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3 N Koreans sent home after 'drifting' to Japan

National Jan. 10, 2012 - 06:43AM JST ( 8 )

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MaboDofuIsSpicyJan. 10, 2012 - 11:13AM JST

They must have had family back there and I would assume they did not want them killed.
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ReformedBasherJan. 10, 2012 - 11:28AM JST

@ MaboDofuIsSpicy

They must have had family back there and I would assume they did not want them killed.

Maybe not. NK propaganda would have the residents believe they live in paradise. But I'm not saying you're wrong either.
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SquidBertJan. 10, 2012 - 02:32PM JST

3 N Koreans sent home after 'drifting' to Japan

I wonder why JT chose to encase the word 'drifting' of the headline in single quotation marks? Are there any indications of them having employed some advanced NK 'drift aiding' technology?

Not trying to be a smart*ss, just wondering.
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nandakandamandaJan. 10, 2012 - 03:59PM JST

There are any number of interpretations of this story.

For many years NK has tested the winds for sending poison balloons to Japan, and these have been reported in the Japanese press whenever they have landed.

I can imagine that someone feels the need to test the ocean currents too, to see where objects might float to at a given time of year. Perhaps they asked for 'volunteer' prisoners to do some drifting on the winter seas. The expensive tracking equipment would be a nice recording device, and they could save on fuel by giving them very little. It could be that one of their poor number couldn't hack the job though.

OK, that is one scenario, and I can think of others, but the story as it stands with no other explanation makes too little sense.
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Reinaert AlbrechtJan. 10, 2012 - 04:17PM JST

You can be sure they are on their way to the North Korean death camps by now.
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Goals0Jan. 10, 2012 - 09:05PM JST

Uh, no. North Korea was not testing the winds. No, they are not on their way to the North Korean death camps (not that I'm denying they exist). For those who are actually folowing the story and saw the pictures of the boat they arrived in it's clear they had no intention of coming near Japan.

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_752895.html

Interestingly they said they had no idea that Kim Jong-il had died.
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WilliBJan. 10, 2012 - 11:03PM JST

Rainaert Albrecht:

" You can be sure they are on their way to the North Korean death camps by now. "

No, to the contrary. They showed loyality to the regime, so they will be rewarded. And their families will be spared the concentration camp too.
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Mr SushiJan. 11, 2012 - 07:23AM JST

Repression, poverty and food shortages in the isolated communist state???????... What are they talking about?... i saw everybody crying their eyes out on the death of their beloved leader just a short time ago.... I thought everything was perfect there!