Posted on 11/16/2004 10:44:00 AM PST by free_life
Pictures of North Korean ruler Kim Jong Il are being removed from public places in Pyongyang and other parts of country. No word so far on who gave the order or its meaning.
=================== Russia’s state-run communication agency ITAR-TASS reported from Beijing quoting a diplomat in North Korea yesterday that pictures of the chairman of the DPRK National Defense Committee Kim Jong Il are being removed from public places in North Korea.
The news reported that foreigners who were recently invited to the People’s Palace of Culture in Pyongyang noticed that only the late President Kim Il Sung’s picture remains and that Chairman Kim’s picture has been removed from the entrance.
They stated that on the wall where Chairman Kim’s picture was originally placed, there remained yellowish trace, which seems to be all that was left after repainting the spot, and a nail.
The informed source also conveyed that more cases in which Chairman Kim’s pictures were removed from places where they should be were observed, and it seems that although the reasons have not come to light, that a secret order to remove his pictures has been given within the North.
A Moscow diplomacy source also said, “The removal of Chairman Kim Jong Il’s pictures from public places is well known among foreigners living in Pyongyang, and diplomats of each country are working on understanding the meaning of this.”
He conveyed, “Opinions like ‘unsound health,’ that Chairman Kim recently got an operation, and an “internal conflict for power” are spreading, but none has been confirmed.”
Also being reported on Debka, where I first saw this.
We can only hope.
His "favorite consort" recently died of breast cancer. Perhaps life wasn't worth living without her...
If his picture disappears, it's because someone else has seized power.
Let me be the first to offer up the opinion that the new leader's name will be "Kim"...
New hairpiece?
Maybe he's just ronery...
Well that settles it.
Great. Last week it was the Arafat death watch, this week it's a death watch for ol' Kimchee Breath.
"fry-dog" ping
Well!
Things could be looking up in the North!
Arafat seized power.
Jimmuh, and Chirac will be deeply saddened.
If the pictures are really coming down, then it seems very logical that he would be dead.
However, I find it difficult to believe that this would be the only outward sign.
We can always hope...
Booking a flight to PRNK to dance on his grave...if it's true.
First Dubya's reelected, then Arafat keels over, then Li'l Kim? Can this month get any better?
No, he's just having a bad hair day.
Arafat, Kim Jong Il...
Let's make a list of future hopefuls!!!
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