Lights, Camera, Cry you bastards...

[Yard Dog]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16262027

[Crusoe]

For anyone interested in an insight into life in North Korea, Barbara Demick's Nothing To Envy is just superb. It gets across perfectly the stories of normal, recognisable people in an insanely grim state, but not necessarily knowing any better.

[Hometownclub]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16262027

LOL, genuinely funny.

[opinions4u]

I've not clicked through on the link, but my understanding of the nation suggests that the level of brainwashing is such that this will be genuine.

[OldhamSheridan]

It is all a bit Damien Day.

[Roger Ritchie]

I've not clicked through on the link, but my understanding of the nation suggests that the level of brainwashing is such that this will be genuine.

 

That's what I was thinking.

 

I remember the tears over here when Diana died which was equally as ridiculous.

[24hoursfromtulsehill]

That's what I was thinking.

 

I remember the tears over here when Diana died which was equally as ridiculous.

 

That's what I was thinking. What was that about?

[Hometownclub]

That's what I was thinking. What was that about?

We'll never know, maybe they all knew her personally.

[24hoursfromtulsehill]

We'll never know, maybe they all knew her personally.

 

I can believe that of the blokes, but what's with the women?

[jsslatic]

For anyone interested in an insight into life in North Korea, Barbara Demick's Nothing To Envy is just superb. It gets across perfectly the stories of normal, recognisable people in an insanely grim state, but not necessarily knowing any better.

 

I have that book. Excellent.

[razza699]

That's what I was thinking.

 

I remember the tears over here when Diana died which was equally as ridiculous.

I cried when MJ died

[Crusoe]

I cried when MJ died

He touched you too?

[oafcprozac]

For anyone interested in an insight into life in North Korea, Barbara Demick's Nothing To Envy is just superb. It gets across perfectly the stories of normal, recognisable people in an insanely grim state, but not necessarily knowing any better.

 

Thanks for the recommendation, gonna download that onto my ipad tonight

[oafcprozac]

Thanks for the recommendation, gonna download that onto my ipad tonight

 

Just started reading it, fascinating stuff about a regime, we know so little about - especially everyday life….

[leeslover]

You have to hand it to them, these guys are class

 

 

 

Kim Chol, vice minister of the army, was taken into custody earlier this year on the orders of Kim Jong-un, who assumed the leadership after the death of his father in December.

 

On the orders of Kim Jong-un to leave "no trace of him behind, down to his hair," according to South Korean media, Kim Chol was forced to stand on a spot that had been zeroed in for a mortar round and "obliterated."

[boboafc]

http://www.bbc.co.uk...gazine-16262027

i think they heard chris moore wants be become their next president