Friday, June 20, 2014

North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un Poses Aboard Rusty Submarine

Kim Jong-un posed on board the rusty submarine [REUTERS]

Whatever Floats Your Boat: Kim Jong-un Poses Aboard Rusty Submarine -- Express.co.uk

PICTURES of Kim Jong-un standing on a submarine have been released by North Korea.

Unfortunately for the dictator, the vessel appears to have seen better days.

Large patches of rust can be seen on the sides and top of the submarine, which is thought to be a 1,800-ton Soviet built submersible from the 1950s.

North Korean expert Aidan Foster-Carter, Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Leeds University, expressed surprise at the release of the picture, saying: "Normally they tart stuff up".

The photo opportunity comes after Kim Jong-un was pictured smiling and joking on a construction site - just days after the collapse of a Pyongyang apartment building killed hundreds of people.

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My Comment: These photo-ops with the "Mao-suit", serious looking military officers who are never looking at the camera, the stern leader look .... you would think they would get bored doing this after a while. I guess with the world now focused on Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, etc. .... Kim Jong-un has to do something.

4 comments:

  1. Look how the guy behind him is holding the rail. The internal comm device the other guys got is a classic. I'm guessing the two guys with him have never been on a boat.

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  2. The guy in the back is holding on for dear life. And that comm device is massive.

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  3. I think they snapped this
    pic right before Youngun
    spewed the side of the
    tub.

    ofs

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