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by Taro Toporific » Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:13 pm
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by Tsuru » Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:38 am
by Taro Toporific » Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:39 am
Tsuru wrote:Let's hope he's just as good-looking
by Taro Toporific » Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:02 pm
by Behan » Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:26 pm
Taro Toporific wrote:
by Mulboyne » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:47 pm
Speculation has recently grown again that Kim, who is 66 and has not been seen in public for more than three weeks, is unwell. Some media have long thought that Kim, a former smoker and heavy drinker, was ill but Seoul intelligence officials say they believe he has diabetes and heart problems, but those are not serious enough to affect his job. But a book by Japan's Professor Toshimitsu Shigemura at Japan's respected Waseda University says Kim died in the autumn of 2003 and a series of stand-ins have since taken his place at official state event. Prof Shigemura says Kim was not seen in public for the 42 days after September 10, 2003, and in his book "The True Character of Kim Jong Il" claims the man that North Koreans refer to as the "Dear Leader" died of diabetes...more...
by Gilligan » Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:41 am
by American Oyaji » Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:35 am
Gilligan wrote:I suspect that that professor is good friends with Juseleeno Nobulega DaRoose. Kim may have died recently but you've got to be looney tunes to think that he died in 2003.
by Gilligan » Mon Sep 08, 2008 2:18 pm
American Oyaji wrote:Why? It's POSSIBLE considering the weird crap North Korea has done in the past.
by kurohinge1 » Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:22 pm
by Buraku » Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:39 am
by Gilligan » Sat Nov 08, 2008 12:21 am
Charles wrote:I am unconvinced by that particular argument.
However, notice the edge of the white surface behind Kim's legs. Behind the soldiers, there is a second line at the top, behind Kim, there is no line.
by GuyJean » Sat Nov 08, 2008 12:32 am
by Adhesive » Sat Nov 08, 2008 3:43 am
by Charles » Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:15 am
Adhesive wrote:If they were going to fake the picture, why not just have a look-alike stand there and take the stop instead of chopping him in and risking exposure?
by Mike Oxlong » Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:42 pm
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2009/06/02/north_koreas_kim_anoints_youngest_son_as_heir_report/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+newsNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-il has asked his country's overseas missions to pledge loyalty to his youngest son, signaling he has been anointed as next leader of the communist dynasty, a newspaper report said on Tuesday.
Kim, 67, is thought to have suffered a stroke in August. Analysts have said the North's recent military actions, including a nuclear test last week, may be aimed at helping him solidify power so that he can name a successor.
"It has been confirmed through various channels that North Korea sent emails to legations overseas, asking them to pledge their loyalty to (youngest son) Kim Jong-un," the South Korean daily Dong-A Ilbo reported an "informed source" as saying.
Analysts have said succession is one of the most closely guarded secrets in the highly secretive North, with Kim's plans only known to his small inner circle.
The paper quoted another informed source as saying: "North Korean leadership is educating senior officials at major security authorities with an emphasis on the justification of father-to-son succession over three generations."
The sources concluded these signs pointed to Jong-un being officially anointed.
Kim Jong-il, groomed for decades to take over the country from his father and state founder Kim Il-sung, has three sons but they are unknown to most North Koreans.
Jong-un, born either in 1983 or early 1984, was educated in Switzerland and intelligence sources have said he appears to be the most capable of the three.
Even by North Korea's opaque standards, very little is known about the son, whose youth is also a potential problem in a society that adheres closely to the importance of seniority.
by Mike Oxlong » Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:56 pm
Kim Jong-un is youngest son of Kim Jong-il and his late third wife Ko Yong-hui.
Born in 1983 or early 1984, the young Kim was initially not thought to be in the frame to take up his father's mantle.
Analysts focused their attention on his half-brother Kim Jong-nam and older full brother Kim Jong-chol.
But speculation that he was in the frame to succeed his father picked up in January, after a report in South Korea's Yonhap news agency suggested that Kim Jong-il had picked him as heir.
North Korea watchers also took his reported appointment to the powerful National Defence Commission as a possible signal that he was being moved into a leadership position.
The defence commission is North Korea's most important government body, and Kim Jong-il rules the country in his capacity as the commission's chairman.
On 2 June, Seoul's intelligence agency reportedly briefed legislators that North Korean officials had been ordered to support the choice of Kim Jong-un as the next leader.
However there has also been much speculation that the man being lined up as the real "power behind the throne" is Chang Song-taek - the husband of Kim Jong-il's sister and director of the administrative department of the North Korean Workers Party.
Some analysts see him acting as a "regent" to Kim Jong-un until he is ready to rule on his own.
Said by Kim Jong-il's chef, Mr Fujimoto, to be the "spitting image" of his father, the young Kim has never been photographed by the Western media.
The only photograph known to exist of him is one taken when he was 11 which Mr Fujimoto said he was given by Kim Jong-un before he left North Korea.
Kim Jong-un also shares some of his father's health problems, and is reported to already have diabetes and heart disease due to a lack of exercise.
Like his film-loving father, Jong-un is said to enjoy popular culture, and is apparently a fan of NBA basketball.
One South Korean newspaper, the Dong-a Ilbo, has reported that the North was teaching its people a song lauding Kim Jong-un to raise his profile.
But this detail, as with many others in secretive North Korea, is impossible to confirm.
by Typhoon » Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:20 pm
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by Mulboyne » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:39 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is suffering from a "serious disorder" of the pancreas, a Japanese television network reported Friday, quoting a South Korean intelligence official. The 67-year-old's condition has been the focus of much speculation since he reportedly suffered a stroke last August. The TBS network reported that Kim has been resting and is being treated at his villa in the southeasten area of Wonsan by a team specialists. The unidentified official told TBS Kim would be aware of the disorder which was made known to US and South Korean intelligence authorities in March. Kim is believed to have been receiving treatment since he attended the first meeting of the country's new parliament in April, the official was quoted as saying. In that month, he was shown in video footage by state media for the first time since August. He appeared to have lost weight in the film. On Wednesday, a gaunt-looking Kim made a rare televised appearance as he paid homage to his late father Kim Il-Sung at a national memorial service. The film showed Kim's hair was thinning and he had developed a slight limp.
by Tsuru » Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:41 pm
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