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(LEAD) N. Korean leader suffering from gout: source
Yonhap News ^
| 2014/09/26
Posted on 09/26/2014 2:52:13 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
(LEAD) N. Korean leader suffering from gout: source
2014/09/26 14:30
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is believed to be suffering from gout due to his poor management of his health as well as family traits, a source familiar with North Korea affairs said Friday.
Speculation has been rife that the young leader in his early 30s may have a health problem as recent video footage released from the North has shown him walking with a limp.
Kim last appeared in public on Sept. 3 to attend a concert. He was absent from this year's second session of the country's rubber-stamp parliament on Thursday.
"Kim Jong-un is suffering from gout, which is why he is limping on both legs," the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity. "I understand that he is suffering from gout along with hyperuricemia, hyperlipidemia, obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure."
Kim's health is believed to have deteriorated due to his habit of frequent drinking and overeating.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cheese; gout; kimjongun; nkorea
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posted on
09/26/2014 2:52:58 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: TigerLikesRooster
What a gross thought....just ruined my am java....
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posted on
09/26/2014 2:55:55 AM PDT
by
1217Chic
To: TigerLikesRooster
Hollywood is saddened...
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posted on
09/26/2014 3:02:55 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Who's the lucky stiff who gets to tell the little fat kid that he has to knock off the booze and all of his favorite delectable treats?
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posted on
09/26/2014 3:14:44 AM PDT
by
JPG
("So sue me". OK, we will.)
To: JPG
Maybe we can send Hans Blix over?
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posted on
09/26/2014 3:17:31 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("Now is not the time for fear. That comes later.")
To: TigerLikesRooster
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is believed to be suffering from gout due to his poor management of his health. Oh my goodness Mr Kim Jong Un, I am deeply saddened to hear you are suffering from gout.
LOL, actually, I do not wish him well. I wish him pain and misery and agony and sorrow every minute of his disgusting life. I wish an agonizing, slow, painful death for him. After that, let God deal with his putrid, stinking carcass. Do you think I over did it a little, or did I get it about right?
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posted on
09/26/2014 3:31:29 AM PDT
by
Mark17
(So we tanned his hide when he died Clyde and that's it hanging on the shed. Altogether now)
To: JPG
“Eat, drink, be merry! Your problem is that you worry about your health too much! Here, have another chocolate!”
To: Mark17
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posted on
09/26/2014 3:41:31 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: TigerLikesRooster
He must be about the only one in all North Korea that can eat and drink enough to suffer from gout.
May the little shit’s feet swell up and bust and may his kidneys fail from the uric acid.
What a disgusting family of midget monsters :-(
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posted on
09/26/2014 3:55:18 AM PDT
by
Bobalu
(Hashem Yerachem (May God Have Mercy)
To: TigerLikesRooster; laplata
I have no objection.:-)Why, thank you sir:-)
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posted on
09/26/2014 4:00:04 AM PDT
by
Mark17
(So we tanned his hide when he died Clyde and that's it hanging on the shed. Altogether now)
To: TigerLikesRooster
two down -- one to go
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posted on
09/26/2014 4:11:00 AM PDT
by
JPG
("So sue me". OK, we will.)
To: ClearCase_guy
Why not send Moochelle instead...???
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posted on
09/26/2014 4:23:25 AM PDT
by
njslim
To: TigerLikesRooster
That's nothing! Our Lady Liberty has been suffering from gout and a hemorrhoid for the last 6 years.
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posted on
09/26/2014 4:25:08 AM PDT
by
fishnuts2
(Not rich enough to be a democrat)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Too much donkey meat and pastries. I’d like to see the fat ____ get the Mussolini treatment.
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posted on
09/26/2014 4:27:45 AM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Its probably the only case of gout in all of NoKo
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posted on
09/26/2014 4:50:24 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fictional)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
09/26/2014 4:55:56 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: nuconvert
Gout often is accompanied by arthritic disease. The drug allopurinol is often taken to control attacks...
To: nuconvert
According to
this report (in Korean), his ankle joints are damaged, due to overweight or gout. Specialists from Russia and Germany were flown in to treat him, according to government sources.
No words on more serious illness like stroke or heart attack. I guess he is not there yet, but he is apparently trying hard, so we will see him get there soon unless bullets get him first.:-)
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posted on
09/26/2014 5:13:23 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: Bobalu
Gout has little to do with how much or how luxuriously one eats. That is a myth from the days when it was considered a “rich man’s disease.” It is a heredetary condition caused by the body’s inability to metabolize certain proteins, which causes a buildup of uric acid in the blood (hyperuricemia). It is an extremely painful, crippling malady but can be controlled with relatively inexpensive and safe medications.
I can think of few people I would wish it on, but Chia Junior is one of them.
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posted on
09/26/2014 5:20:19 AM PDT
by
IronJack
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