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/begin my translation Kim Jong-il May Not Survive This Winter Choi Sung-yong, "Kim Jong-il knows he may not live long." [2009-07-15 15:08 ] Amid flurry of rumors on Kim Jong-il's health, Choi Sung-yong, the head of (S. Korean) Abductee Family's Association, said, "Kim Jong-il may not survive this winter," quoting a credible source from N. Korea on July 15. Mr. Choi appeared on "Open World, Today" at PBC and said, "As you know, if a cancer spreads, doctors will tell you how long you can live," basically saying that Kim's days are numbered. However, he won't say exactly what illness...

North Korea convened a mass government meeting on the 15th anniversary of the death of Kim Il Sung (today). They had the usual funeral music in commemoration of "The Great Leader". One could perhaps say the music was for KIM JONG IL himself, who shuffled pitifully into the Korean Workers Party assembly--a disheveled wreck of a man. Here are photos of Kim Jong Il, taken earlier today in North Korea:

WASHINGTON, July 2, 2009 – North Korea’s launch of four short-range missiles yesterday didn’t surprise Defense Department officials, a Pentagon spokesman said today. “What’s fair to say is that North Korea, [and its] behavior, continues to be unpredictable,” Bryan Whitman said, noting the activity “was not unexpected.” Whitman said he doesn’t know of any specific violations of a June 12 United Nations Security Council nonproliferation resolution on North Korea associated with the launch. North Korea has been the subject of near-universal condemnation since conducting a nuclear test in April. It also has tested intercontinental and intermediate-range missile technology. A defense...

Go to the page HEREHit the little orange box with the arrow, right below this photo, and the video will stream very shortly:From Japanese national TV just a few hours ago, the NNN network--prime time.The Japanese news says this is unprecedented.Getting hot, folks.

/begin my excerpts Speculation Mounts on Worsening Kim's Health N. Korea's provocation may be due to (hurrying up) succession (Beijing = Yonhap News) Kwon Young-suk = Speculation spreads rapidly among Beijing's diplomatic circles that the health of N. Korean leader Kim Jong-il, who suffered a stroke last August is deteriorating again. Diplomatic sources in Beijing said on June 4, "S. Korea, U.S., China, and Japan are lately paying close attention to health of Kim Jong-il." This is because analysis of the escalating tension including the second nuclear test lent credence to the argument that Kim Jong-il want to hurry up...

Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader, eats live fish, according to his former chef. The 68-year-old enjoys raw fish so fresh "that it is still moving" washed down with fine French wines and brandies, Kenji Fujimoto said. "He particularly enjoyed raw fish so fresh that he could start eating as its mouth is still gasping and the tail is still thrashing," he said. "I sliced the fish so as not to puncture any of the vital organs, so of course it was still moving. Kim Jong-il was delighted. He would eat with gusto." The 56-year-old chef, who is in hiding...

Lawmakers are so far taking a measured approach to North Korea’s nuclear ambitions as the Obama administration and the United Nations Security Council work on avenues to stymie potential nuclear proliferation or an arms race in the region. The congressional recess in some ways has offered a respite from a barrage of statements on current events, but the panels that focus on foreign affairs are not rushing into offering any reaction into how the North Korea situation should be handled. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, helmed by Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), will hold a hearing on North Korea in the...

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned North Korea on Saturday that the United States would not accept it as a nuclear weapons state, as Asian security officials struggled to find a new way to deal with the isolated Communist nation. “We will not stand idly by as North Korea builds the capability to wreak destruction on any target in Asia — or on us,” Mr. Gates told a major defense conference here that has been dominated by North Korea’s test this week of a nuclear device and the firing of at least six short-range missiles, all in defiance of international...

SEOUL: North Korea was reportedly on the verge on Tuesday of test-firing more missiles, a move set to heighten tensions after its second nuclear weapons test drew condemnation around the globe. The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting to consider the options after Pyongyang's test of a nuclear device on Monday, which some estimates said was almost as powerful as the atom bombs that flattened Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The council called the test a "clear violation" of international law and immediately began working on a resolution that could impose new sanctions on the secretive North, which has now tested...

WASHINGTON (AFP)--U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that the U.S. and its negotiating partners may have to "show some patience" before nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea can resume. Clinton, speaking at a press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, said both the U.S. and Russia want to try to get the North Koreans back to the six-party negotiating framework. "We may have to show some patience before that is achieved, but we agree on the goal that we are aiming for," Clinton said. The U.S. has been involved in negotiations with the two Koreas, China, Japan...

Vice President Joe Biden speaks to workers and volunteers and then signs a banner at the National Domestic Violence Hotline Headquarters, Tuesday, April 28, 2009 in Austin, Texas. CEO Sheryl Cates looks on during the visit. Vice President Joe Biden, right, embraces Cindy Loper, a worker at the National Domestic Violence Hotline Center, and signs a book for Dominique Amescua, during his visit Tuesday, April 28, 2009, in Austin, Texas. He spoke later and said that curbing violence against women also helps tens of thousands of American children who witness the violence and may become homeless because of it. Vice...

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: North Korea vowed Tuesday to bolster its nuclear deterrent and boycott the six-party talks aimed at its denuclearization in protest of a UN Security Council statement condemning the country's recent rocket launch on April 5. North Korea's foreign ministry said in a statement that it ``resolutely condemns'' the action by the United Nations, which it said ``rampantly'' infringes upon the country's sovereignty and ``severely debases'' the people's dignity. ``We have no choice but to further strengthen our nuclear deterrent to cope with additional military threats by hostile forces,'' the statement said. "We will never again take part...

A North Korean diplomat has warned that Pyongyang would react strongly to any censure by the UN Security Council of its long-range rocket launch. Pak Tok Hun, North Korea's deputy UN ambassador, said that if the 15-member council "takes any kind of steps whatever, we will consider this infringes upon the sovereignty of our country. The next option will be ours." He declared Pyongyang would take "necessary and strong steps" following any censure motion. "Every country has the inalienable right to use outer space peacefully," Mr Pak insisted, pointing out that many countries had already launched satellites into space several...

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Video footage (clip) of SM-3-armed Japanese AEGIS destroyers putting to sea, heading out for possible confrontation with North Korean ICBM missile in the next few days.Go here, hit arrow on the orange box, just below the aerial photo of the crafts leaving port here in Japan.

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea moved a long-range missile to a launchpad this week and plans to send it into space in early April in defiance of repeated international warnings. While North Korea has been making missiles to intimidate its neighbors for nearly half a century, what makes this launch particularly worrying is the increasing possibility -- as assessed by U.S. intelligence and some independent experts -- that it has built or is attempting to build nuclear warheads small enough to fit atop its growing number of missiles. North Korea "may be able to successfully mate a nuclear warhead...

SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il increased the number of his public visits three-fold this month from his average activities for February in recent years, Seoul officials said Friday. Kim appeared publicly 15 times this month, compared to an average 5.3 visits he made in February between 2000 and last year, said the Unification Ministry. This year's figure was the highest since he took the rein of the country after his father and North Korean founder Kim Il-sung's death in 1994. The 67-year-old Kim dropped out of public view for weeks after his suspected stroke in...

PYONGYANG, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, called for efforts to boost the country's electricity output, state media said on Sunday. During an inspection tour of the newly-built Ryesonggang Youth Power Station No. 1 plant in North Hwanghae province, Kim called for large-scale construction of hydro-power stations, large or small. He also said measures should be adopted to ensure coal supplies to thermal power plants.

SEOUL (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has attended a Lunar New Year volleyball match and an artistic performance by the military, state media said Thursday in its latest reports on his activities. The 66-year-old, who reportedly suffered a stroke last August, was "enthusiastically welcomed" by spectators at the game between an army team and another team, the Korean Central News Agency said. It gave no date for the game but said it was held to mark the Lunar New Year, which began Monday. Kim also attended a song and dance performance by members of the navy and air...