Five People Killed As Protests Shift To North Korea: Government Mobilizes In Preparation For Violent Demonstrations

Freedom fighter Bernie Bernanke’s has just carved another notch in his liberation bed post. With everyone expecting Saudi Arabia to fall next, or even South Korea, following days of consistently unreported bank runs, it is North Korea which takes tonight’s gray swan award. From The Chosunilbo: “Hundreds of people clashed with security forces in the North Korean town of Sinuiju on the border with China on Friday, a source in the Stalinist country said Wednesday. The military was deployed to quell the demonstration, leaving some protesters wounded. The source said police officers cracking down on traders in a market in Sinuiju after the public holidays marking leader Kim Jong-il’s birthday beat one of them unconscious. The victim’s family protested and many other traders went along to support them. When it looked as though other people might join the traders, security agents and military troops moved in. Rumor has it that four or five people were killed in the resulting clashes, but no details of civilian casualties are known.” So how much are those North Korea CDS again? And how much longer does China think it can suppress its own 1.3 billion-strong tsunami?

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