Kim Jong Il dead at age 69

[swendro]

http://abcnews.go.com/Int...ed-15185456#.Tu6rv9TOzPY

Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69.

Kim's death was announced Monday by state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.

Kim is believed to have suffered a stroke in 2008 but appeared relatively vigorous in photos and video from recent trips to China and Russia and in numerous trips around the country carefully documented by state media.

The leader, reputed to have had a taste for cigars, cognac and gourmet cuisine, was believed to have had diabetes and heart disease.

The news came as North Korea prepared for a hereditary succession. Kim Jong Il inherited power after his father, revered North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, died in 1994.

In September 2010, Kim Jong Il unveiled his third son, the twenty-something Kim Jong Un, as his successor, putting him in high-ranking posts.

 

[damnitzdom]

 

[young halo]

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[megatron]

I don't see what the big deal is. They will continue to remain isolated from the rest of the world. Just a new reign.

 

[DeadsetAce]

Originally Posted by damnitzdom

 

[atlsfinest]

don't he's actually dead but we'll see.

 

[tupac jordan]

My condolences to Ben.

 

[monstar1]

I predict a ban in this thread...

 

[aqua 8s]

Gotta see the pics of the corpse to really believe it's true 

 

[sickickz23]

I feel bad for north Korea.....I thank whoever is up there for not making me born there.....

 

[brandon3000]

daaaaamn 2011 rid the world of MAD evil

 

[Nujavez]

Wow I just did a presentation on this North Korea for school like a little over a week ago lol

 

[young halo]

@NotBillWalton Not Bill Walton

Kim Jong-Il is dead! With fellow tyrants Moammar Gadhafi, Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein also gone, only the Grinch David Stern remains.
11 minutes ago via web

 

[bauercans]

Originally Posted by Brandon3000

daaaaamn 2011 rid the world of MAD evil

this

 

[mugzbo]

Originally Posted by megatron

I don't see what the big deal is. They will continue to remain isolated from the rest of the world. Just a new reign.

Maybe the son won't be a cruel POS like his father was. He most likely will but I'd be very interested in seeing a non-totalitarian regime in place and see how an isolationist regime would adapt to life in the 21st century after how they've been running things. I've always been interested in studying North Korea and how awful that place is but this could be the beginning of something very, very interesting. I know nothing about the son except that he's porky and shares a resemblance to his father physically

Anyone have any reading material about the kid that's supposed to be the successor?

Forgot to

We have another two weeks to try and get Ahmadinejad...

 

[brandon3000]

Originally Posted by Aqua 8s

Gotta see the pics of the corpse to really believe it's true 

[obama voice] we don't need to spike the football here... [/obama voice]

but seriously the devil must be assembling some sort of dream team for 2012....

 

[justhotkicks]

Called my mom to tell her the news. She said "eh, rest in piss". She meant to say "rest in peace" sarcastically, but her Korean accent got in the way.

 

[Nujavez]

Originally Posted by mugzbo

Originally Posted by megatron

I don't see what the big deal is. They will continue to remain isolated from the rest of the world. Just a new reign.

Maybe the son won't be a cruel POS like his father was. He most likely will but I'd be very interested in seeing a non-totalitarian regime in place and see how an isolationist regime would adapt to life in the 21st century after how they've been running things. I've always been interested in studying North Korea and how awful that place is but this could be the beginning of something very, very interesting. I know nothing about the son except that he's porky and shares a resemblance to his father physically

Anyone have any reading material about the kid that's supposed to be the successor?

Forgot to

We have another two weeks to try and get Ahmadinejad...

my partner in my North Korean presentation was from South Korea. He said he's worse than his dad. But we'll wait and see

 

[falcon4567]

Originally Posted by mugzbo

Originally Posted by megatron

I don't see what the big deal is. They will continue to remain isolated from the rest of the world. Just a new reign.

Maybe the son won't be a cruel POS like his father was. He most likely will but I'd be very interested in seeing a non-totalitarian regime in place and see how an isolationist regime would adapt to life in the 21st century after how they've been running things. I've always been interested in studying North Korea and how awful that place is but this could be the beginning of something very, very interesting. I know nothing about the son except that he's porky and shares a resemblance to his father physically

Anyone have any reading material about the kid that's supposed to be the successor?

By all accounts he's a weakling and is being pushed around by his generals; it's not likely we'll see any real change. It's far more reasonable to expect a military coup in a few months.

 

[VinMillerHearn58]

Pics or it didn't happen....

 

[Humbled]

Originally Posted by damnitzdom

 

[jthagreat]

+waits for NT to tell me how i should feel about the news+

 

[miamib30514]

Will his son carry on the same ideas?

 

[ksteezy]

Originally Posted by Brandon3000

Originally Posted by Aqua 8s

Gotta see the pics of the corpse to really believe it's true 

[obama voice] we don't need to spike the football here... [/obama voice]

but seriously the devil must be assembling some sort of dream team for 2012....

seems like perfect timing isn't, makes you wonder...

 

[oh you mad]

I wonder what Ja Rule thinks about this.