The Guardian this morning reported that KCNA, North Korea's state-run news agency claims that among the casualties in the recent train collision in that country are "heroes" who died while rescuing portrats of Kim Jong-il and Kim Il-sung. "In one of the stories of the dead told by KCNA ... Han Jong-suk, 56, a teacher, saved the lives of seven children but died rescuing pictures of Kim Jong-il and his late father, Kim Il-sung." The Guardian continues, "Two other of the dead, Choe Yong-il and Jon Tong-sik, were on a lunch break but rushed back to work on hearing the explosion... They were buried under the collapsing building to die a heroic death when they were trying to come out with portraits of President Kim Il-sung and leader Kim Jong-il." All very much like the serial rape victim who rushes into a collapsing building to rescue her rapist. Big Brother would be proud.
Posted by publius at April 28, 2004 08:47 AM