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[IronyOwl]

Just in case you thought NK couldn't get any weirder. Though I have to say, assassinating relations who pose no particular threat to you via gameshow is a laudably modern approach.

[palsch]

China are not happy with North Korea right now.

They considered Kim Jong Nam under their protection for many years, so his assassination can be seen as an insult at the very least. They have now suspended all coal imports from North Korea for the rest of the year.

[uber pye]

China are not happy with North Korea right now.

They considered Kim Jong Nam under their protection for many years, so his assassination can be seen as an insult at the very least. They have now suspended all coal imports from North Korea for the rest of the year.

Saying China is unhappy might be an understatement considering coal is one of Top Korea's main exports, that's gonna sting.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

It's goddamn record breaking!

[Starver]

But surely the most unfavourable country for half of America is "the other half of America"...

(Grrr...  Canada!  Why have they got to be so nice, by that percentage point..? If only I could bring myself to hate them for that, damnit!)

[Strife26]

What percent of the Palestinian Authority answers were affected by people not recognizing them as an actual country?

[smjjames]

What percent of the Palestinian Authority answers were affected by people not recognizing them as an actual country?

I thought the Palestinian Authority was the name of the government, not the country?

[martinuzz]

The plot thickens. Malaysian police have confirmed that unknown people have tried to break into the morgue where Kim Jong-nam's body is stored.

And yeah, looks like China is pissed. I hope they get pissed enough to invade N-Korea and add it to the great one-China, for world stability's sake. Or at the very least for a bottle of sake.

[Loud Whispers]

Truly Truly, Malaysia

[smjjames]

It certainly sounds like something out of some spy novel, possibly a Cold War era based one. Life is stranger than fiction, yo.

Meanwhile, the plot thickens, a NK diplomat at the NK embassy in Malaysia is wanted for questioning, along with an airline flight attendant. While at least four of the suspects are believed to have fled back to NK.

China is certainly pissed off all right. Also, sake is the Japanese rice wine, no idea what they call it in Korea.

[IronyOwl]

Man, I like this title, but I also liked the old title. Truly this thread's glory exceeds its capacity to hold it all.

But surely the most unfavourable country for half of America is "the other half of America"...

(Grrr...  Canada!  Why have they got to be so nice, by that percentage point..? If only I could bring myself to hate them for that, damnit!)

Damned Americans! They ruined America!

[Starver]

Best Korea apparently turns on China for being US's puppet...

[redwallzyl]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/world/asia/kim-jong-nam-vx-nerve-agent-.html?_r=0

so it was definitely 100% assassination. one does not die from a banned nerve agent chemical weapon naturally.

[smjjames]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/world/asia/kim-jong-nam-vx-nerve-agent-.html?_r=0

so it was definitely 100% assassination. one does not die from a banned nerve agent chemical weapon naturally.

Now the question is, how did they get ahold of it? No idea whether NK would have the facilities to make it, but it does start to imply that they might be making chemical weapons alongside their nukes.

Best Korea apparently turns on China for being US's puppet...

I wonder at what point China will go '*bleep* it, you're on your own!'? Though I doubt that'll ever happen no matter how angry they get because they don't want a US friendly Korea with US troops stationed there, ever.

[Helgoland]

Meh, making chemical weapons is pretty easy. Making them with a decent chance of survival, slightly more so.


They're also not too useful against a prepared enemy though. Pretty much the only thing they're good for is use against civilians and technologically inferior adversaries, Churchill-style.