North Korea promotes Kim Jong-il to 'DPRK Hero'

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North Korea promotes Kim Jong-il to 'DPRK Hero'

2011-12-30 13:54:38 GMT+7 (ICT)

PYONGYANG (BNO NEWS) -- The North Korean Supreme People's Assembly has adopted an official decree which awards the honorary title of 'hero' to the late Supreme Leader Kim Jong-il, state-run media reported on Friday.

The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the Supreme People's Assembly adopted the decree on December 19, but it was not announced until Friday. Kim Jong-il was also given the honorary title of hero in 1975 and 1982, before he took over as the country's leader.

According to the North Korean government, Kim Jong-il died on December 17 after suffering an 'advanced, acute myocardial infarction, complicated with a heart shock,' while on a train for a 'field guidance tour'. He was pronounced dead at 8:30 a.m. local time, aged 69 or 70.

"Kim Jong-il performed undying revolutionary feats for the country and its people, the times and history by wisely leading the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), army and people for decades since he embarked upon the road of revolution in his early years," KCNA said in a news report.

The state-run news agency said Kim Jong-il devoted 'all his efforts and wisdom and energies' to build a thriving nation and improving the standard of living for its citizens. "He breathed his last at work on a train due to manifold mental and physical strain while making the most arduous forced march for field guidance without having any good rest," KCNA added.

Kim Jong-il ruled the Communist nation since the death of his father, Kim Il-sung, in 1994. The mystery about Kim's life extended right back to his birth. North Korea claimed he was born on February 16, 1942, at a secret military camp on the Baekdu Mountain in Japanese Korea. But Soviet records indicate he was likely born a year earlier, in the village of Vyatskoye.

Kim Jong-un, the third and youngest son of Kim Jong-il, was promoted earlier this week to Supreme Leader to lead the impoverished and secretive country. Kim Jong-il's funeral took place on Wednesday, followed by a huge memorial service in Pyongyang on Thursday.

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[Nasreddin]

Just DPRK Hero and thats is all or is there more coming? Considering that his Dad, who took his very last train ride in year Juche 83 still holds the office as the Eternal President.

[TAWP]

Third time declared hero. So still merely hero or is it now 'hero, hero, hero'?

Writing that made me think of Team American: World Police: 'Herrooo everybody'.

[bigbamboo]

I'm sure the North Korean people are eternally grateful to hero Kim for building them a thriving nation and improving their living standards... and for making every day the first day of spring and ensuring every bird has a new song to sing.....

[Steely Dan]

Not sure about 'Hero' but he's certainly one of the X-Men.

[maidu]

The type of hero who criminalizes 3 generations of family members for one wrong-doer. Yup, a guy gets in trouble for not gushing praises at the Dear Leader, and then the guy's father and grandfather and wife and her parents - and the guy's son and grandkids, and a few more - all get dumped in a concentration camp with hard labor for ten years.

When N.Korea implodes, it won't be too soon.

[ronz28]

North Korea Labor Camps in Russia that support "the leader". If some cursing offends you, skip this.

http://www.vice.com/vice-news

[jackr]

To be fair, it's not worth commenting as all we're doing is perpetuating this tripe.

[maidu]

When the avalanche of defections takes place, perhaps the last regular person to leave Pyongyiang will be the lady who directs traffic that's not there.

Seriously though, if nearly everyone there over the age of four knows personality cult is a big ruse, it's amazing it gets perpetuatued for so long. I understand that it's enforced by draconian penalties, but jeezo. It's like the worst of E.Germany's Stazi combined with Khomeini style religious imperatives. It's amazing how oppresive mind-control it works so effectively, at least on the surface, among such a large # of people.

One of the big questions is: Do 99% of N.Koreans really believe the tripe, or do they secretly know it's garbage, and merely act like robotrons because they're too afraid to buck the trend?

The catalyst that will bring change is awareness of what's going on in the rest of the world. TV shows, radio, digital devices, word of mouth, whatever - ......as the N.Koreans become aware of what it is, to individually think for themselves (including innovative, creative ideas). It will also encompass necessitate the awareness that any oppressive regime can be overpowered - even their hyper-oppressive one. That awareness will be boosted by knowing what's going on in Middle East and elsewhere.

Last but not least, will be the courage to stand up against their suffocating regime.

Those three things:

>>> awareness of what's going on in the rest of the world

>>> awareness of the power of protests

>>> courage to act

....will bring N.Korea out of its bleakness and suffering.

Edited January 5, 2012 by maidu