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Kim's death no joke for 'Dear Leader' double Read

narong — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:34:50 +0800

SEOUL: He’s been cursed in the street, appeared in a movie and perfected the wave of North Korea’s “Dear Leader”. Now Kim Jong-Il’s leading look-alike feels that part of himself died along with the late ruler.
Passers-by stop and stare as a short, stout man with a bouffant hairdo, large glasses and olive green suit stands at the door of his small engraving shop in northern Seoul.
For more than a decade Kim Young-Sik has been moonlighting as an impersonator of North Korea’s longtime leader.
But since Kim Jong-Il died on December 17, the 61-year-old father of two fears he may have to hang up his tailor-made suits after an illustrious career that saw him appear on Japanese TV and in a Middle East chocolate commercial. “I feel very empty, as if a part of me died. People try to comfort me, saying some figures are more famous when they’re dead, but I don’t think it will be the case with Kim.” As a child, he never dreamt of becoming a communist ruler, and fell into the role almost by accident.
“One day after I got out of the shower and my hair was very curly, people told me I looked like Kim Jong-Il,” he explained, during a break from serving customers at his store in a working-class district of the South Korean capital. His break came with a role in the 1995 South Korean film “The Rose of Sharon Blooms Again” about a South Korean scientist who secretly helped the North develop nuclear weapons to prevent a Japanese invasion. Since then he’s rubbed shoulders with celebrities and world leaders — or at least people who look like them — including George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin impersonators. His career began to take off after then-South Korean president Kim Dae-Jung began the “Sunshine Policy” of reconciliation with the North in the late 1990s.
“People started to notice me and invite me to all sorts of television stations,” he said. Outside his home country the real Kim was often seen as a figure of fun, lampooned in the 2004 hit puppet movie “Team America” and an easy target for comedians. But it’s not always easy playing the role of a man who presided over a deadly famine, locked tens of thousands of his own people up in prison camps and tested a nuclear bomb. “Some people curse at me and call me ’dictator’, but those who know me wave and shout ’Kim Jong-Il!’. Then I would wave back at them and show them some of Kim’s moves,” he said.
Keeping up appearances takes some work. He perms his hair every three months and before Kim’s death closely followed changes in his look and demeanour, even going on a diet when the late leader lost weight following a 2008 stroke. - AFP
“Back when Kim Jong-Il was young, I used to use hairspray, but after he got old and started to lose hair, I didn’t have to do anything.” He has four different suits made in the style of the late ruler along with five pairs of platform shoes. “Before, I used to wear the outfits almost everyday, but now I just wear them once in a while and when I’m invited to be Kim Jong-Il at an event. It’s a shame I won’t be able to wear them anymore,” impersonator Kim said. He regrets never having had the chance to meet the real Kim, or even visit North Korea, which in the past denied his visa request. “Kim was a great man in a way because although he was a dictator, he built a country like no other. Do you think anyone could do it?" Now, as Kim’s youngest son Kim Jong-Un inherits the world’s last communist dynasty, the late leader’s double thinks it is time to step aside for a new generation. “I’d like to do more acting as Kim Jong-Il, but they’ll find someone new for Jong-Un. They asked if my son looked like him but he doesn’t or I would have sent him to an audition,” he said wistfully.

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Kongres AS lulus pinjaman AS$40 juta kepada Palest

narong — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:32:25 +0800

WASHINGTON: Jabatan Negara Amerika Syarikat berkata, Kongres negara itu meluluskan bantuan sebanyak AS$40 juta (RM127 juta) kepada Palestin, sebagai sebahagian daripada kira-kira AS$200 juta (RM635 juta) yang dibekukan ketika negara itu berusaha mendapatkan keanggotaan penuh Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu (PBB).

"Kita bekerjasama dengan Kongres untuk sekian lama kerana kita tidak fikir Amerika Syarikat mahu terus membekukan wang ini," kata jurucakap Jabatan Negara, Victoria Nuland.

Bantuan itu disediakan menerusi Dana Sokongan Ekonomi yang disasarkan untuk tujuan ekonomi dan kemanusiaan. - AFP

So.... Betul ke?

narong — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:01:31 +0800

Yang kerajaan Negeri Kedah buat laporan polis untuk menghalang orang sembahyang di madrasah tu? Kena dapatkan permit untuk sembahyang... Betul ke?

Lawak

narong — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:53:33 +0800

Riley On Marketing

narong — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:06:13 +0800

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Best Bang For Buck

narong — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 03:59:28 +0800

Less than AU 1200.00

Please do suggest me a good laptop. Thanks in Advanced.

On The Way

narong — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:05:19 +0800

To pickup my new replacement GTX 590...

Cool Story yo So happy..... And want go pickup the Steelcase from software boutique. I won the lucky draw

Inb4: /k/ is my own forum. I can open any topic I want U jelly?

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narong — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:57:58 +0800

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So, you like Tomboi?

narong — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:27:50 +0800

Now amik ni

narong — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:42:58 +0800

Guys. Apa slowpoke ini?

narong — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:53:04 +0800

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narong — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:06:28 +0800

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narong — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:32:28 +0800

This relationship going to kill me :(

narong — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:23:41 +0800

So berapa ekor?

narong — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:29:38 +0800

Berapa ekor anda sudah donate mau kasi tumbang ini raya weh?

I want donate 10 ekor la. But no money liao

Tahniah dak2 parkour Malaysia

narong — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:41:50 +0800

TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA - Tiga peserta dari negeri jiran Malaysia menjuarai ‘Smartfren Indo Free-Run Championship 2011 di Jakarta, Minggu (30/10/2011) untuk kategori free-run. Mereka adalah Abudi S, Muhdabir Ahmad serta Baba Gariri. Sementara untuk Street Dance diraih Street Pass (Jakarta) dan SSB (Semarang).
Smartfren Indo Free-Run Championship 2011 adalah kompetisi free-running yang menjadi ikon gaya hidup sehat, dinamis, dan cepat yang saat ini tengah diminati banyak kaum muda di seluruh penjuru dunia, termasuk di Indonesia.

Dalam penyelenggaraan yang pertama kalinya di Indonesia ini, diikuti para free-runner yang berasal dari 41 kota utama di Indonesia serta perwakilan dari negara tetangga, seperti Malaysia dan lain-lain.
Acara ini mempertandingkan teknik kecepatan, ketangkasan, style dan kelenturan dari para atletnya. Kompetisi ini diharapkan dapat menjadi tonggak kemajuan olahraga Free Running di tanah air, sekaligus menjadi awal meningkatnya prestasi olahraga Indonesia di kompetisi dunia.

“Melalui ‘Smartfren Indo Free Run Championship 2011’, kami ingin menegaskan dukungan Smartfren terhadap berkembangnya berbagai budaya sehat, cepat, tangkas, kreatif, dinamis dan anti-lelet yang kesemuanya dapat tergambarkan dari aktivitas ini,” tutur Rodolfo Pantoja, Presiden Direktur Smartfren.

Pihaknya berharap dapat terus memberikan dukungan terhadap perkembangan dan kemajuan free-running di Indonesia sekaligus juga dapat menjadi inspirasi bagi tercapainya budaya cepat, dinamis dan anti lelet, sebagaimana yang dikembangkan Smartfren dalam budaya korporasi maupun produk dan layanannya.

"Juara kompetisi ‘Smartfren Indo Free Run Championship 2011’ akan ditetapkan sebagai wakil Indonesia yang akan bertanding di Kejuaraan Dunia Free Run yang akan diselenggarakan oleh asosiasi parkour dan free running internasional di Miami, Florida, Amerika Serikat,” tambah Rodolfo.

SOSEJ BABY

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narong — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:25:24 +0800

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Hot tamale Better than http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2091459

Dua Madu Buat kerja

narong — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:03:24 +0800

SEREMBAN: Seorang suami terpaksa melakukan tanggungjawab yang mungkin tidak pernah dibayangkannya sebelum ini iaitu menjamin dua isterinya yang ditahan pihak berkuasa kerana berkhalwat dengan seorang lelaki di sebuah hotel di Port Dickson, dekat sini.

Difahamkan dalam operasi itu, sepasukan penguat kuasa Jabatan Hal Ehwal Agama Islam Negeri Sembilan (JHEAINS) melakukan pemeriksaan di sebuah bilik hotel berkenaan selepas menerima maklumat berhubung kegiatan maksiat yang berlaku.

Kedua-dua wanita bermadu berusia 30-an itu ditahan selepas didapati bersekedudukan dengan lelaki berusia 30-an di sebuah hotel terkemuka di kawasan pantai peranginan popular itu.

Sumber berkata, ketika serbuan kira-kira jam 3 pagi Khamis lalu, anggota penguat kuasa memberi salam sebelum mengetuk pintu bilik beberapa kali dan menunggu kira-kira setengah jam sebelum dibuka seorang wanita berpakaian lengkap.

Menurutnya, anggota penguat kuasa melakukan pemeriksaan sebelum mendapati seorang lelaki dan wanita lain berpakaian lengkap juga berada di bilik hotel berkenaan.

“Ketika disoal siasat, dua wanita dan lelaki itu mengaku mereka bukan suami isteri atau mahram. Lebih mengejutkan, hasil soal siasat mendapati kedua-dua wanita berkenaan bermadu dan datang ke daerah itu kononnya untuk bercuti dari ibu kota,” katanya kepada Harian Metro, di sini, semalam.

Slowpoke girl

narong — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:27:50 +0800

19.27
31/10/2011

Lol

Have you pernah Mandi Rain?

narong — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:07:52 +0800

Inb4: 25 years a go I loike mandi hujan.

Drilzz my awek mandi hujan at that time: