Posted on 11/08/2011 9:11:38 PM PST by Rabin
Rumors of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's death spread through the South Korean stock market on Tuesday, driving share prices down and causing the won to plunge against the U.S. dollar. The KOSPI hovered around the 1,915 point level, similar to Monday's close, but fell steeply at around 2:20 p.m. when the rumors hit the market.
A Unification Ministry official said there was no substance to the rumors.
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Rab
We get this rumor every three months or so, hope it is true this time.
Shouldn’t they be celebrating?
If this gets back to Lil’ Kim he’ll be furious and start offing some of his top men again!
They know that nothing will change.
There will be feasting when he is really dead...
If only because there is so little food that even dear leader gets BBQ’d if he dies.
There’s a lot of people who are convinced that the plan to install Kim Jong-un as the next “Leader” of North Korea is by no means widely accepted in what passes for a power structure there.
If Chia-Pet head suddenly kicks the wok, the power struggle could get very messy and they could end up with an even bigger nutcase in charge.
If I was an investor in Seoul, that would certainly make me nervous.
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