By Below are two videos from North Korean state TV showing just how much the people loved their leaders:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSWN6Qj98Iw
Here is a 3 part look at Kim Il Sung’s death
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrvIM1ENcbA
Midway through the next video is the scene after a group of blind North Koreans were given an operation by a doctor from Nepal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4puhfLTzdc
How much of it is fake or staged or a product of brainwashing?
I get the feeling there was a big difference between Kim Il Sung’s death and that of Kim Jong Il. The Great Famine and complete collapse of industry had not happened when Il Sung died. There were also still strong memories of the Japanese colonial era and the resistance too it.
5:17 pm on December 19th, 2011 1
It’s a show of power for the government, their way of expressing that they still hold the population hostage.
5:23 pm on December 19th, 2011 2
“How much of it is fake or staged or a product of brainwashing?”
It’s obviously staged. It’s not a coincidence that the cameras were there. And if they were completely brainwashed, they’d be more convincing.
8:18 pm on December 19th, 2011 3
I think the scenes from Kim Il Sung’s death had more sincerity in them. I also think there are a small few today who are being sincere over the loss of Kim Jong Il: a few within the ranks of the privileged in Pyongyang who didn’t suffer much starvation during the Great Famine but remember how greatly the bulk of the population did suffer.
10:28 pm on December 19th, 2011 4
The average North Korean probably could care less, they’ve got enough to deal with. However, in the cities, where people are privilged (which isn’t saying much), they’re probably more mornful. Kim Jong-il has been living in his father’s shadow ever since 1994, he hasn’t been able to get out of it, any probably never will.
10:58 pm on December 19th, 2011 5
In USinKorea’s first YouTube clip, the man in uniform is making a very inappropriate display of emotion at 0:58. That kind of behavior is for civilians. His commanding officer should counsel him.
11:47 pm on December 19th, 2011 6
#5
ROFLMAO! Combined with the ushanka hat, it was priceless.
5:01 am on December 20th, 2011 7
I remember the Kim Il-sung cryfests. The video footage this time around seems much more restrained.
7:34 am on December 20th, 2011 8
If I were a N. Korean, I’d make sure I am seen in the streets by my neighbors bawling my eyes out. You don’t ever want to be pointed out later as the guy who didn’t give a damn.
12:59 pm on December 20th, 2011 9
It is sort of cultural. Some South Koreans told me they were actually coached how to wail at funerals for relatives they barely knew. Then, I read here that, “… if family members do not cry aloud at a funeral, they would be considered as if they lacked filial piety towards the deceased.”
I read elsewhere that how much you cry indicates how faithful a child you are and that the eldest son is expected to be the most “expressive.” So, I have to wander, will Kim Jong-nam be attending the funeral?
1:07 pm on December 20th, 2011 10
#9
I meant to say “I have to wonder“, but I guess my mind was wandering.
7:24 am on December 21st, 2011 11
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