Its not that this isn't true, its the scale of the problem, and the silence when its other Muslims, in Palestine or Myanmar, etc.

        • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          That paper is like the Daily Mail on steroids. It's right-wing tabloid garbage started by the founder of Samsung. I was looking at the "family tree" section of his wiki and it's just Korean bourgeoisie laid bare.

          • angmoh [none/use name]
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            4 years ago

            Didn't they release that new eating dogs story that came out yesterday as well?

            • chmos [any]
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              4 years ago

              That was the New York post

                • chmos [any]
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                  4 years ago

                  But the one they were asking about, about the dogs being rounded up and used for food was New York post

                  • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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                    4 years ago

                    The kooky leader renewed the call to round up the household pets again in July, a source told the South Korean newspaper Chosen Ilbo.

                    • NY Post

                    That newspaper is the parent company of JoongAng. This is like the South Korean Murdoch empire.

                    • chmos [any]
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                      4 years ago

                      Wow, it goes deeper than I thought

                      • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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                        4 years ago

                        There is no real reporting in the DPRK in the west really. All the major stories are just straight up mustache twirling capitalist propaganda from far-right media mogols in South Korea.

                        Media moguls that are closely tied to companies like Samsung and LG.

            • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              They release like all of these insane propaganda stories. With a small exception for a Chinese satirical paper that makes fun of them (but is then taken seriously when translated).

      • CoralMarks [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I never heard of this so I obviously had to google it, this shit is pretty fucked up.

        But at least there were some issues with this method:

        Things did not always work out according to plan at such executions; at a mass execution at Firozpur in 1857, there was an order that blank cartridge should be used, but some guns were loaded with grapeshot instead. Several of the spectators facing the cannons were hit by the grapeshot and some had to have limbs amputated as a result. In addition, some of the soldiers had not been withdrawn properly and sustained injuries from being hit by whizzing pieces of flesh and bone.
        wiki

        Eat shit I'd say.

        • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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          4 years ago

          huh, i always thought that was invented by the british raj, but apparently it was the Mughals?

          • CoralMarks [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Well, they say they used it in the 16th century, but they note the Portuguese using it as early as 1509 as well.
            So it might be up for debate.