Nobody knows for 100% certain what exactly is wrong with Kim Jong-Il. Many news outlets are now reporting that he most definitely had a stroke recently. South Korea's National Intelligence Service, a collective of spies that supposedly has the most information on North Korea anywhere, announced on Wednesday night that he was recovering from the rumored stroke, but that the left side of his body may be paralyzed. Of course, nobody knows for sure, because nobody ever knows for sure what is going on north of the Korean border. I just checked the Korean Central News Agency, North Korea's official news portal to the rest of the world, but as always it's chock full of propaganda—flower baskets and honorary hymns by foreign countries who love to celebrate their Dear Leader. Some say that Kim didn't make his usual highly anticipated appearance at the country's 60th anniversary celebration. Kind of a big deal. But again, I wasn't there, so I don't know if it's true.
One Waseda University professor, Toshimitsu Shigemura, believes that Kim Jong-Il has been dead for years, and that he's being represented publicly by a body double. Who knows? This could be true too. Or maybe it's all just rumors created to make us start talking about North Korea again, or to distract us from the apocalyptic nuclear attack they've been planning for years.
Hmmm could be a consipracy like Zeitgeist. Its pretty good to watch. Especially part 2 and 3.
Posted by: Dragonfang18 | September 11, 2008 at 09:30 PM
What, first Castro now Jong-Il? Ahmadinejad, you feeling aches and pains?
Posted by: vagrant | September 12, 2008 at 12:04 AM