Was Kim Jong Un assassinated? If so, what does that do for international relations with N. Korea?

[Obama3_16]

Also, if this happened in Beijing, what does this doe for relations between N. Korea and China?

It's probably not true. But still, it wouldn't surprise me.

[dipsydoodle]

1. Presumably this is a joke.

.

[villager]

2. Well, China's version of Twitter has been full of the putative news all day...

no confirmation of it, however...

[Obama3_16]

4. we shall see. I bet if it is false....some Chinese citizen gets executed over it.

[dipsydoodle]

7. I thought you'd refered to his father

Was Il Now Dead.

Apologies.

[rocktivity]

3. REUTERS: Twitter, Weibo Spread Rumors of North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un's Assassination

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Rumors that Kim Jong-un, the country’s supreme leader, has been assassinated just months after he took power originated on Chinese microblogging service Weibo and have now spread all over Twitter.

Others are reporting that Jong-un, believed to be 28 years old, may be on the run rather than dead, but both reports claim that some kind of coup is taking place.

One person on Weibo wrote (loose translation): "north korea's biggest leader kim jung un, this morning in beijing time 2:45 am, had his residence broken into and was assassinated by unidentified people, who were shot dead by his bodyguards in korea's embassy in beijing, vehicles are rapidly increasing in number, and have surpassed 30 of them, this sort of battle formation hasn't been seen in over two years. please verify this."

The rumors remain unsubstantiated. However, the reports are beginning to attract a great deal of attention, especially now that a couple of American news outlets including the Atlantic Wire have reported on them...
(link)


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[RevStPatrick]

5. Weird...

I suppose we'll find out the truth soon enough.
Or not...

[Puzzledtraveller]

6. He's alive, he was Unassasinated

[Ikonoklast]

10. The Unmilitary of North Kore had the Unleader of that country Unkilled

in order for them to Unrun that country without Uninterference from Unyone.

[Puzzledtraveller]

14. Kim Jong Un-plugged!!

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[hifiguy]

15. Squirrel-human hybrid considers a snack.

More to come.

[renie408]

8. Updated on Huffpo @ 1:47:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/10/kim-jong-un-death-rumor-twitter-weibo_n_1268905.html?ref=technology

[Obama3_16]

9. just wondering why the rumor would have even been started in the first place?

and not deleted in 5 nanoseconds by the Red Wall Chinese censors?

[Ohio Joe]

11. Welcome to the internet...

Pick a topic and there is an insane rumor about it.

[Electric Monk]

17. Thread OP is now PPR, fwiw

[LeftinOH]

12. THE STEADFAST MILITARY OF THE DPRK WILL RAIN DEATH AND DESTRUCTION

ON ANY AND ALL WHO IMPLY THAT SUPREME LEADER KIM JONG UN HAS BEEN FELLED. IT CONSIDERS AN ACT OF WAR FOR SUCH VILLANOUS LIES TO BE MADE BY THE PUPPET GOVERNMENT OF THE SOUTH AND THEIR YANKEE HANDLERS.

Wait for it.

[RZM]

13. Probably just a rumor. But . . .

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I'm certainly not prepared to dismiss it out of hand. Something like this would take a little while to get confirmed (same think with Kim Jong's illness and death). If it were true, I can see Chinese twitter being the first place it got out.

Again, it's probably not true. But I'm going to stay tuned.

[rocktivity]

16. US Officials Say Kim Jong Un Assassination Rumors Untrue

The Internet was abuzz with rumors today that North Korea’s newly installed leader, Kim Jong Un, was assassinated during a trip to Beijing, but U.S. officials are debunking the reports as not true...

“There’s nothing to this, ” said one U.S. official, who added that there were no indications that the reports were true.

Another U.S. official said, “Our experts are monitoring the situation and we see no abnormal activity on the [Korean] peninsula and nothing that credits that tweet as accurate.”
(link -- ABC News.com)

Um, if this is supposed to be an "official" debunking, then why didn't any of these so-called U.S. "officials" allow their names to be used?


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