North Korea: now you see him, now you don’t
North Korean official Kim Yong Chol, widely reported to have been purged (i.e. “re-educated”) following the collapse of the most recent talks between the US and North Korea, has surfaced again, seemingly none the worse for wear and in favor with Dear Leader.
The news of his punishment was first reported by the South Korean media, and picked up here. But it appears to have been false. It was originally part of a larger story that involved the execution of other officials who took part in the failed talks, and yet the story appears to have rested on a single anonymous source.
Relying on a single anonymous source doesn’t seem like a great idea. But if a story is enticing enough, and particularly if it reflects poorly on Trump, the temptation is great for the MSM. In the case of North Korea it’s especially tempting because reading the North Korean tea leaves is inherently difficult. The fate of the people reported to have been executed is still unknown, but reports on one of them say he’s actually alive and in custody.
When talking about the DPRK, to all intents and purposes, you’re really talking about China–the hand inside the hand puppet.
Today, on the Anniversary of the June 4, 1989 massacre of peaceful protestors by Chinese troops in Tienanmen Square, Secretary of State Pompeo–saying that, in the years since then, people’s hopes for China becoming “a more open and tolerant society” had been dashed– publicly called upon the Chinese government to release the true figures for the number who were killed and who are missing due to military action ordered by the Chinese Communist government on that day.
Night of the living diplomat.
Powerline on Tiananmen:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/06/tiananmen-30-years-later.php
See, unlike Trum, nationalist totalitarians love purging people. Trum instead tries to be buddy buddy with Comey, Obama appointees, State bureaucrats, and his own traitorous backstabbers like his friend Hillary Clinton.
That somehow is gonna drain the swamp of DC?