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Just taking part in the Olympics should be a career highlight for athletes
But no one have ever looked so sad after winning gold as North Korean gymnast Ri Se-Gewang
Not only for Olympics. Every world event. Every time on the podium
He has spoken about his reserved celebrations and claims he looked sad because... well, he was delighted to win for his dictator
I was filled with joy...
It has recently been alleged that North Korean athletes were banned from visiting tourist attractions during the Olympics
It was also suggested by Radio Free Asia that all Samsung phones that were given to the athletes were collected by a North Korean representative to stop them communicating with the outside world
Why can't you see how perfectly happy am I?
gorillaClutch
wait, they actually sent someone instead of just claiming they did and won all the medals? wierd
SirKnightLurk
Guy probably knows what it took to feed him to get him competitive, and how many others that food could have fed so they could live.
lukgab
Not buying it. North Korea, the real story:
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RagingSnorlax
This is not the saddest gold medalist. That french guy looked pretty fucking sad.
atomicassailant
could be that he just has a reserved personality - his teammate, Hong Un Jong, was pretty smiley on the podium when she won in 2008.
raraluiz
Did you see them at the opening ceremonies...not one smile.
NikkiMcDonagh
Anyone else get the horrible feeling that #5 is definitely going to be killed for that picture?
muchdoglovewow
I figured he'd be sent to a camp for not winning the gold, tbh. North Korea is scary.
MrsTitsMcGee
resting suppressed by a dictator face.
Kittynomnoms
Anyone else think that all this pointing out how sad he looked might actually get him in trouble?
GladeJoyce
He's sad cuz the Olympics are over for him and he has to go back to his terrible life in North Korea.
Silvercypher
It's like...He caught a glimpse of the REAL world and now realizes his life is a lie in which he has to return to.
Benruryefri
Can't th cia just assassinate the NK leader. Can't the UN step in? 2 questions
kelloggs
This is how you celebrate silver in Denmark http://imgur.com/J1g6HiP
Heavymettle
I understand this is about his face but how are none of the comments about how jacked he is? Holy cow that salute arm is ripped as fuck.
garbagepail
I wonder if they are punished if they lose, or if they are forced to train and win or else their families will be killed or something
Joopp
18yearoldBlackDynamite
except all the North Koreans rub their bellies out of hunger
makamaka1
When your win gold but realize you're going back to North Korea and forced to worship a demented fat fuck afterwards...
markskayff
How much would it cost to wipe out the squirrel face leader? A precise sniper shot would do the trick.
CaptainBro
He won gold to send this message
DanTuker
He knows if he "brings dishonor to N. Korea" his family will be raped to death. Literally.
panzersharkcat
For three generations.
sprbwlshuffler
Dear Leader, Fuck you. Sincerely, Ev.Ry.One.
Ilikecreativepeople
Me from the future... We're waiting to hear if he he is dead...
MarkSurge9411
MadeOfSteel
I really hope someone assassinated kim
Dopplerfart
Rashvine
He has a role similar to the pharaohs of ancient egypt. He is essentially a god, and it would take a lot to cause an actual revolt.
IronicUsername
With any luck, he'll suffer a fatal obesity related health complication in the near future.
jaijaikali
Another reason to hate China: they're pretty much the only reason N. Korea still exists.
OGshogun
Fuck the N. Korea govt, and how they treat their people.
CaptainAham
I honestly believe in my lifetime there will be a war with north Korea
UncomfortableAnswers
God I hope so. Something needs to be done. Maybe we can use our idiotic amount of military spending for something that's actually important.
SeymourBush
That answer made me uncomfortable...
SarcasticCanadian
honestly the way things are going with North Korea, i wouldn't doubt it if there was no war, just its inevitable collapse into nothingness
jdpt
You know that look as a child when you did something wrong and your parents were about to give it to you? That's the one.
liveitup
More like when you did nothing wrong and your parents were about to give it to you
jdpt
Either one would work.
sprbwlshuffler
It's common in N. Korean culture to suppress all emotion. Displaying emotions (anger, sadness, joy) is considered a sign of weakness.
nolandahoy
Earth's very own Vulcans
ohlordewhy
...Are they secretly Daleks?
ACanadianPerson
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pSWN6Qj98Iw
Dopplerfart
Biggerboot
That's so tragic. I can only percieve it as Mass hysteria and people corralled into acting through peer pressure for fear of being judged.
Biggerboot
What a life.
caramelballoffur
For fear of being killed. Supposedly there were orders to arrest anyone who was in public and not crying...
COOL69GUY420ZONE
Can Russia just take N. Korea already?
BattloidKouji
russia and china heavily rely on slave labor from north korea. it's in their vested interest that things stay the way they are.
PrinceOfSpace
Also NK is a kind of buffer between US occupied SK and the PRC. In the event of war the DPRK would be a disposable "shield", a la Korean War
TheCrankyCow
the labor is minor, china props up there government to put off a refugee crisis 4x larger then Syria
h3rdul13kmudk1pz
the capital building in namibia (the country above S africa) was built by N korean prisoners. they will ship them all over the place
COOL69GUY420ZONE
Well, I do need a roof over my patio.
SmallStrawberries
Wait, really?
BattloidKouji
http://www.ibtimes.com/russia-using-thousands-north-korean-slave-labor-construction-industry-report-2019131 for instance.
iggyface
They have to resolve this themselves. Look at Iraq - do not get involved. It wont help.
ItsUncleSam
Iraq is fucked because we left the without a proper government and because we disbanded the military, not because of the invasion.
CobraMJD
Dont let Putin read this post pls.
fuck123456789
That wouldn't be much better
IMayOrMayNotHaveTroubleFindingAndOrChoosingAUsername
On principle, you're right. But I'm convinced it would DEFINITELY be better for 25 million ppl. If not right away, then a generation laterr.
iggyface
There are several examples wherein foreign forces usupring a dictator hasn't benefited in the long run.
IMayOrMayNotHaveTroubleFindingAndOrChoosingAUsername
You're not wrong. But there is always room for discussion there; A: depending on who you ask, "the wellmeaning people of western civ." [1/?]
IMayOrMayNotHaveTroubleFindingAndOrChoosingAUsername
[2/?] or the nationals. And B: There are undoubtedly clear cases where you're right, but also many where we can't know for sure if
IMayOrMayNotHaveTroubleFindingAndOrChoosingAUsername
[4/5] have ended by national means, or only subtle foreign influence, so not a huge statistical basis. (not betting $ on this thesis tho)
IMayOrMayNotHaveTroubleFindingAndOrChoosingAUsername
Additionally want to underline: I think NK, if succesful non-nuclear invasion, feeding 25mio ppl within 2 weeks would be called a win. $0.02
IMayOrMayNotHaveTroubleFindingAndOrChoosingAUsername
[5/5] Bonus: http://conservapedia.com/List_of_dictators Despite source, list seems (at least superficially) to be neutral and sourced.
IMayOrMayNotHaveTroubleFindingAndOrChoosingAUsername
[3/?] continued dictatorship wouldn't have made it worse than what ended up happening by intervention. Besides, AFAIK most dictatorships
helmutboy
Every time I see a N. Korean competitor I truly see a broken person, no matter how talented an athlete they are. Look at their eyes.
RickyRoyce
do they have special eyes?
helmutboy
Dead eyes. No depth. 1000 yard stare.
SarcasticCanadian
not only that, but the second to last image is a beautiful example of what could have been if the region wasn't so divided
exiletruth
...racist
rubbarz
They are talented because they have to be or they start up the anti-air artillery again.
Selerox
1) I can see China losing patience with them. They cause instability, and that's bad for business. There is a precedent of communist...
makamaka1
I wonder how people see us when we have presidential candidates like Hillary and trump.
Swegma
What if you can't see their eyes?
Selerox
2) ...countries stepping in against a crazy communist neighbour. Vietnam was responsible for crushing the insanity that was the Khmer Rouge.
PlusSizedGentlemanInAnUndersizedGarment
Yes. And the US backed the Khmer Rouge because they opposed the Vietnamese Communists. China and Russia are playing the same dumb game.
Selerox
The US backed (and still backs) a lot of regimes that have no right to exist. Saudi Arabia for example.
PlusSizedGentlemanInAnUndersizedGarment
No argument here.
insertsupercoolusernamehere
Watch http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104746/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_4 Red Chapel. Great doc, "spastic" n. korean orphan comedian returns from Denmark
insertsupercoolusernamehere
Because of his accent and being a self proclaimed "spastic" they can't understand/censor him so he can say what's really happening all movie
insertsupercoolusernamehere
And I bring this up because of how everyone's fucking eyes are, very haunting and sad.
kermern
Thank you, I'm gonna take a look at this now.
BattloidKouji
China needs them for the slave labor. They don't want to give it up, so they'll defend north korea, sadly.
IAmLobstronomous
Not just China, Russian has one of the largest imports of N. Koreans, for all sorts of menial labor and logging.
Blue4Five
All true, but perhaps if the world would finally admit and label the country as a 'Slave' country / slave-state the world would act.
KingDonaldJTrump
Sadly I think the biggest concern is an economic consequence to liberation NK, if their borders open the whole are would be destabilized.
Blue4Five
Yet at some point a destabilized China is a better thing than a strong one.
ShitALLthegoodnamesaretaken
Tbh. I wish America would just curb stomp N. Korea. He's worse than Hitler
mushroom362
I read somewhere that China would have to pick up the pieces if anyone went in and overthrew the government Which is why they say no.
BKColts88
In theory it sounds great but that is the same idea that has led to trouble so many times in the past and present
ThisIsYourConscienceSpeaking
Amen
Jonsse
That is not a way to help the Korean people. Just looking at Iraq should tell everyone how policies like that succeed.
ToolsetOverreacting
Idk. Germany. Japan. South Korea. We can do it right. It takes time. And SK and NK would be one country. Mainly SK's problem.
RoyFuckingMustang
I'm still not pro-war, but I would imagine it would be simpler than Iraq seeing as how SK will just annex NK.
CitizenDickbag
Yeah, it'd sure help N. Koreans to go in and kill millions of them.
pootsbag
That's gone down well so far....!
HanShotFirst39
Yeah...we tried that once. Didn't go so well.
tarantularaptor
Wish it was that simple. Its their problem to solve and the US has no right to intervene. MYOBW applies even at the global level.
GuyWithPie123
He's close, but not a full Hitler. Stalin is a double, Mao is a penta. Its moreso the fact he exists that angers me.
GuardsmanMiku
fukin nukes man
ArchibaldFooster
He's nowhere near as bad as Hitler was.
CharmingAndSexyGentlemanStarshipCaptain
Un is worse. Why? While Hitler did mass genocide he prefer to kill em all. With North Korea they took three generations of a family, and -
CharmingAndSexyGentlemanStarshipCaptain
- torture them for years. Common people also starving so much they ended eating grass or even resorting to cannibalism.
CrazyUncleBuck
Hey. He must be feeding the Olympian. So there's rhat
AphidTaco
Hes worse? Cause hitler lifted germany from economic collapse while the prk led them to it?
abundantbadgers
In crimes against his own people maybe, but has yet to contributed in a world war killing millions in other countries, so no, not worse.
Faowkon
To be fair, invading other countries was kinda how shit was done for forever. he was just doing what every other country at the time did.
ShitALLthegoodnamesaretaken
seriously?
AphidTaco
Hitler is made out to be the be-all-end-all of bad guys. He was efficient. His contemporaries were just as bad and there's been worse.
DrSparken
Hitler was worse for his focussed hatred on persecuted races. Other contemporaries killed more and did less to even try help their country.1
DrSparken
NK is easily as bad as many of those contemporaries, keeping basically the entire population in the worst of those conditions. 2/2
helmutboy
There are a lot of other countries that are well equipt and could take the lead to do that.
mushycow
Not trying to get in a who has more guns argument, but N. Korea has a massive military. That's why the Kim family is still in power.
Phaggotboy
Lol no 1. China doesn't want a border with US bases. 2. Seoul is in shelling range from NK, it would seriously fuck the world economy
Phaggotboy
If we went to war against NK.
SaintMaceToTheFace
I would not be adverse to the idea. The issue is that North Korea has GENERATIONS of brainwashing going on.
SaintMaceToTheFace
They would fight like the Japs did. No surrender
TheManWithNoNameZappBrannigan
No oil, no point.
GreatTeacherMichael
The oil argument aside, North Korea has enough artillery pointed at Seoul it could kill a million people in the first day of the war.
TheManWithNoNameZappBrannigan
Oh Im not saying we shouldnt. Im saying why we wouldnt. I think its a damn disgrace the world hasn't liberated the people of NK.
iputthefiresout
+1 for America curb stomping, -1 for worse than Hitler. The Kim family is definitely in the running, but no, just no.
TurkTurkletonn
Maybe it's kind of apples to oranges hitler saw a superior race of aryans but Kim puts literally everyone below him.
ShitALLthegoodnamesaretaken
Um, yes. Public execution, mass enslavement concentration camps for entire families. I won't put them anything less than equal
vexxed14
I agree but remember we didn't know the full extent of Hitler's crimes until we got in there on the ground. I bet same applies here
DuckyofDeath123
I think, on intent, on his regime's cruelty to it's people and on pure disinterest in people's well being Kim might genuinely be worse.
Goulem
Why the hell does it have to be a competition? Hitler was a crazy piece of shit. Kim IS a crazy piece of shit.
PleasantPeasantPheasant
Hitler tried to do good for his country, Kim keeps his country living in a post apocalyptic world. He treats his people like slaves.
ManicExpressive
That's a really legit point. Right up to the losing the war part Hitler was Germany's savior. The Kims are solely a blight on their people.
iputthefiresout
Yes, but, to my knowledge, the Kims haven't actively tried to eradicate a race from the earth, nor take over a continent
CassiusFaux
Hitler was in the past. He is dead. Gone. The Kim Family is still alive and kicking. And doing their thing unopposed. Frankly since its -
TheOneWellHung
Because they cant
MrScud
China would be like "No" and then war.
zma123456
Don't forget Russia as well.
GigaBoom2
China actually hates NK right now. Now may be our only chance to take out Kim without China intervening.
KingDonaldJTrump
and Russia
byohzzrd
South China sea is gonna ensure that anyway.
comacomacomacomachameleon
Nah. China is getting tired of that fat shit.
spankatorium
China doesn't want the NK drugged-out refugees, though.
KyleBeach
Honestly i think if we did it then china would sit back and let us call the bluff. They own too much of our international debt to go to war
KyleBeach
because if we did that, we would literally just consider it null and void then park a few carriers in chinese waters then strafe them with
KyleBeach
bombs til they backed down. That said, n. korea would be the one place id think they shouldnt keep a base after the curb stomp because china
ThisIsYourConscienceSpeaking
That's fine. I, and many other soldiers like myself, would gladly go to war and die to liberate that horribly oppressed country.
damspam
Can't say you're intentions aren't noble but I'd rather not live in the aftermath of a war between two global superpowers. Can we not?
ThisIsYourConscienceSpeaking
I mean as it stands, we shouldn't just go in there and attack but it's terrible to imagine just how awful life is for all of those people.
ThirstyTrollTranslator
Does anybody know why China benefits from N. Korea as it exists today? Is it still as a buffer zone against capitalism/S. Korea?
kofoed
Far as I understand it's a trade agreement? You know. Its the economy! Not sure though :P
ElitistCuisine
That, and I've read estimates of up to 1.5 million NK refugees if NK was to collapse.
fufuwewe
thats less then the number of people they harvested for organs from religious prisoners. A drop in the water for those scumbags.