Comments on: North Korea News Agency Hails Kim Jong-un Winning Time Magazine’s Person Of The Year Online Poll, Doesn’t Realize It’s A Grim, Horrible Joke

By: Ander

Ander — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:18:35 +0000

Jon Stewart #2 – yes!

By: King Baeksu

King Baeksu — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:11:12 +0000

Of course a joke country deserves to be the butt of many jokes.

And what a big butt it is!

By: MKL

MKL — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:02:07 +0000

I agree. I was under the impression, that this news was conveyed to the North Korean public in Korean language, which is not reported here, so I assumed wrong.

By: Anthony Tao

Anthony Tao — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 06:55:10 +0000

I don’t think the average North Korean reads English.

By: MKL

MKL — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 06:47:36 +0000

I wonder, if the original Korean version would include phrases like ‘online voting’.

Both “online” and “voting” are problematic words in North Korea.

And I think the officials are smarter than we think. They know this was a joke, but your average North Korean doesn’t know, so they got another free of charge propaganda to make their leader look great in front of their own people.

By: P.

P. — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 06:37:23 +0000

Looks like the KCNA needs a copy editor. That copy is hardly befitting of the official mouthpiece of the state whose leader took home such a esteemed award.