| Follow twitter.com for links, photos, news. I grabbed this footage from DPRK state media. More info here: - Fascinating article about North Korea's theatrical public mourning, from the New Yorker: "Grief took on a competitive quality. Who could weep the loudest?" www.newyorker.com - The kind of public display in this video is not rare in North Korea. Here's another example of mass hysteria / outpouring of grief after the death of Kim Jong Il's father Kim Il Sung, in 1994 youtu.be - Two interesting images after Kim Jong Il's death, in Pyongyang i.imgur.com ... and a Korean immigrant in Los Angeles, upon hearing the news i.imgur.com - Here's the last distributed photo of Kim Jong Il before his death... riding a supermarket escalator i.imgur.com - A great gallery of photos "Inside North Korea" by David Guttenfelder www.theatlantic.com - Iconic image of Kim Jong Il with his son Kim Jong Un, from October 2010 i.imgur.com This was a World Press Photo award winner, taken by Vincent Yu. Follow twitter.com for interesting links and photos. |
