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Egnever

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Wed Feb 7, 2018, 12:40 PM Feb 2018

Was North Korea's No. 2 Killed For Not Clapping Hard Enough?

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/12/13/250711321/was-north-koreas-no-2-killed-for-not-clapping-hard-enough

As outsiders try to figure out why North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had his uncle executed this week, they're focusing on a couple things. According to NPR's Frank Langfitt:

— There seems have been "a lot of genuine personal dislike" between Kim and Jang Song Thaek, the uncle and until this week North Korea's second most powerful man.


Trump military parade: Which other countries have large-scale public displays of military might?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-military-parade-which-countries-weapons-tanks-france-bastille-day-russia-victory-day-moscow-a8198366.html

North Korea regularly stages huge military parades in Pyongyang, where it has shown off its ballistic missiles as a claim of international prestige and influence.

Last year, the authoritarian regime used the occasion to reveal new long-range and submarine-launched missiles.



We should be hanging this around Trumps neck right now. Comparing him to Kim Jong.
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Was North Korea's No. 2 Killed For Not Clapping Hard Enough? (Original Post) Egnever Feb 2018 OP
Yup. Sound familiar? lagomorph777 Feb 2018 #1
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