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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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 Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:37 am Post subject: Kim Jong-il had possible second stroke |
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Bet now he wishes he wasn't such an ass, he could fly into USA, tokyo, or even seoul and get some decent medical care...
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TOKYO (Reuters) � U.S. authorities have received information that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il suffered a second stroke late last month, Japanese broadcaster TBS reported, fuelling speculation about the reclusive leader's health.
U.S. and South Korean officials have said Kim suffered a stroke in August, raising questions about succession in Asia's only communist dynasty and about who was making decisions concerning its nuclear weapons programme.
Kim suffered the second stroke in late October and it affected the movement of his left arm and leg and also his ability to speak, TBS reported, quoting a source in South Korea close to a U.S. intelligence agency.
South Korea's Unification Ministry and spy agency could not immediately confirm the report.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, who last month said Kim was on the mend and in control, told a leading local daily the North Korean leader had not lost his grip on the country.
"Chairman Kim Jong-il's condition is that he has no problem looking after state affairs," Lee told the Chosun Ilbo newspaper in an interview published on Tuesday.
The North has released undated still photographs in recent weeks of Kim in public, but analysts said there has been no definitive and timely image that shows him in good health.
"Kim is undergoing rehabilitation and they (North Korea) are confident that he can make an appearance at some point," said Masao Okonogi, Korea expert at Keio University in Tokyo.
Even though North Korea is one of the world's most closed countries, its citizens have probably heard rumours that Kim had a health setback, prompting the state to release the photographs of him at a soccer match and inspecting troops, analysts said.
"The fact that they cannot provide conclusive photographic evidence that he is alive now shows me that he is incapacitated," said Brian Myers, an expert on the North's propaganda at Dongseo University in South Korea.
"As much as they like uncertainty in the rest of the world, they hate uncertainty among their own people. They are under enormous pressure to let their people know that their leader is alive and well and they cannot do it," he said.
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:04 am Post subject: |
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| Having had a close family member die of a stroke after numerous strokes over a 12 year period of time, I'll say this isn't uncommon. It's possible Kim could have had many more small strokes that weren't reported. Things could be much worse then the South Korean or North Korean governments are leading us to believe. |
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ManintheMiddle
Joined: 20 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:27 am Post subject: |
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Die, bastard, die.
And may a misguided missiles veer off course and hit the reviewing stand of the military's top brass too. |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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| Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:33 am Post subject: |
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Doctor Confirms Kim Jong-il Stroke
Published: December 11, 2008
PARIS � The North Korean leader Kim Jong-il had a stroke in August but appears to be better, according to a French doctor who has treated him.
The doctor, Fran�ois-Xavier Roux, told Le Figaro, the French daily: �Kim Jong-il suffered a stroke but did not undergo an operation. He is now better.�
Dr. Roux, a Paris-based neurosurgeon, added: �The photos that have just been published seem recent and authentic to me. I have the impression that he is in charge in North Korea. I can�t say more because of medical confidentiality and state secrecy.�
United States and South Korean officials have said that Mr. Kim, 66, suffered a stroke in August, raising questions about a possible succession and about who was making decisions on North Korea�s nuclear weapons program.
The North has said nothing negative about Mr. Kim�s health and called reports of his stroke a Western conspiracy to sabotage the government. State media have shown pictures of him at public events, including at a soccer match, looking healthy and smiling. |
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/world/asia/12kim.html?_r=1 |
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Jandar
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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The guy is dead and has been dead for some time.
The military continues to run the country as it has been since Kim the first died. |
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