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So Why don't the media refer to Kim Jong as President and instead,they refer to him as North Korea Leader?

Humanlove 7 June 12
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People in North Korea are starving and Kim Jong On looks like he has never missed a meal.,,,,,He is obese.

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He was not elected, and acts as a dictator, a role to which the orange one admires and aspires ...

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He wasn't elected. A president is generally elected. A dictator is not a president. It is important to distinguish just what kidn of leader a person is and what kind of government they are head of.

I saw it reported on Fox News that it was a "meeting between two dictators", which was inaccurate... even if Trump wishes he had the powers of a dictator.

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It is just semantics. The word "president" is from the Latin/French and is the person who sits before, presides over, the leader of a group, the chairperson. Many nations use that title, including Cuba. Nearly all of the heads of state hold a title that, like "president", boils down to "leader" or "guide" or "chairman" in their respective languages like Führer and Il Duce. Kim-jong's grandfather, Kim Il-sung, held the title Great Leader and posthumously was named "Eternal President".

It is the same with "democracy". After the Divine Right of Kings lost credibility, every nation has since claimed the fiction that its power arose from The People and that it is a "democracy", the USA included. Our own nation is in practice and in fact an oligarchy. We don't elect our own president, the Electoral College does. Drink the Kool-Aid if it makes you feel any better.

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Because it would be the same as referring to Raúl Castro as President....Kim Jong was not elected by the people neither was Castro.

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Indeed because the media is owned by a handful of people and they are writing what big business wants them to. After all it is profitable to start a war and keep it going.

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Bias, one man's terrorist is another mand freedom fighter.

So that's the reason the stamps won't stick.

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Because that is what his title is,

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Some countries have a President. Some have a Prime Minister. Some have other titles. A quick Google would indicate that Kim Jong-un's official title is Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Not that there's anything remotely democratic about an oppressive regime, run by a family that automatically hands on the leadership baton to the next eligible family member in line. I don't think it's particularly wrong for the rest of the world to drop the 'Supreme' element when referring to him.

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