North Koreans weeping hysterically over the death of Kim Jong-il

Follow https://twitter.com/Alex_Ogle 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?" http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/closeread/2011/12/the-tears-of-north-ko...

- 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 http://youtu.be/NrvIM1ENcbA

- Two interesting images after Kim Jong Il's death, in Pyongyang http://i.imgur.com/dazMr.jpg ... and a Korean immigrant in Los Angeles, upon hearing the news http://i.imgur.com/gmOZs.jpg

- Here's the last distributed photo of Kim Jong Il before his death... riding a supermarket escalator http://i.imgur.com/M44Zq.jpg

- A great gallery of photos "Inside North Korea" by David Guttenfelder http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/08/inside-north-korea/100119/

- Iconic image of Kim Jong Il with his son Kim Jong Un, from October 2010 http://i.imgur.com/ytXxV.jpg This was a World Press Photo award winner, taken by Vincent Yu.


Follow https://twitter.com/Alex_Ogle for interesting links and photos.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• North
• Korea
• Kim
• Jong-il
• crying
• hysteria
• mass

[MRkhaldrogo]

if they don't cry they go to prison. I read it somewhere.

[PunkGrl199]

They are crying because if they don't they either get sent to prison or killed.

[howboutthemcanes]

JJJJJJJEEEEEERRRRRREEEEEEMMMMM­YYYYYYY....LLLLLLIIIIIIIIINNNN­NNNNNNNN!!!!!

[joesakic91]

And the Academy Award for best dramatic performance goes to...the people of DPR Korea!

[TheMasterTelevision]

kim jong il was walkin2 soth kora wit the norf korens n they were crossin da bordar

kim sed "ppl wil u luv me 4evr"

dey said "NO.."

kim cryed N ran accross da bordr b4 da kim jong un man came on the sine.

niorf korens was cryin and went to pic up his body. he was ded. dey whsipered 2 his corpse

"we ment 2 sey I will luv u FIVE-ever......" (dat mean they luv him moar dan 4evr....)

lik this if u crai evrytaim

[METALLICAOWN]

WTF is this. If they dont cry = Prison/death.

[kurdoskurd1992]

i bet they don't even cry like this on their own family funeral. pathetic people, they are like salve's in their own country.



[MRkhaldrogo]

@marissa9492

i read it somewhere in a news paper. I think the only crazy guy or girl is you.

[marissa9492]

@TheVaizardKid not kim jong il...fuck uuuuuuuuu~~~

[marissa9492]

@MRkhaldrogo how do u read it??? I think if u r crazy guy, u can read it...