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N. Korea: Kim Jong-il's Oldest Son 'Faces Perpetual Exile'
Chosun Ilbo ^ | 02/17/10

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.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: exile; kimjongnam; nkorea; succession

1 posted on 02/17/2010 4:59:25 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; nw_arizona_granny; ...

P!


2 posted on 02/17/2010 4:59:54 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster (LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Did land a role in an upcoming movie as stuntman double for Jabba the Hut, however...

3 posted on 02/17/2010 5:02:46 PM PST by TokuMei
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Mental Il-ness runs in that family


4 posted on 02/17/2010 5:03:34 PM PST by GeronL (I pledge allegiance to the Principles of the Bill of Rights and to protect and defend it...)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

N. Korea: Kim Jong-il’s Oldest Son ‘Faces Perpetual Exile’

And that’s supposed to be a bad thing?


5 posted on 02/17/2010 5:08:44 PM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

So who do we feel sorry for? Him, or the Macau ladies of the night?


6 posted on 02/17/2010 5:09:47 PM PST by tanuki (The only color of a leader that should matter is the color of his spine.)
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Why I get the feeling when Chia Pet dies we going have KiLl Bill Reset on Chia Pet family


7 posted on 02/17/2010 5:28:57 PM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: TigerLikesRooster

This is a real shame. Hopefully they will reconcile at some point.


8 posted on 02/17/2010 5:29:33 PM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 27 days away from outliving Jim Jones)
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To: SevenofNine
You know, that is a definite possibility.
The situation after his death would be quite fluid to say the least.
9 posted on 02/17/2010 5:33:20 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster (LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
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OH Tiger kinda on topic did you hear about this

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10 posted on 02/17/2010 5:38:27 PM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I think it going be ancient Korean royal family Kill Bill style have Younger son get his a*** kick by General the Bride reset


11 posted on 02/17/2010 5:45:13 PM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: SevenofNine

“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.


12 posted on 02/17/2010 6:10:00 PM PST by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir!)
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To: dynachrome

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


13 posted on 02/17/2010 6:11:36 PM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: dynachrome; monkapotamus; Jet Jaguar; All

Could be this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU08szFaooI&feature=related


14 posted on 02/17/2010 6:13:17 PM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Is the favored son’s name pronounced “young-un”?


15 posted on 02/17/2010 7:55:39 PM PST by Wombat Ark
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To: Wombat Ark
It is more like ‘Jhong Urn.’
16 posted on 02/17/2010 7:59:24 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster (LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Right now there has to be at least 15 million North Koreans that would love to be similarly exiled.


17 posted on 02/17/2010 8:03:49 PM PST by usmcobra (Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
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To: tanuki

More likely the Macau children and barnyard animals.


18 posted on 02/17/2010 8:04:52 PM PST by 50cal Smokepole (Effective gun control involves effective recoil management)
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