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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
North Korea detained an unidentified US citizen for unknown reasons as he was planning to fly out of Pyongyang International Airport on Saturday morning. The detention was confirmed by Martina Ã…berg, deputy chief of mission at the Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang. The embassy represents US interests in North Korea, since Washington and Pyongyang do not have direct diplomatic relations. http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/23/asia/american-detained-in-north-korea/index.html |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11361 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
What is his motive? Clyde Haven't you been paying attention? Kim has a history of taking hostages for political leverage. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Since nothing is done without either Kim's permission, or a belief that Kim would agree. Turn that question around. What are Yanks doing visiting such an oppressive regime? |
Mark Stevenson Send message Joined: 8 Sep 11 Posts: 1736 Credit: 174,899,165 RAC: 91 |
What are Yanks doing visiting such an oppressive regime? They are playing at being the " world's policeperson " yet again and like " Cartman the enabler " evryone should respect their ( non f-ing existant ) Authoritie . Sorry just p.m.s.l , bestest joke of the year so far :-) Life is what you make of it :-) When i'm good i'm very good , but when i'm bad i'm shi#eloads better ;-) In't I " buttercups " p.m.s.l at authoritie !!;-) |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30646 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
What are Yanks doing visiting such an oppressive regime?Likely personal reasons. Seems he is a nobody, like nearly every other hostage they take. As to why, they like humiliation, it is about the only weapon they have they can use. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
What are Yanks doing visiting such an oppressive regime?Likely personal reasons. Seems he is a nobody Not quite, he is a former professor. Wonder if he is like our own resident professor, wants to teach Kim all about "Human Freedom" :-) |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
What are Yanks doing visiting such an oppressive regime?Likely personal reasons. Seems he is a nobody Korean-American Tony Kim had spent a month teaching an accounting course at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST), the university's chancellor, Chan-Mo Park, told news agency Reuters on Sunday. Mr Kim, who also goes by his Korean name Kim Sang-duk and is in his fifties. Kim Tong Chol, a U.S. citizen was also detained in North Korea last year. In Korea all are called Kim it seems. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Any different reason for this detention? Reason for the detentions? If you like to know contact the Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang. http://www.swedenabroad.com/en-GB/Embassies/Pyongyang/About-us/About-the-Embassy/ I don't think they know so much either. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30646 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Oh, so his employment contract was unilaterally extended for life. (They have done that before.)What are Yanks doing visiting such an oppressive regime?Likely personal reasons. Seems he is a nobody |
KWSN - MajorKong Send message Joined: 5 Jan 00 Posts: 2892 Credit: 1,499,890 RAC: 0 |
Entire [USA] Senate being called to White House for North Korea briefing Oh... FARK. This does NOT bode well. All 100 Senators called to the White House for a DPRK briefing... I am getting the faint smell of a WarDec on the way. https://youtu.be/iY57ErBkFFE #Texit Don't blame me, I voted for Johnson(L) in 2016. Truth is dangerous... especially when it challenges those in power. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30646 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Entire [USA] Senate being called to White House for North Korea briefing Yes something fraking big is up. He's been on the phone with Xi again. Probably getting a deconfliction memo going. I really don't want to have to dodge radioactive fallout. |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11361 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
I really don't want to have to dodge radioactive fallout. The kittyman doesn't care, he wants Kim out regardless of the cost, but then again he thinks the orange leader is a good thing. |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19057 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Unusual setting, Eisenhower Executive Office Building, or is it just smoke and mirrors, again? The kittyman doesn't care, he wants Kim out regardless of the cost, but then again he thinks the orange leader is a good thing. He'll change his mind when he finds out the kitty litter is radio active. |
pierre castro Send message Joined: 18 Feb 17 Posts: 86 Credit: 107,398 RAC: 0 |
The kittyman doesn't care, he wants Kim out regardless of the cost, but then again he thinks the orange leader is a good thing. kittyman is from K-PAX, and can turn into a Beam of Light. Ain't light a form of radiation? |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
kittyman is from K-PAX, and can turn into a Beam of Light. Yes. That's why Prot wear sunglasses. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30646 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Who is banging those drums. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Report: Reports of North Korea artillery drill as U.S. submarine makes South Korea port call North Korea put on a massive live-fire drill on Tuesday to mark the foundation of its military, media reports said, as a U.S. submarine docked in South Korea in a show of force amid growing concern over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs. The port call by the USS Michigan came as a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group steams for Korean waters and as the top nuclear envoys from South Korea, Japan, and the United States met in Tokyo to discuss the North's refusal to give up its nuclear program. Fears have risen in recent weeks that North Korea could soon conduct another nuclear test or long-range missile launch in defiance of United Nations sanctions. South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported that the North appeared to have deployed a large number of long-range artillery units in the region of Wonsan on its east coast on Tuesday, conducting a large-scale, live-fire drill. The report, citing an unidentified government source, said the live-fire exercise was possibly supervised by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
North Korea is capable of producing a nuclear bomb every six or seven weeks. Behind the Trump administration’s sudden urgency in dealing with the North Korean nuclear crisis lies a stark calculus: a growing body of expert studies and classified intelligence reports that conclude the country is capable of producing a nuclear bomb every six or seven weeks. No cheers. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
What would be the best course of action at this point? Ask the Swedish embassy in Pyongyang:) |
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