'Fake photo' revives Kim rumours

[G-MAN2004]

I'm confused, I think his shadow is perfectly normal, someone explain why it not. Look at everyones trousers in relation to the cast shadow. Makes sense to me.

The soldier on the right, his shadow looks odd I think.

 

[Delvis]

The line in between his legs looks odd.

I tried

 

[lewism]

So what did this achieve?

No NK'ers are going to see it, if it was made outside...

What you have to remember is that it doesn't matter if any NK'ers see it, it's about the surrounding nations and the people in the NK government that matter. As long as the other powers can convince nations in the region that NK is weakening and theres a possible regime change on the cards then that's all that really matters.

If the photos really are faked by NK government, NK has to waste time proving Kim isn't really ill and responding to these claims. If the photos are faked by the national newpapers or other govenerments, NK still have to waste time proving to other nations that Kim isn't ill.

It's getting to that stage where people are uncertain about a change in leadership and a chance for other nations to get a first foot in the door with who ever takes his place.

Take Cuba as a prime example. it's already making baby steps towards opening up.

 

[danza]

If it is a shop, i recon its to hide a couple of walking sticks.

Maybe not, maybe it's to hide a couple of WMDs.

 

[Tefal]

What you have to remember is that it doesn't matter if any NK'ers see it, it's about the surrounding nations and the people in the NK government that matter.

Iget the feeling the NK gov would be most likley people to know + covering it up so they stay in power using the fear/respect different parts of nk's population has of the man.

 

[BoomAM]

Im no expert by any means, but surely an attack on NK wouldnt be the risk that many predict it'd be.
They do have a large army, granted, but the power projection abilities of the US and other countrys would really cause some headaches for NK if it ever got to that point...

 

[growse]

I've seen the hi-res original.

In my opinion, the line on the white stand is just a pointer to the fact something's been manipulated. There are scuffs and marks all along the front of the step which aren't present on the place where thte line has gone. On it's own, this isn't convincing. However, things like the odd colourisation on the shoes and the completely different artifacting in that area of the image compared with everything else means that it all looks a little fishy. I'd be very interested in what a JPEG error analysis would throw up - if it were a fake I'd expect that to stand out quite clearly.

Could be wrong though.

 

[meghatronic]

Im no expert by any means, but surely an attack on NK wouldnt be the risk that many predict it'd be.
They do have a large army, granted, but the power projection abilities of the US and other countrys would really cause some headaches for NK if it ever got to that point...

Watch Brotherhood.

And as I said, China and Russia WOULD side with NK (again) and it would be a disaster.

 

[SourChipmunk]

The shadow on his leg is spot on - look at the soldiers leg on the far right, also pretty much straight and not diagonal like the other two.
The sun is obviously pretty low in the sky, it's just exagerratting the horizontal lengths and thus the patterns in the more crumpled trousers, giving the impression that they should be diagonal.

Indeed. Also, who says the black line must run all the way across? can't see anything wrong with the pixels either.

I'm thinking the same thing. Also, the "mismatched pixels" could have been caused by the sun reflecting off his highly-polished boot. It looks like standard glare to me.

 

[iamTakeo]

Poor Kim junh il, my favourite dictator who kidnapped a movie producer and director and made them make a pro-communist godzilla ripoff.

 

[BoomAM]

And as I said, China and Russia WOULD side with NK (again) and it would be a disaster.

You cant guarantee something like that though. Its just speculation.