Comments on: Picture of the Day: I Love Jesus In North Korea

By: Leon LaPorte

Leon LaPorte — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:02:41 +0000

"Note how bright her shirt is compared to the drabness behind her."

I'm not sure if you are trying to make a point or sell Tide.

Seriously, there is a boy behind her in a much brighter yellow jacket. Further back I see children wearing bright red and green. The adults are wearing darker clothes but that might be common about anywhere.

By: Dana

Dana — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:32:29 +0000

Agree it's either Salvation Army/Goodwill, or Chinese discards from across the border. Note how bright her shirt is compared to the drabness behind her.

By: Leon LaPorte

Leon LaPorte — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:20:44 +0000

Really? I don't think Jesus has been paying much attention to the norK's. Would a true message of hope be in a language 99% of the population cannot read? Oh, I get it. It gives you hope. Well how f@king wonderful. It's a miracle! What a joke and how sad. A message of hope my a$$.

A message of hope would be a meteor* crashing through Kim Jung Il's bedroom ceiling, striking him dead.

*Bonus if the meteor has the 1-800 pledge number for the 700 Club inscribed on it.

By: Archie B

Archie B — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:31:21 +0000

It's a beautiful shirt with real hope behind the message. A candle in the darkness?

By: gerry

gerry — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:00:29 +0000

I wonder how this clothing makes its way to NK? UN?

By: gerry

gerry — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:56:03 +0000

Goodwill/Salvation army was my first thought.

By: ChickenHead

ChickenHead — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:55:02 +0000

Upon closer inspection, I believe it does not say "I LOVE JESUS".

The character is wearing an un-tucked white t-shirt over baggy, low-hanging pants with a cap on backwards.

I believe the correct pronunciation for the graffiti he is tagging is, "I LOVE HEY-ZEUS."

…which is fitting because this little chollo is dragging behind him a pink and black skateboard with a sweet little heart rather than a cross.

This shirt is not a statement of Christianity, it is a statement of Mexican gay pride.

Oye ese!

I guess Heyzeus is quite the little tinkerbell.

By: NK econWatch

NK econWatch — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:21:37 +0000

There are probably hundreds of these shirts walking around the DPRK that were printed in bulk in China…

By: JoeC

JoeC — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:48:56 +0000

Correction: 'none English speaking countries' should be 'non-English speaking countries'

By: JoeC

JoeC — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:47:17 +0000

Do children or their parents from many none English speaking countries bother to get translations and understand the English inscriptions on clothes they wear?

I have seen many Koreans, including very young children, wearing clothes with profane writings on it. I don't believe many of them don't understand or care what it means. They wear it for fashion.

I am sure that little girl in North Korean doesn't think she is making a statement.