Please RT!!! Kim Jong Il has 2,292 Twitter Followers!! Please RT!!!
In what is either the beginning of the end of the Hermit Kingdom, or maybe the end of the beginning, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (that's North Korea to us; Norks to the intelligence community) has joined Twitter.
They're Tweeting as @uriminzok. It's entirely in Korean, which is the only reason I'm not following them. That, and because I already know that rice production has been stellar this year, Kim Jong Il won the British Open, and workers around the world despise the reactionary American hegemon.
This means that the Norks are on Twitter, and YouTube, and Facebook. Plus, they've got a super-looking web site.
Poor Kim. He's clearly been reading back issues of American newspapers. He thinks that cool new media applications have worldwide influence. Remember when we all thought Twitter could take down the Iranian theocracy? Didn't really work out that way. Twitter is about telling the world you're about to eat a taco. It's not about denying you sunk a South Korean warship. Some things just need more than 140 characters.
My advice to Kim is, stick with what you know: you're the Hermit Kingdom. You can't be the last insane despot on earth and be Tweeting. But if you insist, please follow me -- I'm @rcbl -- so I can DM you!
In the meantime:
@uriminzok OMG! lv the new haircut, but thnk about some new snglsses. Old ones 2 jackieO. Also: stp snkng SoKo boats #thingsidtweettokimjongil #tcot
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May '10
Re: Please RT!!! Kim Jong Il has 2,292 Twitter Followers!! Please RT!!!
I don't know. In a perfect world, the public statements of politicians might be limited to less than that.
Jul '10
Re: Please RT!!! Kim Jong Il has 2,292 Twitter Followers!! Please RT!!!
@uriminzok tree bark in Red Banner prefect xceptinly tasty now, specially north-facing alder, aspen Bring yr own spork!
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@uriminzok jmp suits are coming back! UR fashion forwrd as alwys #thingswesaytostayalive