Kim Jong Il Popularity Hits All-Time High

Late North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il 

Incredible hand-painted portrait 

As indifferent as we all want to be since Kim Jong Il passed away, we must recognize that he shaped world politics in his own way. All major international news outlets are writing about the future of the North Korea as if the stability of the world depended on NK future. While the news outlets are pouring over whatever material they can put their hands on, NK appears united more than ever. The official website of the country is in full swing campaign mode. Below are some pix I’ve selected for you including videos!In the midst of all this the New York Times publishes and article titled North Korea Warns South to Show ‘Respect’ for Kim Jong-il in an attempt to infuse the frequent rivalry we are all use to between the North and South Korea.

Another import fact from the great leader of NK is that there are more that 5,000 recent news article on the passing of he leader and about 2 billion entries when one does a Google search with his full name! Amazing compare to 800 million when you google Barack Obama. Mao Tse tung appears about 2 million times and Michael Jackson 800 million times. This speaks volume. Kim Jon Il may be the most popular internet sensation of our time. 

Senior NK military officers cry before Kim Jong Il  casket 

 Meanwhile at the United Nations, the UN General Assembly on September 22nd observed a minute of silence to acknowledge Kim Jon Il death. This was criticized by the US, Europe and Japan who boycotted the initiative organized by the current UN General assembly Nassir al-Nasser of Qatar who believes UN protocol that requires one minute of silence when a seating head of state passes away must be respected.