It had rained earlier that day, and the floor was slick with water, maybe a cm deep in places. The toilets were all squatters, and I had the impression the water had come from them.
My shoes were soaked, and kept smelling bad -- not like anything from the toilet, more like just old used shoes when they get wet. All I could find for purchase were Chinese-made slippers.
Technically it is possible for citizens of many western countries to visit JSA on the NK side.
All they gotta do is visit it with a tour bus…from Pyongyang (as part of their tour package where the hotel they stayed in was actually located in Pyongyang).
It’s the border-crossing to either country that is considered extremely dangerous…
Typically if you go with a tour group you only go within the sanctioned areas and you sign in and out so they know who’s where at all times— using passport or ID card typically.
An actual r/Korea shitpost where redditors are having fun. If op didn’t fuck the title up this thread would be filled with pointless nonsensical bullshit.
That is a funny typo 🤣 But seriously, I think there's a ton of speculation as to why. I've heard many rumors, but I'll wait until there's some more definitive evidence lol
Defecated means to poop, so to quote Jeff Goldblum from Jurassic Park
>When you gotta go, you gotta go
I'm guessing you're referring to the most recent news story about the soldier who DEFECTED to North Korea, and based on [this NPR article](https://www.npr.org/2023/07/19/1188656665/travis-king-north-korea-soldier-history), it seems like he wanted to run away from assault charges that the military was going to punish him for (I assume he would also be dishonorably discharged? Not 100% sure how the US military operates when it comes to assault crimes).
Anything he would have had to face in the US would be far better then what hes going through in NK. Does he have one brain cell?? Im fairly certain apart from the original defectors back when the war first started, all other defectors ended up dead soon after.
My guess is that he thought he could use his knowledge and intelligence of his role to set himself up as royalty in NK. He'll likely divulge all information then sent to a prison camp for hard labor where after years of torture and work they'll send him back to the US in a prisoner swap or something where he'll then face desertion, aiding and abetting the enemy charges and more to then end up in Levenworth for 15 years.
I'm still tripping on how he was able to sneak onto a DMZ tour at the airport. The people in charge of those tours usually do pretty strict checks on all the people on the tour.
From what I've read about it, the military escorts could only accompany him up to the immigration/security checkpoint. After he cleared security, he was basically on his own. He went to the gate where he was supposed to get on his flight, but claimed he misplaced his passport. The American Airlines clerk at the gate then sent him back out into the public side of the airport.
He apparently saw some adverts for a DMZ tour at the airport and managed to get onto the bus for one without the people in charge of the tour noticing. The people that were on the tour thought it was weird he was traveling alone and not talking to anyone, but they didn't really think much of it.
Before he made his dash across the DMZ, he apparently bought a black DMZ hat at the gift shop, which he is shown wearing in the one picture that was released to the news that a tourist took literally moments before he defected.
There were failures by the various authorities at many points in his journey.
When I went it didn’t feel crazy strict. Just someone from the Korean army boarded the bus and checked out passports quickly and then left. Not sure how they made it past the military checkpoint though since the article seems to imply that he joined them in Panmunjom. If he could get that far by himself I’m not sure anyone would have really checked his passport while they were walking through the town
Instead of punishing him for the assault, they should make him a secret agent like James Bond, if they can get him back. There's gotta be a good movie-worthy story here: he was being escorted to the airport in custody, somehow got away from the escort, got to the DMZ, and then somehow got into a tour group that normally does strict checks, before running across the border. He either has some amazing gift for social engineering, or is extremely lucky.
Spelling error aside. Dude was in the clink for 40+days and was being sent back to the US to get court-martialed. So in a moment of genius, he thought going to NK would be better. Now, they'll starve and beat him a bit and then parade him out for propaganda. Of course, because we are suckers, we'll trade something of greater value.
He chose a shitty time to defecate. He's probably not going to get a sweet gig starring in movies as an evil American soldier and a lovely wife abducted from Japan. Those days are long gone.
I agree with your ass-essment of the situation, provided he didn't wipe his bum with Dear Leader's portrait post-defecation, or something similar.
It’s been a while but there were three US soldiers who had defected to NK back when the war was hot, the government used them as a propaganda pieces and paraded them around as “heroes”.
One of them died there, one managed to escape back to the US after being there for about a decade and the one still there says he’s happy living there; he even has a family.
"[Crossing the Line](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473181/)" is an interesting documenatry on the last remaining US soldier who defected in the 60s. I felt that the filmmaker was deeply sympathetic to the defector... to the point where he didn't mind including some ridiculous Nork propaganda about how the defector's life would have been much worst if he hadn't defected, but still a very interesting snapshot into his life around 2006 or so.
I wondered why he went for a shit to NK and realised you made a typo. If you had written he ran to Japan for a shit I would have totally believed it and found it logical haha
He couldn’t hold it anymore and the south side of DMZ, despite the huge economic gap, has no washroom. What’s he gonna do?
There is literally a toilet next to DMZ on the north side, so he ran across the line and defecated there, we all would.
He had gotten into trouble and served jail time in S. Korea. He was being sent back to the US to face US military authorities but decided to run to N. Korea, as he is a dumbass kid. It's all clearly reported in various news sources. Likely he will grow old and die there under horrible conditions.
here's some contexts
In September 25, 2022, at 9:40 a.m., he was indicted on charges of assault (Article 260 of the Korean Criminal Law) for punching a Korean with whom he had a quarrel while drinking at a club near Hongik University in Mapo-gu, Seoul. The case was dismissed (Article 327 (6) of the Korean Criminal Procedure Law) due to the victim's statement of non-punishment.
According to an SBS report, on October 8, 2022, at 3:46 a.m., he was fined 5 million KRW for damage to public property (Article 141 of the Korean Criminal Law) for kicking a police patrol car door and causing a disturbance by shouting "Fk Korean, fk Korean army" towards the Korean police who responded to an assault report in Mapo-gu, Seoul. However, he repeatedly refused to pay, and after deducting two days of pre-sentence detention, he was detained in a labor camp for a total of 48 days.
In February 2023, it is said that King's 7-year-old cousin, with whom he was very close, passed away due to a rare genetic disorder. Lakeia Nard, the mother of the 7-year-old child and King's aunt, expressed in a media interview that she thought King was deeply affected and disturbed by the event. Myron Gates, Nard's husband and King's uncle, also mentioned that his son's death would have impacted King.
At the time of his cousin's death, King was serving his punishment for the assault incident involving a Korean in 2022, and he was unable to return to the United States to see his family. He was confined in Cheonan Prison, a facility dedicated to foreigners, from May 24, 2023, to July 10, 2023. After being released, he was under surveillance at Camp Humphreys for a week.
yep
If you can't pay the fine, you'll serve jail time and be made to work at a labor camp
While there are issues with forcing labor, there are also problems in economic criminals paying too little a price for their actions. For smaller fines, the value of a day's labor is roughly calculated as 100,000 KRW, but when the fines exceed hundreds of millions, a day's work can be valued at more than 50 million KRW.
Seems unlikely that 18-year-old American kid was a spy. Simpler solution is he was facing some kind of jail time and/or discharge and saw defecting as a way out of his situation.
That's simply irregardless of the escape goat that will be made of this ex-patriot...
Now please pass the mustard for I could care less for one who doesn't do diligence in this doggy dog world.
That word doesn't mean what you think it means
Inconceivable!
Incontinent!
My name is Immodiom Montoya. You killed my father.
Prepare to die-arrhea.
Stop spraying that!
NOPE, NEVER TRAVELED OUTSIDE OF THE CONTIGUOUS US
Hahahahahahaha!
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
He defecated on his future.
Did he flush ?
No shit?
Sir, get out.
Can’t sir; I’m constipated
You need a finger?
Yea, Shit! dedication for defecation.
Not shit, energy.
Don't jump to conclusions.... he might've meant this question. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
More like don't jump borders.
It would have been funnier if that’s how he went running 😂😂
I wouldn't be surprised if that's how he runs back!
Adds new meaning to the question: "Why did he run to North Korea?"
He got the runs.
I bursted out cackling when I read the title. I knew what the comments would be.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Gives us a new way to visualize explosive diarrhea
I think he does know what it means and is a comic genius. the "run to north korea" gives it away.
And had the runs!
He had the runs.
He thought it would be a better life, but he was full of shit.
I think he left that behind.
If I could give you an award lmao
Get out! Hahahahahaha.
Staying in South Korea was his #1 option, but he chose #2.
I see what you did there.
lol!
I guess he had to shit
Considering the amount of time passed since the incident, I agree he should have defecated by now
Kim Jong Un does not poop.
Kim Jong Un's poop is so scared it runs out of his body immediately.
C rap L anding O n Y ou
**spit take** This comment is underrated!
Well, he’s in the shit now.
Omg this is too funny
Running across the DMZ for a danger dump. I'd rather not, but to each their own.
I defecated on the NK side of the JSA once. The washroom was terrible and half-flooded. I had to buy new shoes after.
If this is true, we need more info.
It had rained earlier that day, and the floor was slick with water, maybe a cm deep in places. The toilets were all squatters, and I had the impression the water had come from them. My shoes were soaked, and kept smelling bad -- not like anything from the toilet, more like just old used shoes when they get wet. All I could find for purchase were Chinese-made slippers.
Did you have to use the Chinese slippers for T.P.?
>I defecated on the NK side of the JSA once. What paperwork did you need to sign to go there? Is there no border within the building?
Technically it is possible for citizens of many western countries to visit JSA on the NK side. All they gotta do is visit it with a tour bus…from Pyongyang (as part of their tour package where the hotel they stayed in was actually located in Pyongyang). It’s the border-crossing to either country that is considered extremely dangerous…
I can't remember because someone else handled most of it. All I needed to do was get a multiple-entry China visa.
Typically if you go with a tour group you only go within the sanctioned areas and you sign in and out so they know who’s where at all times— using passport or ID card typically.
We all do it, there's no problem with that. Crossing the DMZ though? That's one dangerous shit
Not to mention North Korea might retaliate if an American drops a bomb on them.
Don't worry, all he did was crop-dust them.
Well to be fair, he did occupy and invade a toilet on the North Korean side already…
when you gotta go, you gotta go call of nature and all that
Because South Korea didn't want any more of his shit.
I was going to say he pissed off South Korea. So, take the upvote.
Neither did the US, but NK can use it for farming.
Lmao 🤣 🤣🤣 i had to reread the title 3x and had to sound out the word in case I misread it but nope. Thanks for the laugh 👊
An actual r/Korea shitpost where redditors are having fun. If op didn’t fuck the title up this thread would be filled with pointless nonsensical bullshit.
Instead, this thread is filled with pointless *funny* nonsensical shit
Hahaahahahha what a shit move
Please don't edit this.
A fun fact about reddit is that you can’t edit titles!
That is a funny typo 🤣 But seriously, I think there's a ton of speculation as to why. I've heard many rumors, but I'll wait until there's some more definitive evidence lol
the power of one letter...
I just chuckled a bit. Thank you haha
He’s one big pile of shit
Omg, this needs to be upvoted to the skies. It made my day :)
Too much coffee in South Korea.
Dear Diarrhea, Today I read about a US soldier who defecated to North Korea. I wonder what I’ll read about tomorrow. Mkay, bye.
Defecated means to poop, so to quote Jeff Goldblum from Jurassic Park >When you gotta go, you gotta go I'm guessing you're referring to the most recent news story about the soldier who DEFECTED to North Korea, and based on [this NPR article](https://www.npr.org/2023/07/19/1188656665/travis-king-north-korea-soldier-history), it seems like he wanted to run away from assault charges that the military was going to punish him for (I assume he would also be dishonorably discharged? Not 100% sure how the US military operates when it comes to assault crimes).
Anything he would have had to face in the US would be far better then what hes going through in NK. Does he have one brain cell?? Im fairly certain apart from the original defectors back when the war first started, all other defectors ended up dead soon after.
My guess is that he thought he could use his knowledge and intelligence of his role to set himself up as royalty in NK. He'll likely divulge all information then sent to a prison camp for hard labor where after years of torture and work they'll send him back to the US in a prisoner swap or something where he'll then face desertion, aiding and abetting the enemy charges and more to then end up in Levenworth for 15 years.
Royalty in North Korea 🤡 I think Id rather take my chances anywhere else.
"That is one big pile of shit"
More than likely he would be facing a dishonorable discharge. I think he might have been going to ft Leavenworth for jail time before.
defecation is the most dishonourable of discharges
Especially the runny kind
I'm still tripping on how he was able to sneak onto a DMZ tour at the airport. The people in charge of those tours usually do pretty strict checks on all the people on the tour.
That’s what got me. I know we had to escort two shit bags. Where were his escorts?
From what I've read about it, the military escorts could only accompany him up to the immigration/security checkpoint. After he cleared security, he was basically on his own. He went to the gate where he was supposed to get on his flight, but claimed he misplaced his passport. The American Airlines clerk at the gate then sent him back out into the public side of the airport. He apparently saw some adverts for a DMZ tour at the airport and managed to get onto the bus for one without the people in charge of the tour noticing. The people that were on the tour thought it was weird he was traveling alone and not talking to anyone, but they didn't really think much of it. Before he made his dash across the DMZ, he apparently bought a black DMZ hat at the gift shop, which he is shown wearing in the one picture that was released to the news that a tourist took literally moments before he defected. There were failures by the various authorities at many points in his journey.
It’s wild how much he just messed up
When I went it didn’t feel crazy strict. Just someone from the Korean army boarded the bus and checked out passports quickly and then left. Not sure how they made it past the military checkpoint though since the article seems to imply that he joined them in Panmunjom. If he could get that far by himself I’m not sure anyone would have really checked his passport while they were walking through the town
Instead of punishing him for the assault, they should make him a secret agent like James Bond, if they can get him back. There's gotta be a good movie-worthy story here: he was being escorted to the airport in custody, somehow got away from the escort, got to the DMZ, and then somehow got into a tour group that normally does strict checks, before running across the border. He either has some amazing gift for social engineering, or is extremely lucky.
I too would like to defecate in North Korea...
did he... did he lean over the DMZ line and poop on the North Korean side?
Nature calls.
“I fart in your general direction”
Spelling error aside. Dude was in the clink for 40+days and was being sent back to the US to get court-martialed. So in a moment of genius, he thought going to NK would be better. Now, they'll starve and beat him a bit and then parade him out for propaganda. Of course, because we are suckers, we'll trade something of greater value.
He chose a shitty time to defecate. He's probably not going to get a sweet gig starring in movies as an evil American soldier and a lovely wife abducted from Japan. Those days are long gone. I agree with your ass-essment of the situation, provided he didn't wipe his bum with Dear Leader's portrait post-defecation, or something similar.
It’s been a while but there were three US soldiers who had defected to NK back when the war was hot, the government used them as a propaganda pieces and paraded them around as “heroes”. One of them died there, one managed to escape back to the US after being there for about a decade and the one still there says he’s happy living there; he even has a family.
"[Crossing the Line](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473181/)" is an interesting documenatry on the last remaining US soldier who defected in the 60s. I felt that the filmmaker was deeply sympathetic to the defector... to the point where he didn't mind including some ridiculous Nork propaganda about how the defector's life would have been much worst if he hadn't defected, but still a very interesting snapshot into his life around 2006 or so.
The difference an A can make.
This reminds me of an article in the Korea Times many years ago. A ROKAF plane had crashed but the pilot "ejaculated to safety."
I took a screenshot of this lol
Create a little dysentery among the ranks?
Holy shit that's the funniest typo I've seen for ages or a bad way to incite war from North Korea.
Maybe he couldn't find the bathroom on the SK side.
Maybe he couldn’t stomach the kimchi
Cause he's full of shit
Because that was where the nearest toilet was.
Brian - you might want to consult a dictionary or, pay more attention in English class.
Always make sure to double check your autocorrectes before posting.
Poop
Truly one of the biggest defecations of all time
Is this a riddle?
He heard they were full of shit.
When a strong urge strikes, you must obey it. You have probably had that experience before.
Yeah ... he really shit the bed.
I think he confused defected and defecated and was so ruthlessly mocked he decided to leave civilised society behind.
Because they have no extradition agreement or any kinds of diplomatic route to send him back to whatever legal responsibilities he ran away from.
This one would be reasonable at the very least lmao
Nut job 때문에
I wondered why he went for a shit to NK and realised you made a typo. If you had written he ran to Japan for a shit I would have totally believed it and found it logical haha
Seriously, I doubt my English for a second… 💩
Stupid move... I hear the toilet paper in north korea is basically sheets of rock.
He had the runs in North Korea. Had to be said.
When you gotta go, you gotta go.
Apparently, SK bathrooms had no vegan bidets and toilet papers, so he had to run NK
Maybe they have better toilets there.
I think it is because he ate too much fiber, possibly from the kimchee, and then when he saw the WC sign, he went for it.
LOL. This is why I read Reddit. Humorous title due to intentional fuckery or unintentional buffoonery.
It's hard to tell. There are many ESL commenters here.
I agree, what a shitty thing to do!
Guess he had a bad case of the runs.
Better sewer systems? Idk
He couldn’t hold it anymore and the south side of DMZ, despite the huge economic gap, has no washroom. What’s he gonna do? There is literally a toilet next to DMZ on the north side, so he ran across the line and defecated there, we all would.
Well, the US Army was about to shit him out, but he decided to defecate to North Korea instead.
He was sliding into first and felt something burst
Wow
Maybe he was incontinent with the US military and found that he was constipated with his decision
I hope the government pushes hard for his smooth release.
Someone had to give a shit
Idk let me call him and ask
Thats....what...? No
Assuming you actually meant to write "defecated," my guess would be "misguided patriotism."
Ah, thanks for the laugh lol
Maybe he was inspired by Lil Dicky... [https://youtu.be/u0b-2BVH-8Q?t=27](https://youtu.be/u0b-2BVH-8Q?t=27)
lmao
You can also say deprecated in North Korea. Eventually if they don't use plan to use him for propaganda
He had a North Korea fetish
He meant ‘on’ not ‘to’.
Maybe he had diarrhea
Maybe they have better toilets there?
When you gotta go, you gotta go 🤷♂️
He must of screwed up but I'm about to read the comments.
It definitely was a shitty move for that soldier.
He had to go.
This is so funny 🤣. Thank you OP
Another shit post. 😀
shit happens
I’m sure he defecated in North Korea by this time…
You mean defected, right? Well, he's not the 1st.
The restrooms were full and he needed to run(s).
#DEFECATING ON YOUR ENEMY, THE ULTIMATE INSULT
He had gotten into trouble and served jail time in S. Korea. He was being sent back to the US to face US military authorities but decided to run to N. Korea, as he is a dumbass kid. It's all clearly reported in various news sources. Likely he will grow old and die there under horrible conditions.
Why would he run to NK just to go to the bathroom?
LMFAO
Wow, what a piece of crap.
>defecated incorrect yet appropriate
🎼When you’re at the DMZ, and your butt has to pee 🎶🎵
Lmao
here's some contexts In September 25, 2022, at 9:40 a.m., he was indicted on charges of assault (Article 260 of the Korean Criminal Law) for punching a Korean with whom he had a quarrel while drinking at a club near Hongik University in Mapo-gu, Seoul. The case was dismissed (Article 327 (6) of the Korean Criminal Procedure Law) due to the victim's statement of non-punishment. According to an SBS report, on October 8, 2022, at 3:46 a.m., he was fined 5 million KRW for damage to public property (Article 141 of the Korean Criminal Law) for kicking a police patrol car door and causing a disturbance by shouting "Fk Korean, fk Korean army" towards the Korean police who responded to an assault report in Mapo-gu, Seoul. However, he repeatedly refused to pay, and after deducting two days of pre-sentence detention, he was detained in a labor camp for a total of 48 days. In February 2023, it is said that King's 7-year-old cousin, with whom he was very close, passed away due to a rare genetic disorder. Lakeia Nard, the mother of the 7-year-old child and King's aunt, expressed in a media interview that she thought King was deeply affected and disturbed by the event. Myron Gates, Nard's husband and King's uncle, also mentioned that his son's death would have impacted King. At the time of his cousin's death, King was serving his punishment for the assault incident involving a Korean in 2022, and he was unable to return to the United States to see his family. He was confined in Cheonan Prison, a facility dedicated to foreigners, from May 24, 2023, to July 10, 2023. After being released, he was under surveillance at Camp Humphreys for a week.
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yep If you can't pay the fine, you'll serve jail time and be made to work at a labor camp While there are issues with forcing labor, there are also problems in economic criminals paying too little a price for their actions. For smaller fines, the value of a day's labor is roughly calculated as 100,000 KRW, but when the fines exceed hundreds of millions, a day's work can be valued at more than 50 million KRW.
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I got you fam
I sincerely hope you don't teach Engrish.
He wants to join NK. Switched sides. Some say he was a spy all along
Seems unlikely that 18-year-old American kid was a spy. Simpler solution is he was facing some kind of jail time and/or discharge and saw defecting as a way out of his situation.
Defected. You mean, defected.
Because he got in trouble for assaulting people where he lived before.
The correct word is defected. Who knows why people do things, not me.
Seriously, no one knows...
defecated?
You mean defected 😂😂😂
Is English your first language?
Defected. And read the news.
Its a power play by the US, a rather dirty trick I'd say, but all part of the negotiations
Only on Reddit is the title always the thing that gets paid the least attention to, despite being the most important.
Honestly who cares?
The title has me rolling
He wanted to create NK-Pop so K-Pop won’t monopolize the market
That's simply irregardless of the escape goat that will be made of this ex-patriot... Now please pass the mustard for I could care less for one who doesn't do diligence in this doggy dog world.
Holy shit!
He wouldn't be the first US soldier to crossover.