Latest Kim Jong II Report: Brain Surgery

[RamboLiberal]

Source: CBS News/AP

North Korea's Kim Jong Il had brain surgery after a stroke last month and could have partial paralysis on one side, media reports said Thursday, after the South Korean government said the communist leader remained in control of his country.

Foreign doctors, possibly from China and France, performed the operation after Kim, 66, collapsed about Aug. 15, the newspapers Dong-a Ilbo and JoongAng Ilbo reported, citing unidentified government officials.

Kim's condition has improved and he is not suffering from slurred speech, a disability often associated with a stroke, the reports said.

If Kim were incapacitated, it could have serious implications for international negotiations on North Korea's nuclear disarmament. The talks recently hit a snag because of a dispute between North Korea and the U.S. over how to verify the North's nuclear programs, and a delay by Washington in its promised removal of North Korea from a list of nations that sponsor terrorism.

Lee Cheol-woo, a South Korean ruling party lawmaker, said in a radio interview Thursday that Kim is "recovering fast," has "no problem speaking and communicating," and is "able to stand if assisted."


Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/11/world/main4439883.shtml

[Virginia Dare]

1. FOAD you crazy ass fool...

on second thought, who is in line to replace him, I hope it's not somebody worse...:scared:

[JBoy]

5. I hear it'll be Runner-up Miss Pyongyang, 1984.

[Posteritatis]

6. That'd take some effort, though the thought still bothers me (nt)

[WriteDown]

2. His younger brother.,,

Raul Jong Il.

[Canuckistanian]

3. "Baby Doc" Jong Il

[Efilroft Sul]

4. Kim Jong Illin'

To say the North Korean story bears watching is an understatement.