Kim Jong Il Now Parade Magazine’s World’s Third-Worst Dictator
In a statement released by KCNA, Kim’s publicist thanked academy members for their votes and said that it was an honor just to be nominated.
And in related news — sit down for this one — here’s the latest report that North Korea has been diverting international humanitarian aid. Yet another survey shows that need North Koreans never saw a spoonful of it, except for sale in the markets at prices they couldn’t pay. The charge appears not to have gone unnoticed at KCNA. Frankly, North Korea’s reaction has done more than anything to convince me that criticism of its human rights record actually matters.
Update: Sure, you can debate which dictatorship is the most evil; on the other hand, you really can’t debate which one is the funniest. HT.
Unless, of course, you happen to live in North Korea.
Imagine being surrounded by so much ridiculousness you don’t dare laugh at:
No, I suppose they probably don’t actually find it very funny (sigh).
That slip from no. 1 last year to no. 3 may reflect inactivity due to health issues or overperformance by his peers. But, earlier this year, NK retained its unblemished record of scoring without fail the worst possible scores in political rights and civil liberties, the two major categories in the “Freedom in the World” survey, ever since Freedom House first published the report in 1972.
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