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North
Korean leader Kim Jong Il has died, according to reports from Pyongyang. State
television said he had died on Saturday, attributing the death to over-work and
exhaustion.
North
Korean leader Kim Jong Il died on Saturday morning at the age of 69, state
television reported from Pyongyang on Monday.
The veteran
leader died on December 17 at 8:30 a.m. local time on a train trip, a weeping
announcer said, claiming that he had died of fatigue.
Kim is
believed to have suffered a stroke in 2008. However, he appeared relatively
healthy in recent photos and video from recent trips to China and Russia.
The leader
is thought to have had a taste for cigars, cognac and gourmet cuisine. Some
reports claim he had diabetes and heart disease.
The news
came in a "special broadcast" by Pyongyang early on Monday. It had
previously been expected that the announcement would relate to media reports in
South Korea that the North has agreed to suspend its uranium enrichment
program.
Youngest
son likely successor
Kim Jong Un
has been tipped as a likely successor
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Kim Jong Un has been tipped
as a likely successor
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A few hours
after the announcement of Kim Jong Il’s death, North Korea’s official state
news agency KCNA described his youngest son, Kim Jong Un as the "great
successor to the revolutionary cause of Juche and outstanding leader of our
party, army and people."
Juche is
Pyongyang’s political ideology of self-reliance.
Kim Jong Un had been seen as the
leader-in-waiting after being appointed to a senior military post and political
post in 2010.
South
Korea's military said it had detected no signs of unusual movement by the
North's military following news of the death.
Author:
Richard Connor (AP, AFP, dpa)
Editor: Martin Kuebler
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"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)
“….. Here is the prediction: China will turn North Korea loose soon. The alliance will dissolve, or become stale. There will be political upheaval in China. Not a coup and not a revolution. Within the inner circles of that which you call Chinese politics, there will be a re-evaluation of goals and monetary policy. Eventually, you will see a break with North Korea, allowing still another dictator to fall and unification to occur with the south. ….”
"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)
“….. Here is the prediction: China will turn North Korea loose soon. The alliance will dissolve, or become stale. There will be political upheaval in China. Not a coup and not a revolution. Within the inner circles of that which you call Chinese politics, there will be a re-evaluation of goals and monetary policy. Eventually, you will see a break with North Korea, allowing still another dictator to fall and unification to occur with the south. ….”
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