Cougar
Banned
+1,962|7203|Dallas
This poor guy earned himself a public execution for making a long distance phone call..... o_O



SEOUL, South Korea —  A North Korean factory chief accused of making international phone calls was executed by a firing squad in a stadium before 150,000 spectators, a South Korean aid group reported.

Public executions had declined since 2000 amid international criticism but have been increasing, targeting officials accused of drug trafficking, embezzlement and other crimes, the Good Friends aid agency said in a report on the North's human rights.

In October, the North executed the head of a factory in South Pyongan province for making international calls on 13 phones he installed in a factory basement, the aid group said. He was executed by a firing squad in a stadium before a crowd of 150,000.

Six people were crushed to death and 34 others injured in an apparent stampede as they left the stadium, the aid group said.

Most North Koreans are banned from communicating with the outside world, part of the regime's authoritarian policies seeking to prevent any challenge to the iron-fisted rule of Kim Jong Il.

The North in recent months has carried out four similar public executions by firing squad against regional officials and heads of factories, the aid group said.

"It is aimed at educating [North Koreans] to control society and prevent crimes," Good Friends head Venerable Pomnyun said at a news conference.

Good Friends, which did not say how it obtained the information, gave no exact figures of the public executions this year. Some of the group's previous reports of what was happening inside the North later have been confirmed.

The report came a week after a U.N. General Assembly committee adopted a draft resolution expressing "very serious concern" at reports of widespread human rights violations in North Korea, including public executions.

The resolution, co-sponsored by more than 50 countries including the United States and many other Western nations, was sent to the 192-member General Assembly for a final vote.

The North has condemned the draft, saying it was inaccurate and biased.

The communist country insists it does not violate human rights but long has been accused of imposing the death penalty for political reasons, holding thousands in prison camps, torturing border-crossers and severely restricting freedom of expression and religion.


Kim Jong Il does not approve of your long distance bill.
ATG
Banned
+5,233|6968|Global Command
Kim Jong Il is ill.
In the head.
Shocking
sorry you feel that way
+333|6438|...
someone needs to make Kim Jong Il rot away somewhere deep down in a medieval torturing cellar.
inane little opines
M.O.A.B
'Light 'em up!'
+1,220|6662|Escea

ATG wrote:

Kim Jong Il is ill.
In the head.
Severely
Gawwad
My way or Haddaway!
+212|7124|Espoo, Finland
I was under the impression that this happened in South Korea. (just heading to bed, tired)
Was somewhat supriced until I read it properly.

Nothing special when we're talking about NK really.
The whole country is fucked up to the point where everything goes.
DesertFox-
The very model of a modern major general
+796|7123|United States of America
Damn, that [Rungnado May Day Stadium] is a big stadium. It seems to be one of the largest that isn't exclusively for racing use.
samfink
Member
+31|6994
of course it's big, it has to stop the bullets from hitting the crowd. that's if they care at all, which come too think of it, they might not.......
thtthht
maximum bullshit
+50|6769|teh alien spaceshit
my dad always said the U.S. should drop an atom bomb in Kim-Jong-Il.
Damn right, he is a threat to my nation.
AussieReaper
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
+5,761|6592|what

Why would the factory chief, need to install 13 phones in the basement of a factory? Why did he need to make international phonecalls on each of them?

He knew it was illegal, and tried to cover his tracks and failed.

I'd like to know to which country(s) he was calling, and what information he deemed so necessary to get out of the country.

North Korea is as paranoid as a state gets, you don't act like a spy and expect not to be tortured then executed.

I do feel sorry for him however, I just think it sounds more than just an innocent mistake.
https://i.imgur.com/maVpUMN.png
jord
Member
+2,382|7117|The North, beyond the wall.
Kinda bad. Least it wasn't an Englishman. Fucking Sudan.
Fallschirmjager10
Member
+36|6899
This sounds like my dream country.
PureFodder
Member
+225|6724
I gues you have to be real fucking careful when dialing the phone in NK.
Flecco
iPod is broken.
+1,048|7104|NT, like Mick Dundee

PureFodder wrote:

I gues you have to be real fucking careful when dialing the phone in NK.
No, not really. You just don't go around installing suspicious amounts of phones in suspicious places.
Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
xBlackPantherx
Grow up, or die
+142|6782|California

Flecco wrote:

PureFodder wrote:

I gues you have to be real fucking careful when dialing the phone in NK.
No, not really. You just don't go around installing suspicious amounts of phones in suspicious places.
Lol, dial the wrong number and you may just get the US/UK Embassy.
Tetrino
International OMGWTFBBQ
+200|7169|Uhh... erm...

jord wrote:

Kinda bad. Least it wasn't an Englishman. Fucking Sudan.
I wonder if this counts as racism?
GunSlinger OIF II
Banned.
+1,860|7082
one night of rehabilitation
FEOS
Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate
+1,182|6850|'Murka

I heard the guy got caught laughing at Team America during the Kim Jong-Il parts.
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Dragonclaw
Member
+186|6744|Florida
Hire a hitman to kill Kim Jong Il. Or invade North Korea.
Hurricane
Banned
+1,153|7069|Washington, DC

Sad story, but then again it comes from the same country that makes this stuff

http://www.robpongi.com/pages/comboFUCKINGUSAHI.html

http://www.robpongi.com/pages/comboKIMJONGIL.html
General-Idea
Member
+5|6437|USA, Central.
Lets try nukes.
Cleft
Member
+2|6575|Pacific Northwest
That is messed up.
Flecco
iPod is broken.
+1,048|7104|NT, like Mick Dundee

Hurricane wrote:

Sad story, but then again it comes from the same country that makes this stuff

http://www.robpongi.com/pages/comboFUCKINGUSAHI.html

http://www.robpongi.com/pages/comboKIMJONGIL.html
I lol'd.
Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
Dragonclaw
Member
+186|6744|Florida

Hurricane wrote:

Sad story, but then again it comes from the same country that makes this stuff

http://www.robpongi.com/pages/comboFUCKINGUSAHI.html

http://www.robpongi.com/pages/comboKIMJONGIL.html
Yea...fuck invasion, just nuke them all.
Flecco
iPod is broken.
+1,048|7104|NT, like Mick Dundee

Dragonclaw wrote:

Hurricane wrote:

Sad story, but then again it comes from the same country that makes this stuff

http://www.robpongi.com/pages/comboFUCKINGUSAHI.html

http://www.robpongi.com/pages/comboKIMJONGIL.html
Yea...fuck invasion, just nuke them all.
Including the innocents who have nothing to do with the government?
Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
Dragonclaw
Member
+186|6744|Florida

Flecco wrote:

Dragonclaw wrote:

Hurricane wrote:

Sad story, but then again it comes from the same country that makes this stuff

http://www.robpongi.com/pages/comboFUCKINGUSAHI.html

http://www.robpongi.com/pages/comboKIMJONGIL.html
Yea...fuck invasion, just nuke them all.
Including the innocents who have nothing to do with the government?
There were innocents in japan but we nuked them didnt we? For the greater good... /Good movie

In all seriousness I doubt nuking would work. Invasion would also fail badly unless several other countries helped.

Last edited by Dragonclaw (2007-11-27 18:57:35)

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