Posted on 02/17/2010 4:59:25 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Kim Jong-il's Oldest Son 'Faces Perpetual Exile'
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's eldest son Jong-nam has reportedly been excluded from his father's birthday celebrations for the second year running. "A family gathering was held to celebrate Kim Jong-il's 68th birthday on Tuesday, with third son Jong-un in attendance," a North Korean source said. "But there are no signs that Jong-nam flew to Pyongyang from Macau or China, where he lives."
Kim Jong-nam was in Pyongyang between July and September 2008 after his father collapsed with a massive stroke. But he has been living in exile since January 2009, when it appears his younger brother Jong-un was named as the successor to the leadership.
A South Korean government source said, "Just like North Korean Ambassador to Poland Kim Pyong-il, Kim Jong-il's half brother, who has been unable to return to the North for more than 20 years, there's a sting chance that Kim Jong-nam faces lifelong exile."
Kim Jong-nam fell into disgrace after he was caught by Japanese authorities in May 2001 for trying to enter the country on a forged passport but returned to Pyongyang for his father's birthday in February 2008 bearing gifts he purchased in Macau. He was also spotted at a neurosurgery hospital in Paris in October that year, just after the elder Kim suffered the stroke, which led to speculation that he was been chosen to succeed his father.
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Did land a role in an upcoming movie as stuntman double for Jabba the Hut, however...
Mental Il-ness runs in that family
N. Korea: Kim Jong-il’s Oldest Son ‘Faces Perpetual Exile’
And that’s supposed to be a bad thing?
So who do we feel sorry for? Him, or the Macau ladies of the night?
Why I get the feeling when Chia Pet dies we going have KiLl Bill Reset on Chia Pet family
This is a real shame. Hopefully they will reconcile at some point.
OH Tiger kinda on topic did you hear about this
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I think it going be ancient Korean royal family Kill Bill style have Younger son get his a*** kick by General the Bride reset
“when Chia Pet dies we going have KiLl Bill Reset”
Bet on the armed forces in that case, with some Kim cousin as figure head.
Oh yeah going be that CHarles Brown character and messing with NK miltary LOL! like in the movie
Like this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2tD3uDqEUg
Is the favored son’s name pronounced “young-un”?
Right now there has to be at least 15 million North Koreans that would love to be similarly exiled.
More likely the Macau children and barnyard animals.
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