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A Noticeably Thinner Kim Jong-Un Announces 'Tense Food Shortage' in North Korea
PJ Media ^ | 06/17/2021 | Rick Moran

Posted on 06/17/2021 8:42:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

North Korean leader King Jong-un is on a diet. That’s the best guess of experts in South Korea who make a living talking and writing about Dear Leader’s health and appearance.

Well… it’s a living.

These experts say that if the weight loss was health-related, there would be other noticeable symptoms.

Associated Press:

"In recent state media images, including those published on Wednesday, Kim appeared to have lost a large amount of weight. The strap on his fancy watch is tighter, and his face thinner. Some observers say Kim — who is about 170 centimeters (5 feet, 8 inches) tall and has previously weighed 140 kilograms (308 pounds) — may have lost about 10-20 kilograms (22-44 pounds)."

Kim’s apparent weight loss is more likely an attempt to improve his health, rather than a sign of illness, according to Hong Min, a senior analyst at Seoul’s Korea Institute for National Unification.

Or could it be a sign that North Korea is running out of food?

The state news media is reporting that Kim told the Communist Central Committee of North Korea that the food situation had become “tense” as there appears to be about a 1.5 million-ton shortage of grains compared to last year. He’s making the food shortage a “top priority.”

The tense food situation was brought about by extensive flooding. The last time the flooding was this bad was in the 1990s when upwards of two million people died of starvation.

“In particular, the people’s food situation is now getting tense as the agricultural sector failed to fulfill its grain production” after flood damage, Kim was quoted as saying in the meeting. “It is essential for the whole Party and state to concentrate on farming.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dogsbeware; foodshortage; forthemotherland; grasseaters; kimjongun; northkorea
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This isn’t the first time Kim has publicly acknowledged his failures. Last October, during a speech to the military, he could barely hold back tears talking about how screwed up the economy was, saying it was his fault and he promised to do better.
1 posted on 06/17/2021 8:42:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Had Fat Kim (then) listened to Trump during their first meeting in Singapore and took the first steps to opening up the economy to some form of capitalism, instead of spending dwindling resources on missiles and nukes, the country would be in a much better place by now.


2 posted on 06/17/2021 8:44:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Kim’s apparent weight loss is more likely an attempt to improve his health, rather than a sign of illness

No doubt, a smoker almost 100 pounds over weight, not good.

3 posted on 06/17/2021 8:44:44 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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4 posted on 06/17/2021 8:46:41 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Joe Biden is a squinty-eyed turnip brain)
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“... Kim Jong-Un Announces ‘Tense Food Shortage’ in North Korea..”

What...are they running out of grass?


5 posted on 06/17/2021 8:47:42 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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He looks better on the right picture. He needs to lose another 50 pounds.


6 posted on 06/17/2021 8:47:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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North Korea running out of food is not the same thing as Kim Jong-un running out of food.

The shortages won’t impact him in the slightest. At least not until the majority of the population are dead from starvation.


7 posted on 06/17/2021 8:49:51 AM PDT by sipster
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8 posted on 06/17/2021 9:02:48 AM PDT by Nateman (If the Left Is not screaming , you are doing it wrong..)
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A store just up from the old high school made a sandwich called the Fat Albert. First rate deli style stuff.


9 posted on 06/17/2021 9:04:55 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Putin and X I convinced him it was better to be enemies with the US.


10 posted on 06/17/2021 9:06:36 AM PDT by rrrod (6)
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In the movie about Moses and the Pharaoh Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) the people of Egypt were starving and the underling asked if the huge palace royal reserve granaries could be opened to feed some people. The Pharaoh was angry: “You would allow me to starve?” “No, your excellency. I would never suggest that you starve.”


11 posted on 06/17/2021 9:09:19 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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Should have listened to orange man and things could have been better. Here’s wishing you get another chance to talk with him in the future.


12 posted on 06/17/2021 9:10:12 AM PDT by 353FMG
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Kim photo on right.

Kim: “Is it really true Alyssa Milano said I’d be kinda cute if I lost some weight?”


13 posted on 06/17/2021 9:11:57 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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Poor guy looks emaciated.


14 posted on 06/17/2021 9:13:24 AM PDT by 353FMG
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Only 100#s? Try 150#+ overweight.


15 posted on 06/17/2021 9:14:23 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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He probably would have, but it’s that very moment he knew an agreement with Trump was not worth the paper it was written on. At that moment, Trump phone party was undermining him, and the American communist party was plotting the impeachment. Trump on republican party was assisting them in that effort. Bolton, maddest, and others did all they could to undermine the negotiate.
Kim knew that any agreement he signed with likely only last a few weeks or months and would be completely reversed the minute Trump is gone. The deep state undermined our president.
God only knows what Trump could’ve accomplished had his own party supported him.


16 posted on 06/17/2021 9:24:26 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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Perhaps he's training for another trip to Madison for the CrossFit games???


17 posted on 06/17/2021 9:31:40 AM PDT by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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Give up all of their nukes and missiles in trade for food


18 posted on 06/17/2021 10:17:54 AM PDT by drypowder
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Only important news would be if his sister is “gaining” weight...


19 posted on 06/17/2021 12:02:50 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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Only important news would be if his sister is “gaining” weight...
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I thought little fat one died from the covid.


20 posted on 06/17/2021 12:24:38 PM PDT by BarbM (FU Pence. You refuse to be alone with a woman, but have no compunction in screwing the USA)
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