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Kim finds new ways to destroy his people

ARTICLE: North Korea revalues currency, destroying personal savings, By Blaine Harden, Washington Post, December 2, 2009

Kim's evil and greed know no bounds. He wipes out the personal savings of citizens with a brutal revaluation:

The currency move appeared to be part of a continuing government crackdown on private markets, which have become an essential part of the food-supply system in the chronically hungry North.

Nice, yes?

But when the national economy is your personal piggy bank, no such concerns stand in your way.

Reader Comments (2)

The ICC and ICJ should have the death penalty for bad state executives. This may affect incentives for showing up (not like we are getting to many anyway) but I have always been convinced that death penalty is for these typed of heinous crimes against humanity, in addition to any case where at least intent to kill is proven beyond any shadow of a doubt....either that or I would grudgingly accept solitary confinement in a dark room...no UN crap that was nicer than my college dorm.
December 12, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterPetrer
Spent the past few days arguing with fellow students as to who or what constitutes the real bogey men of our current world. Main candidates being of course OBL and co. I keep arguing for Kim.

When the dam breaks and we see the horror that lies behind that wall, then it will dwarf any horror we have seen post cold war or soviet bloc breakdown.

Romanian orphanages will pale in comparison.
December 13, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterDavid Sutton

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