Report: North Korean leader alive but ill

[DogPoundPup]

Source: Yahoo news

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean news report says North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is alive but ill.

The Yonhap news agency cited an unidentified South Korean government official as saying Wednesday that Kim appeared to have suffered a collapse, a term in Korean normally used to indicate a grave illness such as a stroke. However, the official said Kim is definitely still alive.

Kim did not appear at a parade Tuesday commemorating North Korea's founding 60 years ago, intensifying speculation that he may be seriously ill.

Western intelligence officials said Kim's failure to appear at the key national event may indicate that he is seriously ill and could even have had a stroke, though they cautioned that this had not been independently confirmed.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080910/ap_on_re_as/nkorea_kim

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[Duer 157099]

1. Il is Ill?

Who's on first?

[tekisui]

4. Hu's the President of China.

[cvoogt]

8. at least hu's not ill

and hu's not il

[bemildred]

9. Hu's on first! nt

[Jamastiene]

13. What?

:P

[Jamastiene]

12. Whadd'ya asking me for?

:P

[tekisui]

2. Il's Ill?

What is their line of succession?

[DS1]

3. still alive but fighting off the lipstick

[bemildred]

5. So, that's bad news and good news? nt

[Ikonoklast]

6. Let me get this straight...

'SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean news report says North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is alive but ill.'

Okay, he's Il, we got that, but is he still Kim Jong, too?

Or Kim Jong Not Feeling Well?

Kim Jong Under The Weather?

Or did he change his name to Kim Jong Is Alive But Ill?

[sam sarrha]

7. Mao died of Syphlis... "that stupid midget*" doesn't deserve any better..

*..."stupid midget*"... a quote by John Bolton that ended talks on nuclear disarmament with N Korea.. and resulted in them actually making nuclear weapons...

[Clickhere]

10. Kim Jong "Ill"

Is appropriately "Ill".

[dysfunctional press]

11. more nuclear instability- have they got kim jong il in on the act to prop up mccain as well?

:shrug:

[T_i_B]

14. North Korea denies Kim is unwell

Source: BBC

North Korea has rebuffed reports that leader Kim Jong-il has collapsed as a result of illness, following his failure to appear at a military parade.

"We see such reports as not only worthless but rather as a conspiracy plot," top North Korean diplomat Song Il-ho told Japan's Kyodo news agency.

A South Korean diplomat was earlier quoted as saying Mr Kim "almost certainly" has health problems.

The reclusive leader was absent from an important military parade on Tuesday. Earlier, Western intelligence officials said Mr Kim might have suffered a stroke. According to the South Korean diplomat, the illness was "not serious enough to threaten his life".


Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7607513.stm

[Indi Guy]

15. And so does Cheney...

...deny that he's unwell.

[wizstars]

16. Like Andropov and Chernenko, he probably has a "cold"

:rofl:

[WriteDown]

17. Balderdash!

He and Fidel are just on vacation.

[Crowman1979]

18. Sounds like the name of an Asian rapper.

yo yo yo give it up for the Illest homeboy this side of the DMZ, KIM.....JONG......IIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLL!!! lol