Posted on 12/07/2008 5:27:39 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Kim Jong Il Grows Sicker, U.S. Prepares for Death, Yomiuri Says
金総書記の病状「相当悪い」、米政府が失脚前提に対策検討
【ワシントン＝黒瀬悦成】健康不安が取りざたされている北朝鮮の金正日総書記の病状について、米政府が「当初想像していた以上に悪い」との見方を強め、金総書記の失脚または死亡を前提とした対処計画の策定を始めたことがわかった。 Click here to find out more!
米情報筋が３日、読売新聞に明らかにした。
情報筋によると、金総書記は８月１４日または１５日に脳卒中の発作を起こし、中国やフランスから招かれた医師団の治療を受けた。米政府は一時、金総書記が回復に向かったと判断したが、その後の情勢分析で、容体が予断を許さない状態にあることを把握したという。
ホワイトハウス・国家安全保障会議（ＮＳＣ）のデニス・ワイルダー・アジア上級部長は１１月２１日、金総書記が「健康危機に陥った」と指摘したが、同筋は、この発言を「ブッシュ政権が、金総書記は回復不能な状態にあるか、死亡する恐れがあると見なしていることを、内輪だけで通用する一種の『外交的修辞』で述べたものだ」としている。
同筋によれば、金総書記は左半身が不随となったが、核開発問題などをめぐる重要政策を決める判断能力を備えているかどうかは不明だ。ただ同筋は、「金総書記が全面復帰する可能性は極めて低い」とした上で、北朝鮮内部で、軍部と朝鮮労働党上層部、金正日一族の３者が絡む集団指導体制の構築に向けた動きが活発化していると指摘。「彼らが（総書記の）復帰を想定していれば、こうした動きは控えるはずだ」と述べ、近い将来に失脚があり得るとの見方を示した。
（2008年12月5日03時03分 読売新聞）
It says at the end that the collective leadership made up of Kim's family, military, and party officials is up and running now. It would not have happened if Kim had good prospect of recovery.
Ping!
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Question:
Why does “U.S. Prepare for Death”???
核開発重要政策を決める判備えているかどうかは不明だ。ただ同筋は、「金総書記が全面復可能性は極めて低い」とした上で、北朝鮮内部で、軍部.
Does he have a successor lined up?
If you are close, well...
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Unknown son emerges as contender to take over from Kim Jong-il
A previously unknown son of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il may be emerging as a contender to replace him when he dies, according to reports. 
By Julian Ryall in Tokyo
December 3rd, 2008
"Until now the in-fighting appeared to have been between two factions representing Kim's two sons, Kim Jong Nam and Kim Jong Chol, but there are now reports of another son coming forward," said Toshimitsu Shigemura, a professor of international relations at Tokyo's Waseda University and an expert on North Korean affairs.
"The reports say he is in his 30s and has not been mentioned previously as he has an important role within the military," he said. If he does indeed have the support of the military, it will give this son - whose name remains unknown - a powerful support base.
Speculation over who will succeed Kim in the communist world's only hereditary regime has been provoked by ongoing reports that the 66-year-old "Dear Leader" has suffered at least one and probably two strokes that have left him seriously debilitated.
According to Professor Shigemura's sources inside the reclusive country, Kim's health continues to deteriorate and he has only months to live. That has triggered a power struggle that has embroiled the Workers' Party, the military and his powerful family. Other key players include Chang Song Taek, a high-ranking party official who supports Kim's eldest son, Kim Jong Nam, although his claim was weakened when he was arrested in Japan in 2001 travelling on a forged passport.
He told authorities that he wanted to visit Tokyo Disneyland.
The third son, Kim Jong Chol, 28, is believed to have his father's blessing to succeed him, although North Korea's unofficial spokesman in Japan denies that a power struggle is going on and that when the time comes, the most appropriate person for the position will be chosen.
"It is wishful thinking among foreigners that there is confusion in North Korea on this matter," said Kim Myong Chol, executive director of the Center for US-North Korea Peace. "When a decision has to be made, the central committee of the party will do so and there is no power struggle.
"It will not necessarily be his son who takes over," he added. "It will have to be a person who is equal in capacity to Kim Jong-Il, someone who is capable of dealing with the United States, Russia, China, Japan and South Korea.
"It must be someone who has the respect of the world."
Shigemura likes to put out some wild stories. I don’t think he is credible. Kim Myong-chol is the regime’s mouth-piece in Japan.
thought the Roman Senate would run around looking for the next idiot to take the job of Emperor. It was a sucky job. If you dind'n get assassinated by the Praetorian Guard, a street mob would rip you apart.
In terms of Kim Myong-chol and his communist promotion center 'The Center for US-North Korea Peace' outfit, which sounds like an old Soviet commie front group to dupe know-it-all liberals.
Most likely within a few months the switch at the top will be made.
It is comforting to know that they recycle their dictators just like we do; Kennedy, Clinton.
I wonder how successon battle going turn out LOL!
I have feeling it like old school Korean dynastry where everbody fight everybody
It like North Korea version of Lion in winter
I wonder how successon battle going turn out LOL!
I have feeling it like old school Korean dynastry where everbody fight everybody
It like North Korea version of Lion in winter
Sure. I'll pick up a bottle of champagne while I'm out today.
Paralyzed on left side and has CROSSED OVER INTO AN UNPREDICTABLE SITUATION.
Wonderful! I hope all the shooting stays on the North side, and that they shoot a lot and for a long time...!
Yours in freedom..!
Good post!
Almost missed this gem — “Potential for making a full recovery now seen as *EXTREMELY* LOW”...!
Il is permanently Ill....!
In this Japanese it means he has a constant ribbon of drool seeping out of one corner of mouth, OK?
WONDERFUL!
I hope he lives long enough to see the heads of all his kids removed and paraded around on bayonets.
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