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Kim’s concubine emerging as key in North’s leadership
Joong Ang Daily ^ | 9/13/08 | Chae Byung-geon

Posted on 09/14/2008 8:05:53 PM PDT by swilliams53

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is known to have recovered enough to brush his teeth himself, about a month after he is believed to have suffered a stroke and had brain surgery. But it remains to be seen whether the Stalinist leader will be able to maintain his tight grip on the country.

Now a growing number of sources familiar with Pyongyang politics are saying Kim Ok, Kim’s longtime secretary who is also known to be his concubine, is making many of the country’s policy decisions on Kim’s behalf.

“We believe that Kim has recently started brushing his teeth himself, though he still has difficulty walking,” said one senior Seoul official who declined to be named.

The official, however, said the South Korean government is still keeping a close eye on the Pyongyang presidential palace since Kim, notorious for his decadent lifestyle, is known to be vulnerable to medical maladies.

(Excerpt) Read more at joongangdaily.joins.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kimjongil; northkorea
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Jet Jaguar; monkapotamus; Tamar1973; All

I got question what woman in her right mind be dating Chia Pet are the North Korea women are that desperate


21 posted on 09/14/2008 8:50:40 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: Constitutionalist Conservative

Well, that’s what he gets for sticking his little rod in thy staff.


22 posted on 09/14/2008 8:53:29 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: SevenofNine

Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

23 posted on 09/14/2008 8:55:13 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: swilliams53

“..Kim Ok, Kim’s longtime secretary who is also known to be his concubine, is making many of the country’s policy decisions on Kim’s behalf.”

It’s only fair, we had a co-Dicktater, the Korcomms deserve one also.


24 posted on 09/14/2008 8:59:23 PM PDT by Rembrandt (We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

No wonder he had a stroke!


25 posted on 09/14/2008 9:02:21 PM PDT by dr_who
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To: dr_who

Finally, a national leadership team that Barrack may actually be more qualified than...


26 posted on 09/14/2008 9:12:12 PM PDT by johnnycap
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Yeah you got a point there

I feel sorry for Chia Pet women


27 posted on 09/14/2008 9:27:45 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: swilliams53

***North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is known to have recovered enough to brush his teeth himself,***

But can he spit?


28 posted on 09/14/2008 9:39:24 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: swilliams53

Dude, if Kim can’t use a computer or send e-mail, he must resign.

/Obama


29 posted on 09/14/2008 9:59:39 PM PDT by j-damn
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To: j-damn

Now that funny LOL!


30 posted on 09/14/2008 10:16:53 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: SevenofNine
"are the North Korea women are that desperate"

Actually, YES, since millions are not too far from starvation at any time and the rest know how easily they could end up that way..... so a concubinage with the Great Dictator could seem like a good gig for women in that country -- but I doubt they have any choice about it anyway. Don't know how he recruits his harem but he probably just picks any woman he wants and she's too terrified to say no.

That's how it goes when Awec Bawldwin's "ronery" pal rules the country......

31 posted on 09/14/2008 10:19:58 PM PDT by Enchante ("Troopergate" = Obama Democrats Working Hard to Smear Governor Palin in a Non-Scandal)
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To: Enchante

OH OKAY so Chia Pet could have his choice of women I hear he also like Russian hookers


32 posted on 09/14/2008 10:24:48 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: SevenofNine

He probably has a harem full of slaves smuggled in from Eastern Europe.


33 posted on 09/14/2008 10:54:58 PM PDT by Impy (Spellcheck hates Obama, you should too.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

One of my favorite political quotes, I usually quote it(with proper sourcing to Kissinger of course) because it is so true.


34 posted on 09/15/2008 12:59:26 AM PDT by Merta (Who is the only parental unit that California Democrats wish preserved? The Aunt(Aunt War=ANWR))
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To: Merta

Yup, that’s why I put Kissinger’s pic with the quote. He knew it, Mao knew it, and so does the Ronery guy.


35 posted on 09/15/2008 2:39:20 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: swilliams53

A single concubine? What a piker! If he was a real dictator he would have a whole bunch of em.


36 posted on 09/15/2008 3:06:30 AM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: swilliams53

This is not so strange - Jiang Qing “interpreted” for Mao in his later years, and if memory serves, Stalin’s daughter was the gate-keeper towards the end.

There is nothing new under the Sun - these are just re-treads of monarchies, except they call themselves Socialists.


37 posted on 09/15/2008 3:11:43 PM PDT by PGR88
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