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N. Korea's Kim Jong Un now tips scales at 130 kg: paper
Nikkei Asian Review ^
| September 26, 2015
Posted on 09/26/2015 7:30:47 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
September 26, 2015 9:57 pm JST
N. Korea's Kim Jong Un now tips scales at 130 kg: paper
SEOUL (Kyodo) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's reported weight gain is continuing unabated, with the South Korean government estimating from his body shape and gait that he has put on some 30 kilograms over the past five years and presently weighs around 130 kg, South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported Saturday.
Since obesity is often linked to health problems such as cardiovascular disease, neighboring countries are paying close attention to changes in Kim's waistline.
When Kim officially emerged as successor to his father in September 2010, he was already considerably fatter than photos of him taken when he attended school in Switzerland in the 1990s.
For that reason, some wondered whether he had intentionally packed on the pounds to more resemble his grandfather, the country's founder Kim Il Sung.
The Chosun Ilbo noted that Kim Jong Un's girth rapidly expanded after ordering the execution of his uncle Jang Song Thaek in December 2013. It quoted sources as attributing the weight gain to his gorging on food and drink due to stress.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 130kg; 300lbs; kimjongun; koreanfatman; nkorea
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09/26/2015 7:31:14 AM PDT
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TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Fat and stupid is no way to go through live son....
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posted on
09/26/2015 7:32:19 AM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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09/26/2015 7:33:37 AM PDT
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ETL
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posted on
09/26/2015 7:34:14 AM PDT
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Fantasywriter
(Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Kilograms? I’m too old for kilograms. Gimme some pounds.
To: ETL
That’s My Goal!
130.
POUNDS, not kilos.
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posted on
09/26/2015 7:34:59 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
That little fat midget weighs 286 lbs.
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09/26/2015 7:35:11 AM PDT
by
Signalman
To: ETL
If I had known you’d do the conversion, I’d have saved myself the trouble. :)
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posted on
09/26/2015 7:35:40 AM PDT
by
Fantasywriter
(Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Wow. Pushing 300 pounds. I have never understood people who gain weight that much when they have people to cook for them. If I didn’t have to go to the store and cook and manage food, I’m pretty sure I could stay in control. I know that the rule, “never go to the store hungry” is one I try to follow. Day before yesterday I broke that rule and was up half the night dealing with poor food choices.
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09/26/2015 7:35:40 AM PDT
by
Mercat
(You don't recommend better diet and exercise for a shark bite.)
To: 2banana
I think it was "fat, drunk
and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
Either way, one of these days he's going to get so fat he's gonna explode.
The NK's might be wise to keep their distance from him......
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posted on
09/26/2015 7:35:54 AM PDT
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usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: TigerLikesRooster
I bet there’s no North Korean fatter than he is. and some how if they managed that feat they would be executed by The Dear Eater.
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09/26/2015 7:36:35 AM PDT
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tflabo
(Psalm 1)
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09/26/2015 7:37:03 AM PDT
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nhwingut
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09/26/2015 7:37:57 AM PDT
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mkjessup
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09/26/2015 7:38:15 AM PDT
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TruthWillWin
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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09/26/2015 7:38:18 AM PDT
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Ethan Clive Osgoode
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The estimate varies. Observers pegged his height as around 170cm: somewhere between 5'7” and 5'8”.
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09/26/2015 7:40:27 AM PDT
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TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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09/26/2015 7:42:48 AM PDT
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Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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