Kim Jong Il: tiny tyrant, self-proclaimed internet expert
By Darren Murph 
posted October 5th 2007 10:44AM
posted October 5th 2007 10:44AM
While a great many individuals have an (understandable) beef with North Korea's polarizing leader, there's a decent chance that even more people would scoff at his latest comment. During summit talks this week with South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, Kim Jong Il called himself an "internet expert," after which we assume the entire room erupted with laughter. Granted, the guy must have some sort of outside connection to still receive his tunes and booze once the US got involved, but suggesting that "only the industrial zone" be wired for web access is questionable at best.
Most of this blogs readers live in countries where every one is allowed to have an opinion regardless of their qualification's or physical stature :)
Furthermore Jong IL was basically given the country by daddy, who basically had it given to him by the Chinese and Russians at the end of WWII because he was one of the few Korean Communist leaders who managed to stay alive.
P.S. thanks for the Time Warner history lesson but Henry Luce didn't start Time Warner, he cofounded Time inc.which later merged with Warner Communications to form Time Warner but I still fail to see the relevance.
The skinny web developer has spoken!
I bet he's a 14 year old girl named Sun online.
guys, guys, rearry. if he is really a self proclaimed interweb expert then odds are he's reading engadget right now! (cause that's all it takes, isnt it?)
How does reading techie-wannabe blog make you an "internet expert"?
Engadget writers and editors don't even differentiate "internet" and "Internet".
"...polarizing leader." Hmmmmmm?? Can anyone out there think of any more of these on the planet? Hint:USA
I for one totally believe him. Just look at that guy, he must be a wizard!
He's more like a Korean version of Don King. That hair's just crazy.
What's wrong with humanity? Why are we having these idiots as our so called "leaders"...
We have this guy in Iran who says Holocaust is a myth, Hugo Chavez in Venuzuala who thinks everyone in the world is waiting to have him killed, this nut job in North Korea, George W in.... oops...
He also claimed that he could get a score of 19 on an 18 hole golf course.
I think his name was specifically chosen to confuse those who prefer using a sans-serif font.
Despite the comments in this article, Nobody truly knows what's going on in North Korea.
I believe he is an expert indeed. Most of users will lazily enter www blabla or even blabla.something to access a web site.
Kim Jong Il expertly covers all combinations of mail://..., ftp://... gopher:// KimJong://... spam:// crap://... until he discovers a four letters combination to hit the right protocol to access the web site.
Kim is a persistent leader who is capable of overcoming such an impossible difficulty. Whether it takes a year, 10 years or a century, he WILL get the right URL one day.
You must admit that nobody can achieve such a feat. Hats Off please.
I knew I seen him on WoW...
While these claims made by Kim Jong Il may sound silly to us, they have more to do with cultural differences and the way the koreans view their leaders than with the man himself.
The rulers of Korea have long been seen as gods or semi-gods by their people, Kim Jong Il is just continuing that tradition. The people of Korea may very well know it´s not true but with a bit of faith.. Kind of like Jesus walking on water or feeding hundreds of people with only two breads and two fishes.
It's sad that you can't differentiate North from South. South Korea basically hates North Korea and would love to see Jong Il's head on a platter of kimchi. The only reason people see him as something awesome is because that's all they know in fear. Brainwashed people glorify the master brainwasher... not a demi-god.