Posted on 07/10/2009 2:53:14 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Frail Kim Jong-il 'may only have months to live'
Kim Jong-il is seriously ill and is likely to be dead before the end of the year, according to a source within the North Korean leader's own family.
By Julian Ryall in Tokyo
Published: 5:28AM BST 10 Jul 2009
The latest speculation over the health of the reclusive Kim has been triggered by his appearance on state television on Wednesday to mark the 15th anniversary of the death of Kim Il Sung, his father and the man revered as the founder of North Korea.
He looked gaunt, his hair has thinned dramatically and he walked with a limp. It is believed that 67-year-old Kim suffered a serious stroke in August 2008 and that his recovery has been delayed by long-standing diabetes and heart disease.
"He does not have all that much longer to live and my sources say the doctors' diagnosis is that he will die before the end of the year," Professor Toshimitsu Shigemura, an expert on North Korean affairs at Waseda University, told the Daily Telegraph.
"He is still being treated for the main problem, which is complications arising from his diabetes, and it had been expected that he could die as soon as this summer," he said, citing personal sources within Kim's extended family.
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His wild claim last year:
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2008/s2358307.htm
Expert claims North Korea's leader is dead PRINT
The World Today - Monday, 8 September , 2008 12:50:00
Reporter: Karen Barlow
ELEANOR HALL: He doesn't appear in public very often so it's difficult to verify but there are allegations today that North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il has in fact been dead for five years.
A Japanese expert on North Korea is claiming that the role of the "Dear Leader" has instead been played by a group of doubles since 2003, when he says the President died of diabetes.
interesting. But there seem to be similar articles in other places saying his giving up on ‘western’ medicine
Oh, yes, I can totally buy that
Well, we will have to start the FR Betting Pool at any rate, won’t we.
I don’t want to precisely reveal how I am assured of this, but it is a fairly assured matter that the good Professor Shigemura is a “little over the top” on this one and the US government, as well as Seoul, pretty much know the living Chia Pet’s movements and whereabouts...that is a lot of logistic and confuscation trouble for the Norkies to go through for five years to conceal that he had croaked and try to fake for that long.....
Six one way and half a dozen the other. There has always been a bit more back channel communication between Japan and NK than has been let on.
If he is that close to his “just reward” so to speak, it would seem that the power structure would be jockeying for position to make sure that they stay in power or move up a rung or two.<P< Are you seeing any sign of that?
It is a “serious disorder” of the pancreas according to
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hojGzu4N5oqxxY4ydHVOMDjISGEw
This reminds me of the reports of the death, or near-death of Fidel Castro.
Well, the two American girls in the Pyongyang Guest House will have to endure hearing 10 straight days of wailing outside their windows and on TV, akin to a convention of banshees, when and if the Chia Pet finally does check out for good. It was a nonstop cryfest up there in DPRK when old man kicked the bucket 15 years ago Wednesday.
I am of half the mind to send a sarcastic **GET WELL CHIA PET CARD** to the DPRK UN mission in New York City, just to piss them off (they do not talk publicly about his ailments) and get in a couple of last good digs.
bttt
Send him some candy some of his fav booze that would tip him toward early grave get some See candies here in US LOL!
They are sugary
He is illll there no question I think dude suffer diabetic stroke or something I got better idea send him some sugary candies LOL!
Hey do you think our fav North Korea newsbabe Pyrongang Patty be crying when Chia Pet kick the bucket LOL!
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