Posted on 09/09/2010 2:12:56 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Start of Party Congress 'Depends on Kim Jong-il's Health'
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's health will determine when the third extraordinary congress of the North Korean Workers Party finally starts, a North Korea expert speculates. The congress is the first of its kind in 44 years.
Quoting a North Korean source, Open Radio for North Korea chief Ha Tae-keung on Wednesday said the congress has been delayed because the regime is looking for days when the ailing leader's health is likely to be good enough to perform his duties. In announcing the congress, the North did not name a date more specific than "early September" because it had no idea when Kim will be fit enough.
The uncertainty is causing some confusion, other North Korean sources said. Pundits say Kim, who had a stroke in 2008 and apparently suffers from diabetes and kidney failure, is resting at one of his villas.
"Kim's five-day tour of China late last month must have been a heavy strain," a South Korean security official said. "I think the regime will open the party congress only when it's sure that Kim has had a good rest."
The party congress is likely to be a grueling chore for Kim, who as party secretary will be expected to sit bolt upright in front of thousands of deputies and TV cameras at least for five hours a day and probably stand up while delivering one of the interminable speeches beloved of dictators everywhere.
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I think i’m going to have a good ol’ sitdown with those NoKo’s documentaries posted on YT about the situation there i need to refresh my memory as painful as it is..
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Obozo feels your pain, Kim.
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