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Gollywog
Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Location: Debussy's brain
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 Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:32 am Post subject: Stay tuned for an "important announcement" from NK |
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NK Diplomats Ordered to Stand by for 'Important Announcement'
North Korea issued an emergency order to its overseas diplomats to be ready for an �important announcement,� allegedly related to the health of the Stalinist country�s leader Kim Jong-il, a Japanese newspaper said Saturday.
Citing a well-placed source, Yomiuri Shimbun said the North Korean regime told its overseas diplomats to refrain from travel and stay in the same place.
This anonymous source said North Korea is likely to make an �important announcement� in the coming few days, which is likely to be related to Kim�s health or something about the inter-Korean relationship.
Commenting on the report, a National Intelligence Service spokesman said the intelligence agency is in the process of confirming it but declined to elaborate further, according to Yonhap News.
After Kim Jong-il�s �visible� absence from the Sept. 9 ceremony that marked the 60th anniversary of the founding of the country, both intelligence and speculations surrounding Kim�s health have run amok. The South Korean government said Kim had a brain surgery in mid-August.
Pyongyang released photos of Kim inspecting a military facility in an apparent move to quench the thirsty international media hound. North Korea fears that such news on the dire health of its leader, once leaked to its people, might destabilize the communist country. |
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/10/113_32898.html
Your guess is as good as mine. |
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joshuahirtle27
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Milwaukiedave
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 5:29 am Post subject: |
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| Would it be odd if he ended up dying right before the 2008 election in the US? |
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joshuahirtle27
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| Define "odd" |
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weatherman
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 5:42 am Post subject: |
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Most likely, the pear trees are blossoming in october, or something along this line......  |
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head-in-the-clouds
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
Location: London for now
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 6:40 am Post subject: |
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| Milwaukiedave wrote: |
| Would it be odd if he ended up dying right before the 2008 election in the US? |
why? you've lost me |
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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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| "I'm so ronery." |
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head-in-the-clouds
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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| dude, ironic it aint |
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Gollywog
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| Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 4:55 am Post subject: |
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If this were Stalinist Russia, maybe all the diplomats would be arrested and sent to the Gulag.
My guess is these diplomats are popping Imodium. |
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