One Year On And It’s All About ‘Kim Jong Il Patriotism’

One year after his death, today's events in Pyongyang seem to be the epitome of what is being referred to in North Korea as 'Kim Jong Il's Patriotism'
December 17th, 2012
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North Korea has been marking the first anniversary of Kim Jong Il’s death with mass rallies held in Pyongyang and the re-opening of his final resting place, a recently restored mausoleum in central Pyongyang that also houses former North Korean leader, Kim Il Sung.

Official state media mouthpiece the KCNA reported the usual circle of

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James Pearson

James Pearson (@pearswick) was the NK News Seoul Correspondent.

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  • Adam Cathcart

    Nice! That juxtaposition of KCNA/Guardian is also quite helpful. Maybe KCNA English will be able to move beyond whatever excuses they have constructed for themselves in terms of rendering the world as they wish it to be. Judging from the outcomes (translations of proper names) it appears that the KCNA English staff isn’t actually quoting from the original source (which would require an internet connection able to read The Guardian) but transcribing/re-rendering Korean-language text written by presumably more trusted writers. I think. Anyway, more such analysis would be great to see, please keep up the great work. And congrats to Martyn Williams; although I’m not sure that “cited by KCNA” goes at the top of his illustrious resume, it’s nice of them to notice his work with the rest of us.

    • http://www.koreabang.com/ James Pearson

      The state media most probably has external internet access though; and ‘Martyn’ could easily have been interpreted as being a typo of ‘Martin’. Who knows (we’ll never know), but it’s certainly a claim to fame!