Kim Jong-il 'has second stroke'

[dkwannabe]

Published Date: 11 November 2008
THE US has received information that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il suffered a second stroke last month, according to Japanese broadcaster TBS.
US officials say Kim suffered a stroke in August, raising questions about who was making decisions about the country's nuclear programme. Kim suffered the second stroke in October, TBS said.

link (http://news.scotsman.com/world/Kim-Jongil-39has-second-stroke39.4680242.jp) :twitch

[4EverHis]

Eeeewww....what are they doing? their own interpretation of "Weekend With Bernie" :ohno

[PGP_Protector]

That dude is going to hold on with every breath he's got isn't he.

[Biblenuggetlady]

Weekend at Bernies, starring Fidel Castro; Weekend at Bernies II, starring Kim Jung Il. :thumb

http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-11-11-voa7.cfm

"North Korea has been falsifying or forging photographs for many years, but always very crudely, and almost always with the intention of inventing or reinventing recent history," he said.

The distinction between then and now, says Myers, is that North Korean authorities composed images for a domestic audience - rather than skeptical international viewers.

"They're used to forging photographs for people who are inclined to want to believe... they've never had to worry much about realism in the past," said Myers.

North Korea's authoritarian system is so dependent on Kim Jong Il personally that it is an open question how long the state apparatus could function without him. Therefore, the state of Kim Jong Il's health is a serious matter of international security in this part of the world.

Myers says the North Korean leader is probably worse off than the world thinks - because Pyongyang could have ended speculation with a timely, and genuine, photograph.

"If he is well enough to travel halfway across the country and visit generals at a military outpost, then he's well enough to receive a high-ranking, pro-North Korean visitor, and pose with that person in front of the usual backdrop and put the speculation to rest forever," he said. "And the fact that he hasn't done that speaks volumes."

South Korea has kept relatively silent on the photographs, with officials saying only that they were unable to confirm their veracity at this time.

Separately, a major Japanese broadcaster reported Tuesday that Kim Jong Il may have had a second stroke. The report quotes a South Korean source who has apparently consulted with U.S. intelligence officials. It is impossible to confirm the report at this point.

[4EverHis]

Weekend at Bernies, starring Fidel Castro; Weekend at Bernies II, starring Kim Jung Il. :thumb


:lol2

[Sundial]

His hair products probably caused his stroke. :heh Well, I can't help it.

[LadyJ]

Hmmmm, so what does this mean for Korea? Who is next in line?

[Dani D]

Maybe Korea will finally have an open door to the world and those that haven't heard the gospel will finally be able to hear it before we go home!