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N. Korea: Kim Jong-un's absence triggers speculation over his health
Telegraph ^ | 25 Sep 2014 | Julian Ryall

Posted on 09/25/2014 6:11:31 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Kim Jong-un's absence triggers speculation over his health

North Korean leader failed to appear in public for nearly three weeks after appearing unstable on his legs

By Julian Ryall, Tokyo

8:30AM BST 25 Sep 2014

The failure of Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, to appear in public for nearly three weeks has triggered renewed speculation over his health and the stability of his regime.

South Korea and governments around the region will be watching carefully to see whether Mr Kim takes part in a specially convened session of the North's rubber-stamp parliament today - and, if he does attend, they will be scrutinising his gait for clues as to his health.

"There have been lots of reports that Kim is not in good health, supported by video footage of him walking with a noticeable limp at an event in July and again earlier this month," Toshimitsu Shigemura, a professor at Tokyo's Waseda University and an authority on North Korean affairs, told The Telegraph.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kimjongun; nkorea
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He was a no-show at today's session of Sumpreme People's Assembly. Here is a photo (from Yonhap News) showing that Kim Young-nam, the nominal head of state, was presiding the session. He is seen sitting where Kim Jong-un should.

Here is the link to the Korean-language article on this news.

1 posted on 09/25/2014 6:11:31 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; endthematrix; ...

P!


2 posted on 09/25/2014 6:11:54 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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I wonder if he will eventually be used for mortar practice?


3 posted on 09/25/2014 6:12:56 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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Probably not for the practice, but a real live target in a fierce firefight.


4 posted on 09/25/2014 6:17:31 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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I saw a North Korean news item about two weeks ago, and it was quite obvious that the leader was having trouble walking, and seemed in pain. Probably everyone involved in the coverage was afraid to draw attention to this, so some bit of truth got out in the showing of that video.

I wonder if anyone in our intelligence services consulted with some good physicians, to get some information on what these symptoms could suggest. The leader is overweight, but why should he rather suddenly look like an old man trying to hobble along, and showing facial expressions of pain? Gout? Results of poisoning?


5 posted on 09/25/2014 6:22:54 AM PDT by docbnj
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Sounds like Gout. Surely he has heard of Colchicine.


6 posted on 09/25/2014 6:24:05 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

geez. them north korean strongmen don’t seem to have long careers. seems like every year they up and get sick and die...they’ll be running out of ‘em soon


7 posted on 09/25/2014 6:24:11 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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Ee’s probably just pining for the fjords...


8 posted on 09/25/2014 6:26:15 AM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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He may be out of public view, but at least Kimg Jong-un Looking at Things is still adding content.

Here are looking at metal shop, looking at submarine deck, and looking at sock.


9 posted on 09/25/2014 6:32:06 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational)
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He was too busy with his Cheesy Poofs to do his job, so he called in sick that day.


10 posted on 09/25/2014 6:41:38 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: camle

his father and grandfather had very long careers


11 posted on 09/25/2014 6:42:42 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Scoutmaster

When he was looking at the sock, why is there no General in uniform taking furious notes? Isn’t that part of the protocol?


12 posted on 09/25/2014 6:43:54 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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You're right. He had the note-taking General present when he was looking at heart-biscuits.

The link I posted didn't work. This should work.

13 posted on 09/25/2014 6:48:30 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational)
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3 Generals to take notes of him looking at things. They must be compiling quite the North Korean Encyclopedia or something.


14 posted on 09/25/2014 6:50:46 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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You really don't want to know how many Generals it takes to look at a sturgeon pond. Or at grass.


15 posted on 09/25/2014 7:07:35 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational)
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I read quite recently there was speculation Jong Un might make a trip to China. Perhaps he might be there now. Hopefully, if he is there, he won’t be allowed to return. Now that would be interesting.

I wonder if anyone has seen his wife during this absence?


16 posted on 09/25/2014 7:16:06 AM PDT by miele man
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I don’t think she shows up in public without her husband.


17 posted on 09/25/2014 7:19:41 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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Obama looking at mundane stuff
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2010/02/obama_being_forced_to_look_at.html


18 posted on 09/25/2014 7:24:03 AM PDT by RetSignman (Obama is the walking, talking middle finger in the face of America)
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http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2010/02/obama_being_forced_to_look_at.html


19 posted on 09/25/2014 7:24:37 AM PDT by RetSignman (Obama is the walking, talking middle finger in the face of America)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I think you probably are correct that she won’t be in public without Dear Leader, Jr.


20 posted on 09/25/2014 7:24:55 AM PDT by miele man
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