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

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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...

- 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/20...

- 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.


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[dwhitford1234]

Minutes later, the guy on the left at 0:29 was taken off camera and beheaded.

[lllFeliz2013]

Why did kim jong il die??? cuz he was il, lol

[remoltenteddy1]

1:17 XD

[Dave T-man]

this is in some respects not fake at all. they were all coerced into being there either by threat or by social disapproval ( if they did not show up) this is a sign of the tragic lives these people live, and their utter false beliefs and cowardice as a people, in my opinion.

[RedTigars]

but funnier thing is that they all cannot be one person...

[neomuyeppeun]

Lol! I think they should be an actor! I love how they were faking it

[Sal Delca]

These people sure seem like a threat to the world lol

[Paul Holt]

2:37 is my favourite

[br39161]

Incredible ... how terror can lead a whole people to behave ... Cry , cry hard , or get shot .

[vikash sewpersadh]

GOSH AMERICA DO SOMTHING ABOUT THIS COUNTRY SAVE THESE PEOPLE

[vikash sewpersadh]

look at most of these girls they'r M A L N U T R I T I O N E D....WHILST THE DEAR LEADER IS A FAT FUCK.. THESE STUPID FUCKING PEOPLE ACTUALLY BELIEVE HE IS A FUCKING GOD OF SOME SORT

[vikash sewpersadh]

theses people had better cry properly OR ELSE!