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South Korean couple nurture virtual child, let their real one starve
05.28.2010
04:04 pm
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Yep, starve…to death.  A 41-year-old taxi driver and his wife were sentenced to 2 years in prison for choosing to play 10 hours a day at internet cafes rather than bottle feed their newborn daughter more than once a day.  And, for tragic irony, the couple’s game of choice, Prius, was one where they “played” raising a virtual baby. 

Court affidavits also stated that the girl, who was born premature and weighed 5 pounds, was fed rotten formula and, when she cried out of hunger, was beaten by her parents.  What did the couple name their newborn?  The Korean equivalent of “love.”  Oh, and, FYI: the mother received a lesser sentence because she’s currently pregnant with baby number two.  Some pre-sentencing video follows below:

 
South Korean Couple Let Baby Starve To Death

Posted by Bradley Novicoff
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05.28.2010
04:04 pm
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Introducing The-Dear-Leader-To-Be: Kim Jong-Un?
04.21.2010
12:27 pm
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(Kim Jong-Un, left, beside his father, Kim Jong-Il)
 
How do you know you’re being groomed for something higher in North Korea?  Rather than feed your own people, you organize a pricey fireworks display!

The Mainichi newspaper printed a photo of a round-faced and well-dressed man accompanying North Korea’s “Dear Leader” on a visit to a steel mill in North Hamgyong Province in March.

Kim Jong-un is being groomed to take over from his father, whom some experts believe to be suffering from the after-effects of a stroke that has been worsened by long-standing diabetes as well as kidney and heart disease.  Little is known of his third son and the last photos confirmed to have been of Kim Jong-un were taken when he was in his early teens. Now believed to be in his late 20s, North Korea’s state-run media has been gradually raising his profile over the last 18 months, since his two other brothers apparently fell out of favour.

Kim Jong-un last week organised the fireworks display along the Taedong River in Pyongyang to mark “The Day of the Sun,” the 98th anniversary of the birth of Kim Il-sung, the founder of the nation and Kim Jong-il’s father.  Kim Jong-il was himself entrusted with the event shortly before assuming a more important role in the Central Committee of the North Korean Workers’ Party.
The lavish fireworks display is estimated to have cost $5.4 million (£3.5 million).

This week, China, North Korea’s closest ally, predicted serious food shortages in North Korea in May due to a poor harvest last year. The regime reportedly requires 2 million tons of corn and other foodstuffs to stave off another famine.

North Korea: Rare Photograph of Kim Jong-il’s Heir Apparent Emerges

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04.21.2010
12:27 pm
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