"Joe from Kokomo" wrote in message
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"bpnjensen" wrote in message
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It could not have happened to a nicer guy!

Brenda Ann wrote:

Problem is, whoever takes over for him (it is widely believed that a coup
will take place when Uncle Kim gives up either his position or his ghost)
could be Soooooooooooooo much worse..

I just finished reading an interesting perspective on North
Korea...written by an Occidental scholar who has been doing research and
teaching at Dongseo University in Busan, South Korea.

"The cleanest race : how North Koreans see themselves--and why it matters"
by Myers, B. R.

It's not just N. Koreans that see themselves that way. It's Koreans in
general. To this day, children born of outsiders are frowned upon. As late
as the mid 1970's, women were still considered property here. Now they
practically run the country (or at least practically OWN it).