Kim Jong-il

Kim Jong Un is officially more insane than his insane father, Kim Jong Il. Kim the younger is apparently wreaking havoc upon the elites in North Korea, executing hundreds of officials he deems to be disloyal in extraordinarily brutal fashion. Kim's brutality is shocking even ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Feb 17, 2016

Oh North Korea, you endless trove of "I have to laugh or I'll cry" bits of insane rhetoric that wouldn't make it in an action movie but yet somehow end up as direct quotes in newspapers, you've gone and done it again. The Telegraph reports that comments issued on Sunday by ...read more

• By Bryce Rudow
  Nov 9, 2018

The Daily Banter headline grab (from the BBC): North Korean state media have confirmed for the first time that the country's leader Kim Jong-un is married. Reports referred to him attending the opening of an amusement park with his wife, "Comrade Ri Sol-ju". There had been ...read more

• By Guest Contributor
  Nov 9, 2018

Dire news from the hermit kingdom: Humanitarian groups fear that the death of Kim Jong-il could worsen North Korea's dire food situation, after the US postponed a decision on potential aid. The country has relied on foreign supplies since the devastating famine of the mid-90s ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

Some surreal footage released by state television in North Korea after the death of Kim Jong-Il: It's hard to tell how much of this is put on, how much of it is down to real reverence for the psychotic dictator and how much of it is down to fear. My guess is its some sort of ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

Under normal circumstances, death is rarely an event to be celebrated. But in the case of a tyranical dictator responsible for millions of deaths, mass starvation and cruelty beyond imagination, exceptions can be made. From the NYTimes: SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Jong-il, the ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018