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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (757765)	12/15/2013 12:49:35 PM
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Following execution, North Korea tells its citizens in China to return home as a show of loyalty By George Chidi rawstory.com Saturday, December 14, 2013 17:29 EST Days after killing his politically-influential uncle and two associates, Kim Jong Un is telling North Korean business people in China to come home, reports the BBC. North Korea’s supreme leader had his second in command and uncle, Jang Song Thaek, arrested, tried, sentenced and executed for treason and other crimes this week. The breathtaking speed of the purge has left outside observers speculating about the internal dynamics at play. But North Korea isn’t completely closed off to its ally China, which which it has some commercial and development ties. However, Jang Song Thaek was in charge of economic ties with China, the Christian Science Monitor notes. Jang Song Thaek had been pressing for China to develop special economic zones in North Korea as an economic development tool, and led a major trade delegation to Beijing in 2012. The laundry list of accusations large and small Kim Jong Un leveled against his uncle included selling North Korean natural resources cheaply to Chinese mining companies, as well as leasing a port impropertly to China in the Rason special economic zone on the Sea of Japan, the LA Times noted. With his death, now the North Korean regime is recalling other North Korean business people in the north-eastern Chinese cities of Shenyang and Dandong, possibly as a test of loyalty, the BBC reported Friday.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (757765)	12/15/2013 12:55:21 PM
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Pope Francis to Rush Limbaugh: I’m no Marxist, but I have known plenty of good Marxists The pope responds to his conservative critics KATIE MCDONOUGH salon.com In an interview published Sunday in Italian news daily La Stampa, Pope Francis addressed conservative criticism of his recent statements on economic justice by explaining that he is not a Marxist, but is also not offended by the label because he believes Marxists are good people, too. Last month, Rush Limbaugh said that Francis’ views on poverty equated to “ pure Marxism coming out of the mouth of the pope.” “Marxist ideology is wrong,” the pope said in an apparent response to Limbaugh. “But in my life I have known many Marxists who are good people, so I don’t feel offended.” Going on to address Limbaugh’s accusation that his papacy has become “purely political,” the pope said he is only following “the social doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church” by speaking out about economic inequality, and that “this does not mean being Marxist.” By pointing out rampant global poverty and the excess wealth concentrated among global elites, he is merely presenting a “snapshot of what is happening” in the world today, he added. Katie McDonough is an assistant editor for Salon, focusing on lifestyle. Follow her on Twitter @kmcdonovgh or email her at kmcdonough@salon.com. MORE KATIE MCDONOUGH.