North Korea Leader KIM JONG IL has died

[Motownkid]

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Kim Jong Il has died



SEOUL—Kim Jong Il, the dictator who used fear and isolation to maintain power in North Korea and the threat of nuclear weapons to menace his neighbors and the U.S., has died, North Korean state television reported early Monday.

His death opens a new and potentially dangerous period of transition and instability for North Korea and northeast Asia. Mr. Kim in September 2010 tapped his youngest son to succeed him, though it isn't known whether the son will take control right away.

Mr. Kim, who was 69 or 70 years old, according to varying accounts, died from fatigue during a train ride on Saturday, a weeping television announcer said.

Mr. Kim took power after the death in July 1994 of his father, Kim Il Sung, who founded North Korea in 1948. The country, a declining communist industrial power when he took control, fell into abject poverty under his rule. However, Mr. Kim continued to command attention and relevance in the world by building nuclear weapons and selling other arms.

He staked his legitimacy on his father's 46-year rule. Kim Jong Il never called himself president of North Korea. Instead, he bestowed on his father after death the title of "eternal president," while he took lesser titles such as chairman of national defense and general secretary of the main political party.

Mr. Kim suffered a stroke-like illness in August 2008 and was incapacitated for two months, forcing him to begin to groom a successor.

In 2009, reports surfaced that Mr. Kim had chosen the youngest of his three sons, Kim Jong Eun, to carry on the family's regime. Those reports were confirmed in September 2010, when Mr. Kim appointed his son, who is believed to be 27 or 28 years old, a four-star general in the North Korean military and to high-level posts in the ruling political party.

On Monday, North Korean state television said the younger Mr. Kim will lead the country.

South Korea stocks were down 4.6% on the news early Monday, and officials were closely monitoring levels of the won against other currencies.

[AlbertCruz]

At least he is now reunited with his dad in Hell

[æRLO]

Tinuod ba kaha si Jong Eun ang mu succeed niya. Naka-balita sad ko nga his siblings also want a stake.

ga-hilak jud ug maayo ang mga tao didto run, pareha atong pagka matay ni Kim Il-sung. Grabe baya ilang fanaticism sa "Dear Leader" nila.

[salbahis]

The dear leader is dead. Mean while Chuck Norris has just returned from his vacation in Asia

[nwf]

The dear leader is dead. Mean while Chuck Norris has just returned from his vacation in South East Asia

haha, nice post.. chuck norris na pud...LOFL

[treskwatrosingko]

mupuli ang anak na mas salbahis..

[b1 huck]

and the leaf has fallen...

[salbahis]

mupuli ang anak na mas salbahis..

you call? hahahahaha

[mackiechoy]

scripted kaayu ang hinilakan sa ilang mga taw, luoy lang sila kay sila ray giilad sa ilang dear leader by keeping them illiterate.

[æRLO]

Homefront is seemingly prophetic.