About
Kim Jong Il Looking At Things is a single topic blog dedicated to archiving and curating official photographs of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il visiting various facilities for regular inspection.
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Origin
The Tumblr blog Kim Jong Il Looking At Things was launched on October 6th, 2010. All of the original photographs were taken and published by the state-run Korean Central News Agency, North Korea’s propaganda wing mainly used to promote Kim Jong Il’s public image and the state’s official Juche ideology.
Exposure
The very first Reddit thread about the Tumblr surfaced on Oct. 28th, 2010. It received dozens of upvotes, but the viral thread didn’t get posted until Dec. 2nd, 2010. Another viral thread was posted on Dec. 3rd at Bodybuilding.com
Soon, the mainstream media picked up on the hilarious scrapbook blog, including MSNBC, Washington Post and NPR. On the web, the link to Tumblr spread rapidly through news sites and internet humor blogs like Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, Laughing Squid, Funny Or Die and CurrentTV.