean dictator and are then asked by the CIA to assassinate him.

     The spokesman went on to say  that the “reckless U.S. provocative insanity” of utilizing a “gangster filmmaker” to challenge the North’s leadership is responsible for “a gust of hatred and rage”  among the North’s people and army.

 

SEOUL, South Korea-

Friday, June 27

North Korea fired three short-range ‘projectiles’ off its east coast Thursday, just one day after it warned of retaliation against an American comedy film (involving a plot to kill North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un). These ‘projectiles’  flew approximately 120 miles before landing in the ocean between North Korea and Japan.

     I hope an Obama administration ‘spokesman’ or ‘spokeswoman’ doesn’t claim that “this was an obvious and understandable reaction to this insensitive, rogue film”. (Since this was a Hollywood film I think we’re safe in that regard).

     It has become commonplace now for  terrorists  to threaten to kill people and blow things up every time an American-made film comes out that doesn’t portray them in a positive, flattering manner.

     Leave it to Kim Jong Un to call a film-release an “act of war”! Someone’s not getting enough attention!

     Men,  corporate types, rich people, and Christians -among others- routinely get mocked in movies, television shows and the ‘culture’ in general. In some cases they are even portrayed as evil. Or intolerant! Yet they rarely even defend themselves.

     Even our liberal friends-to my knowledge- haven’t threatened to blow anything up or harm anyone with the pending release of ‘Atlas Shrugged 3’.

     In fact, sometimes old white guys make fun of themselves. How many times have you seen one wearing an “Old Fart” cap?

     I’m guessing Kim Jong Un doesn’t own one.