• Coca_Cola_but_Commie [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    What is the Hexbearist line on Shin Sang-ok and Choi Eun-hee anyway? Did Kim Jong-il just like movies? Was it all an embezzlement scheme like Wikipedia says North Korea says?

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Blowback covered it a bit in a bonus episode for season 3 and not really knowing the ins and outs I can say for certain, Kim Jong Il fucking LOVED movies. He was a kino child through and through.

      • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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        2 years ago

        Such a fun subject for a bonus episode ruined by the gross lady they interviewed for it, talked about going to North Korea like she was going to a zoo observing the funny creatures doing weird things.

        • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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          2 years ago

          Yeah, I can imagine with that season they maybe had to take who they can get but I was very dissapointed.

      • stinky [any]
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        2 years ago

        Where are the bonus eps? My podcast app only shows the regular s3 episodes and bonus content from previous seasons.

        • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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          2 years ago

          Downloaded to my phone. I pirated them when they came out. Dunno the link now or even if it would still work.

            • robinn [none/use name]
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              2 years ago

              Your comment was five days ago but if you're still looking for it this is the drive link with the bonus episodes:

              https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1WSE-G3x7QBc9ZFmh20AFGn5Nq7oBsJYN

    • Beaver [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Did Kim Jong-il just like movies? Was it all an embezzlement scheme like Wikipedia says North Korea says?

      They were trying a lot of stuff, and the kidnapping schemes are arguably less brutal than a lot of the tactics used against NK. A lot of these schemes make more sense when you put yourself into the mindspace of a country under assault of decades of shadow war. But I will say that the whole Shin Sang-ok and Choi Eun-hee situation seems at least a little bit harebrained. My read on it is that Kim's love of movies maybe lead to some motivated reasoning when hatching this plan.