Albert Tatlock Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-32716749 "Defence chief executed for 'falling asleep'. The news comes weeks after the reported execution of 15 senior officials...by anti aircraft weapons at close range" I wonder if Allan's planning the next policy formation information gathering trip there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's sleepyman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Definitely a novel way to fire someone.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 A dirty corrupt prison state. North Korea is a visible stain on even the scum nations of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 He's got his finger on the nuclear button and a million brain washed squaddies who have been indoctrinated for generations that it is glorious to die following their Dear Leader's every whim. And the Chinese Communist Party has sheltered, protected and aided these mass murderers through thick and thin. Goodness knows how it will end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcousticallyChallenged Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 The people are becoming more and more enlightened to how the world really is. NK's government is finding it near impossible to stop the influx of smuggled TV shows and movies from South Korea and the West, and it's changing minds, opinions and views there. The regime cannot last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bees Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I don't believe it. The last horse shit story turned out to be regurgitated propaganda from the Chinese notw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 But it came from the south koreans ..they the good gooks.. American gooks ...so it must be true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 They definitely wouldnt murder hundreds of thousands of north korean civilians in mass executions during the korean war Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 A heathy serving of scepticism is required, as the source is not likely to be unbiassed. However, Kim Jong Un and N Korea are worrying maverick's on the international stage and show plenty of evidence of repression internally. What to do? Probably nothing, as far as the west is concerned. China might be in a position to influence them, and one can only hope that they do so. The stated method of execution piques a morbid curiosity in me. Can they really have used anti aircraft fire? Anti-aircraft guns are designed to fire upward, at planes and they fire explosive shells designed to burst near their target. If there were many onlookers, I would have thought that they would be in considerable danger from shrapnel and ricochets. Perhaps they just used a heavy-calibre machine gun on a tripod, I'm sure that would achieve a rapid, brutal and bloody result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 The picture shows six anti-aircraft guns lined up at a 100m shooting range. Why you'd put a 5000m range anti-aircraft gun onto a 100m shooting range is a bit of a mystery, but is entirely consistent with the reports Kim Jong-un is using them as a method of execution. More info here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 If you type 39.23017778 , 125.7580639 into Google Maps you get to see it on an ordinary day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Goodness knows how it will end. It will end with mass tourism, Starbucks and McDonalds. Two decades after people will be nostalgic for how they will imagine it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I suspect we are talking of an infantry weapon that can be used for last-ditch air defence, rather than a full-scale flak gun, like the classic Bofors auto cannon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sick Moon Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Why you'd put a 5000m range anti-aircraft gun onto a 100m shooting range is a bit of a mystery I guess if you've already judged the death penalty as an acceptable method of control, you might as well have a bit of fun with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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