North Koreans caught illegally fishing in German waters...
 

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...810163,00.html

Didn't know North Korea was that short of food! :haha:

:har:

Those wacky North Koreans. :rotfl2:

Upon the death of Kim Jong Il, 300 million Americans cried. (with laughter, Steven Colbert said something funny.)

They then all had a barbeque, drank Budweiser and laughed.

Kim is a hot girls name.

:har: this story is bizarre on so many levels.

You Americans should also establish an embassy of NK on your soil - endless fun!

Despite years of being an evil dictator reports show that the former leader of North Korea is drinking and happy up in heaven, as the song says

Kim Jong merrily on high

:haha:
too good

Apparently the UK has a North Korean embassy, I honestly didn't know.

This is it:

http://thethirdestate.net/wp-content...408721ae53.jpg

Looks like the local CIU :D

First image on my mind was that of a Northkorean trawler offcoast Helgoland.

Diplomatic staff of foreign embassies is said to abuse their immunity status quite often in Berlin, insiders say. Mostly, traffic offences, from jumping red traffic-lights over exceeding speed limits to parking where parking is not permitted. But also little rumbles anf fights in Berlin nightlife.

Imo immunity status should also apply to diplomatic activities, not covering offences of everyday regular laws. You stay in a foreign country, you follow its rules and laws. If you don't like it, stay away, or ask your government for another post in another country.

CIU? Some kine of UK abbreviation? :hmmm:

Well we just sent them the AP so expect more reports of wackyness over the wires.

I not sure But I think the north koreans May have been sampling the illicit drugs they export;)

Two years in prison for fishing without a license? Man them Germans are tough! :o

Have you heard of Germany before? They practicaly invented discipline! :O:

By law it is seen as poaching, when you go after fishes owned by somebody, a fish company or a landlord. However, 2 years is the possible maximum penalty only, when you do it for trading and at huge scale and/or at the cost of a second party holding rights or running a business, a fish company in whose facilities or waters you commit the deed.

When you get caught angling fishes that are in a landlord's possession, without having a licence or outside the season, you can expect to get sued for a fee of around around 600-1500 euros (plus fees for lawyers, court procedures etc.), if you did it for private consummation only, two or three salmons for example, and it is your first arrest. If you did it for your own business, then the penalties indeed rocket upwards.

When you fish without licence our outside the season, in a public water, for personal consummation, and the fishes are not the legal possession of somebody, it usually is seen as theft, with according lesser penalties around 50-200 Euros.

Sounds a bit fishy to me :O:

Right. Over there a man just want's to land dinner and he could be on the hook for far more than he brooked for... :yep:

I'll stick to my tried and tested method :DL

http://www.angelfire.com/home/lake/i...elymanfish.gif

I'll bet you've been waiting for a chance to use that pic! :DL