"I will change sorrow into strength and courage and remain faithful to respected Comrade Kim Jong Un," says the woman at the end of this video from Korean Central News Agency. more ›

A lot more rehearsed and a lot less real grieving than what we saw in 2008:
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That's right, folks. You heard that right. ALL of your party plans for tonight will have to be cancelled because a national day of mourning has been declared today for the over 2,000 victims of last week's devastating earthquake in Qinghai province, and punishment awaits all venue operators that flout the public entertainment ban. In the last mourning decreed two years ago after the Wenchuan earthquake, three minutes of silence were observed simultaneously as all of China ground to a halt and emotions flowed freely. Following a tradition started from then, Chinese internet portals have once again turned their homepage black and white. more ›

Censors are cracking down hard on any non-harmonious behavior before the upcoming 20 year anniversary of... you know. All media outlets are heavily censored, access to places such as Tiananmen Square in Beijing is becoming more restricted, so various campaigns are spreading for ordinary people to express themselves in one of the few ways still open to them: fashion. more ›

China-based Twitterers too observed a 3 minute silence on the 3 minute silence that took place from 14:28 to 14:31 just now to mark the first of three days of national mourning, and this is what they said immediately afterwards. more ›