N. Korea’s heir apparent follows Eric Clapton on tour in Germany

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il's son and heir apparent, Kim Jong-Chol, toured Germany earlier this month to see concerts by rock star Eric Clapton.

Fuji TV broadcast secretly filmed footage showing a man resembling Kim Jong-Chol accompanied by his apparent girlfriend and several North Korean bodyguards.

The footage showed the man, about 170 centimeters tall and wearing blue jeans, taking pictures and attending the British pop artist's concert held in four German cities from June 3 to 7. He attended all of the four concerts in Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Leipzig, and Berlin Fuji TV said in the program, "New truth about North Korea’s prince."

Kim Jong-Chol on Japan's Fuji TV. Inset is a photo of his grandfather and North Korea's founding leader Kim Il-Sung.

Fuji TV said the man is believed to be Kim Jong-Chol, second son of North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-Il, noting he is a die-hard Clapton fan. Jong-Chol, 25, resembles his mother Ko Yong-Hi, who died in 2004, the broadcast said.

Jong-Chol is known to have studied in Bern, Switzerland, in the mid-1990s. Former classmates confirmed he is the figure in the video, according to Japan's Fuji TV.

Experts said the young woman who accompanied Kim was believed to be his wife or girlfriend. Kim and the woman were wearing couple rings, Fuji TV reported.

Kim makes frequent trips to France and other European countries as a member of Pyongyang's delegation to UNESCO under the alias of Kim Chol-Song, according to sources.

Kim Jong-Chol and girlfriend.

Seoul's Chosun Ilbo newspaper said Jong-Chol traveled to France and other European countries earlier this month to visit a hospital. Jong-Chol reportedly suffers from a rare illness that results in his body producing excessive amounts of female hormones.

Jong-Chol is widely favored to be first in line to succeed the reclusive North Korean leader. According to intelligence officials in Seoul, some North Korean officials were seen wearing lapel pins depicting Jong-Chol, a possible preparation for power succession in the country.

Jong-Chol's 36-year-old elder half-brother, Jong-Nam, has long been considered out of contentions for the country’s next leader after Japanese authorities caught him attempting to enter Japan illegally in May 2001 with a woman and a child, believed to be his wife and son.

Jong-Chol reportedly suffers from a rare illness that results in his body producing excessive amounts of female hormones.

My guess is that his father has the same condition and tries to compensate for his femininity by being a madman.

1 posted on 06/21/2006 5:17:34 PM PDT by wagglebee

What's new?

The former Soviet leaders also had the Swiss accounts, lived lavishly, and spoke about the horrible wasteful and decedent West.

2 posted on 06/21/2006 5:25:32 PM PDT by Red6

Jong-Chol reportedly suffers from a rare illness that results in his body producing excessive amounts of female hormones.

Hahaha...he so ronery.

3 posted on 06/21/2006 5:27:47 PM PDT by July 4th (A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)

Kim Jong-Chol is about 5"7', which is 3 inches taller than his dad, who definitely has a Napoleon complex.

4 posted on 06/21/2006 5:28:42 PM PDT by conservative in nyc

To: conservative in nyc

But do either of them have a penis?

5 posted on 06/21/2006 5:30:30 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)

Doesn't Jong-Chol know that Clapton's last droplet of creativity dried up fifteen years ago?

6 posted on 06/21/2006 5:42:41 PM PDT by NutCrackerBoy

why does the first hotel scene in AlmostFamous come to mind???

7 posted on 06/21/2006 5:45:49 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)

Jong-Chol reportedly suffers from a rare illness that results in his body producing excessive amounts of female hormones.

Which may explain his love of Eric Clapton's music.

8 posted on 06/21/2006 5:49:00 PM PDT by Begin (Mister, we could use a man like Ronald Reagan again.)

"I wanna see Disneyland!" - Kruschev

9 posted on 06/21/2006 6:03:24 PM PDT by weegee (happy holidays and seasons greetings...)

To: NutCrackerBoy

That's how he went from being Blues Legend or Rock Icon to being Pop Superstar.

10 posted on 06/21/2006 6:04:24 PM PDT by weegee (happy holidays and seasons greetings...)

Now that would explain why Kim so ronery.

11 posted on 06/21/2006 6:23:08 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (Common sense will do to liberalism what the atomic bomb did to Nagasaki-Rush Limbaugh)

Wow, this guy is young. He's definitly not the same as that old fatter son who would take trips into Japan to sleep with his favorite prostitute. (Even though that prostitute was interviewed and said with the puny size of his member, he couldn't even put on a condom)

12 posted on 06/21/2006 6:30:43 PM PDT by struggle ((The struggle continues))

The girl he has with him looks pretty nice. Is that encouraging or not?

We know that Kim Jong Il spent time in Europe too, but I'm hoping the kid's more extensive travel might bring him into contact with a broader selection of personalities and information. Maybe he'll figure out what a sad joke his state is -- apparently his brother had some idea, which is why he wanted to spent so much time at Disneyland.

13 posted on 06/21/2006 6:32:19 PM PDT by American Soldier

I wonder if he brought along his "offical food taster"??

Be a real shame if he caught a certain deadly "illness"!

14 posted on 06/21/2006 6:35:12 PM PDT by aShepard

Hating him just because of who his father is is tacky.

Hey, it's not like he was able to pick his father and grandfather.

15 posted on 06/21/2006 6:54:53 PM PDT by Cheburashka (World's only Spatula City certified spatula repair and maintenance specialist!!!)

Question. What form government does a country have if the rulers serve for life, has absolute poser, the current leader succeeded his father and the current rulers son is expected to take his father’s place?

16 posted on 06/21/2006 6:57:35 PM PDT by Red Dog #1

17 posted on 06/21/2006 6:59:13 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55

Hey Jong! Keep an eye out for this asshat at the concert. She loves Eric Clatner too! (:^D)

18 posted on 06/21/2006 7:02:43 PM PDT by WideGlide (That light at the end of the tunnel might be a muzzle flash.)

Erich Honecker was driven around in? A pimped out Volvo.

He had an extensive collection of porno movies and had a large collection of movies staring black women. Apparently the former East German leader indulged himself frequently with such films.

Socialism = a class society. Socialism is everything it says it is not.

19 posted on 06/21/2006 7:50:24 PM PDT by Red6

I have heard that he his not too bright.Well, his dad is not to bright either.I guess the apple does not fall from the tree.

20 posted on 06/21/2006 8:31:07 PM PDT by garbageseeker (Gentleman, you can't fight in here, this is the War Room - Dr. Strangelove)

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