the worm as north korean diplomat

I was gonna post it in the NK thread but it's so ass out crazy it needs it's own thread.

by now you've seen this if you are into basketball or the great game of foreign affairs.

so speak on this surreal dream…...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/02/28/dennis-rodman-kim-jong-un/1954163/

ugh...fuck Vice.

as opposed to cbs,cnn,fox or huff post?

nah. they all suck.

when i saw the title all i could think of was Earthworm Jim. lol

Kim Jong Un is a big basketball fan. VICE managed to worm (b-ball fans will know) their way back into the country.

It's not quite Ping-pong diplomacy, but anything that helps humanize the North Koreans in the eyes of the outside world is a good move as far as I'm concerned.

  On 3/1/2013 at 11:42 AM, chenGOD said:

but anything that helps humanize Kim Jong Un is a good move as far as I'm concerned.

fix't that for you. If Rodman introduces the guy to weed maybe he'll chill out. I wonder to what degree he's a puppet for the military, thoughts?

Probably already a toker. Weed isn't illegal in NK.

  On 3/1/2013 at 11:51 AM, lumpenprol said:

 

  On 3/1/2013 at 11:42 AM, chenGOD said:

but anything that helps humanize Kim Jong Un is a good move as far as I'm concerned.

fix't that for you. If Rodman introduces the guy to weed maybe he'll chill out. I wonder to what degree he's a puppet for the military, thoughts?

I disagree - comments on here (and though this is usually far from the average sample, when it comes to NK, it seems pretty accurate) lead me to believe that people genuinely don't think at all about the average North Korean beyond simplistic terms - "they're all brainwashed! they're starving!"

He's having a great time.

As to whether or not he's a puppet of the military, I would lean towards not. There have been some high-profile "resignations", including the man who was responsible for overseeing the transition of power from Kim Jeong-Il to Kim Jeong-Un.

However, it's difficult to say with any certainty, as obviously none of us are privy to what goes on behind closed doors....

never liked vice, they've gone up after this