[KS] KCTV's hour-long paean to Kim Jong-un yesterday can now be seen in full by all

[Robinson, Michael E.]

Don and Aidan:

I just watched the balance of the video, and must say that however much we try to cast the North Koreans as real people, the DPRK state  propaganda machine is always producing  such material that works more to undermine a serious discussion of the state, society, and leadership.   Such is the power of the visual, most people don't see it necessary to go beyond the quick laugh.  I thought Ruediger Frank's recent essay in Japan Focus was a good corrective on the video.

Or perhaps this has already been mentioned:

http://japanfocus.org/-Ruediger-Frank/3674

Happy New Year All,

Mike Robinson

From: koreanstudies-bounces at koreaweb.ws [mailto:koreanstudies-bounces at koreaweb.ws] On Behalf Of Don Baker
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 12:36 PM
To: Bulletin Board Electronic
Subject: Re: [KS] KCTV's hour-long paean to Kim Jong-un yesterday can now be seen in full by all

Thanks for the link, Aidan. This video is almost like a parody from the Stephen Colbert show.  I wonder if some of the North Koreans who put it together had their tongues in their cheeks!  Don't they realize that those of us who don't have the privilege of living in the paradise that is the DPRK will find this entire video more amusing than inspiring?

Don Baker
Professor
Department of Asian Studies
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada V6T 1Z2
don.baker at ubc.ca<mailto:don.baker at ubc.ca>

________________________________
From: Afostercarter at aol.com<mailto:Afostercarter at aol.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 03:57:33 -0500
To: Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws<mailto:Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws>; baks at jiscmail.ac.uk<mailto:baks at jiscmail.ac.uk>; members at asck.org<mailto:members at asck.org>
CC: coyner at gol.com<mailto:coyner at gol.com>; nkleadershipwatch at gmail.com<mailto:nkleadershipwatch at gmail.com>; Philip at londonkoreanlinks.net<mailto:Philip at londonkoreanlinks.net>; nkeconwatch at gmail.com<mailto:nkeconwatch at gmail.com>
Subject: [KS] KCTV's hour-long paean to Kim Jong-un yesterday can now be seen in full by all


Those who have been pining to see yesterday's KCTV
'documentary' about Kim Jong-un can now do so in full,
already, thanks to the indefatigable Adam Cathcart:
http://sinonk.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/songun-tangun-son-of-paektu-etc-kim-jong-un-documentary/

or on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxBLe9A2gXY&feature=youtu.be

There is much jumping for joy.

Happy New Year!

Aidan FC

Aidan Foster-Carter
Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology & Modern Korea, Leeds University, UK

E: afostercarter at aol.com<mailto:afostercarter at aol.com>     afostercarter at yahoo.com<mailto:afostercarter at yahoo.com>   W: www.aidanfc.net<http://www.aidanfc.net/>
W in Korea:  http://web.archive.org/web/20090202080126/http://aidanfc.net/index.html<http://web.archive.org/web/20090202080126/http%3a/aidanfc.net/index.html>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://koreanstudies.com/pipermail/koreanstudies_koreanstudies.com/attachments/20120109/767354a9/attachment.html>