BEIJING - "The riots are expanding even into North Korea. Hundreds of protesters have collided with the authorities," said South Korea's largest-selling Chosun Ilbo newspaper on Thursday, as top news on its website. Now finally, the global cascade of "Jasmine revolutions" in the Middle East and North Africa appears to have entered North Korea.
Kim Jung Ill and his chosen son Fatty Ill are really in a bad place at the moment: it comes at a time of the year when they've abandoned their annual saber-rattling in order to embark upon their annual "begging for food" drive. Kim and Fatty need to load up their larders, after all.