I‘m beginning to think that the DPRK is a lot like Disney World–a place where reality is suspended the moment you enter.

Or maybe it’s more like a UFO convention,–anyone who does enter has already embarked on an out-of-this-world exploration.

The truth is that I’m a lot like you: I don’t know what to think for sure. The rhetoric, allegations and activities just seem to get more bizarre as we go. From the recent claim that DPRK scientists have developed nuclear fusion, to threats of turning Seoul into a “sea of fire”, to the idea that Aijalon Mahli Gomes has attempted suicide, the hits just keep coming. If the subject matter was not so grim, one would think that the Central News Agency is like a global Saturday Night Live. Incredible stuff.

Here’s the announcement concerning Aijalon: [Read more…] about Park, Gomes, DPRK: So Bizarre