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Re: South Korea, lackey of the yankee imperialist bastard

May 3rd, 2018, 8:12 am

 the US detainees may now be being coached to say that human rights abuses did not occur during North Korean custody.
 
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Re: South Korea, lackey of the yankee imperialist bastard

May 3rd, 2018, 8:21 am

 the US detainees may now be being coached to say that human rights abuses did not occur during North Korean custody.
For every silver lining there is a cloud...you've just got to look hard enough.
 
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May 3rd, 2018, 9:04 am

yeah, the hawks call it 'collateral'. As Madeleine Albright would say 'it was worth it'.
 
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Re: South Korea, lackey of the yankee imperialist bastard

May 5th, 2018, 6:18 pm

north korea has changed its time zone to match that of south korea
 
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Re: South Korea, lackey of the yankee imperialist bastard

May 5th, 2018, 8:47 pm

north korea has changed its time zone to match that of south korea
It's about time!
 
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Re: South Korea, lackey of the yankee imperialist bastard

May 9th, 2018, 3:02 pm

more good news!
the trump administration has secured the release of the remaining 3 americans held in North Korea, and they're on a jet flying home at this very moment!
Secretary of State Pompeo heading back from North Korea with 3 released prisoners
president trump is due to meet them at andrews air force base at 2am when they land

The three are (with the reason for their detention as listed in wiki):
Kim Dong Chul (October 2015  for espionage)
Kim Sang-duk (Tony Kim)  (21 April 2017 for committing "hostile criminal acts with an aim to subvert the country")
Kim Hak-song  (7 May 2017 for committing "hostile acts" against the state)

God bless you, mr president. Thank you so much for bringing them home and giving them their lives back. I'm sure it means the world to them and their families, and we're all so proud of you for securing their release
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May 9th, 2018, 3:04 pm

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May 9th, 2018, 4:18 pm

Which one stole official NK property?
 
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May 9th, 2018, 4:24 pm

Which one stole official NK property?
i think that was the one who was released last year and died 6 days after being released

Otto Warmbier (2 January 2016, released 13 June 2017, Committing "hostile acts" against the DPRK by allegedly stealing a propaganda poster from his hotel)
 
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May 9th, 2018, 5:00 pm

So what are the three Kims guilty of? Stealing corn?
 
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May 9th, 2018, 6:47 pm

Wheels within wheels. Proselytism(?)

Kim Hak-song had been working for the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) undertaking agricultural development work with the school's farm.
He was arrested at Pyongyang railway station in May 2017 on suspicion of committing "hostile acts" against the government, as he was boarding a train headed for his home in Dandong, China.
Kim, who is in his mid 50s, was born in Jilin, China, and educated at a university in California, CNN reported, citing a man who had studied with him. He said Mr Kim returned to China after about 10 years of living in the US.
PUST was founded by evangelical overseas Christians and opened in 2010, and is known to have a number of American faculty members. Pupils are generally children from the North's elite.
 
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May 10th, 2018, 6:28 am

this is from august 2017 before the travel ban went into effect:
The 200 Americans Living in North Korea Have Little Time Left to Leave
they say of the 200 americans in north korea at the time, 70 were working at PUST,
50 work in North Korea’s Rason Special Economic Zone, near the Russian border, on social entrepreneurship and humanitarian projects.
Samaritan's Purse (Billy/Franklin Graham) and other western charities such as Christian Friends of Korea likely account for many of the balance
 
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May 10th, 2018, 7:48 am

The 3 kims have safely landed at Andrews AFB and were greeted by the president and first lady, along with the vice president and his family.
The 3 kims issued a statement prior to landing,
“We would like to express our deep appreciation to the United States government, President Trump, Secretary Pompeo, and the people of the United States for bringing us home. We thank God, and all our families and friends who prayed for us and for our return.  God Bless America, the greatest nation in the world.”
President Trump for his part thanked kim jong-un for allowing the 3 kims to return to the US: “I appreciate Kim Jong-Un doing this,”  and Sarah Huckabee reiterated that President Trump “appreciates leader Kim Jong-Un’s action to release these American citizens, and views this as a positive gesture of goodwill,” adding that “The three Americans appear to be in good condition and were all able to walk on the plane without assistance.”