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Article about the idolatry of KJI

 
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periwinkle



Joined: 08 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:47 pm    Post subject: Article about the idolatry of KJI Reply with quote

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20070103/wl_csm/okimeologyx

Check out the last paragraph:

Perhaps the most misunderstood aspect of the Korean cult project is its recent veering toward race and ethnic solidarity, say Kim watchers. His main appeal to his people today, a push that rarely gets attention outside the North, is to the racial superiority of a people whose isolation and stubborn xenophobia supposedly makes their bloodlines purer. Mr. Myers notes that festivals of 100,000 flag wavers is not a Stalinist exercise, but a celebration of "ethnic homogeneity." Since the 1990s Kim has more fervently claimed lineage to the first ancient rulers of Korea, a move intended to place him in a position of historical, if not divine, destiny as leader of the peninsula.
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Ya-ta Boy



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 2:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Interesting article.

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claimed lineage to the first ancient rulers of Korea


I've long thought he was running for king of united Korea.
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crazylemongirl



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you want to see the lie in action check out this and this
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trinity24651



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 4:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Those kids were amazing...but it's really sad.....
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Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ya-ta Boy wrote:
Interesting article.

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claimed lineage to the first ancient rulers of Korea


I've long thought he was running for king of united Korea.


I thought that was Reverend Moon.
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Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

trinity24651 wrote:
Those kids were amazing...but it's really sad.....


What's truly sad is the possibility that these two beautiful young girls are being groomed for Kim Jong Il's 'O-kwa' squad, his private 'entertainers'. Some South Korean politicians were photographed partying with members of this 'dance troup' just a couple of months ago, shortly after the North's nuclear test. It caused quite the scandal here and probably didn't help Roh's approval ratings.
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