Kim Jong Il Reportedly Has Pancreatic Cancer

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Kim Jong Il Reportedly Has Pancreatic Cancer

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A South Korean TV station is reporting that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il has pancreatic cancer, based on information from Chinese and South Korean intelligence. Whether or not Kim actually suffers from that especially deadly disease, he did appear ill during a rare public appearance last week and is rumored to have appointed his youngest son as his successor.

The Guardian:

Today’s report came a week after Kim attended an annual memorial for his late father, North Korea’s founder Kim Il-sung. The appearance was only his second at a state event since his reported stroke last year.

While he looked thin and limped slightly, analysts said his attendance sent out the message that he was still in charge.

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By Night-Gaunt, July 14, 2009 at 10:19 am Link to this comment

The next powder keg just may be the destabilized N. Korea threatening the peninsula and Japan and maybe China too! If the US or anyone else dares to impede one of N. Korea’s ships just may touch off a missile retaliation or worse—-nuclear attack on Soule, capital of S. Korea. We can hope cooler heads prevail on all sides of this most delicate situation.

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