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N Korean leader Kim 'has cancer'

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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | N Korean leader Kim 'has cancer'

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has life-threatening pancreatic cancer, South Korean TV news channel YTN says.

YTN cited unidentified intelligence officials in Seoul and China as sources, but South Korea's spy agency said it could not confirm the story.

YTN said Mr Kim was diagnosed with the illness last year, about the same time he was reported to have had a stroke.

Mr Kim, 67, was seen last week looking gaunt and walking with a limp, fuelling more speculation about his health.

The rare public appearance was at a memorial on 8 July to mark the 15th anniversary of his father's death.

It has been widely reported that Mr Kim's third son, Kim Jong-un, is being groomed as heir, although Pyongyang has made no announcement.

Nuclear talks

The latest reports on the state of his health come as nuclear negotiators from China and South Korea opened talks in Seoul about how to handle the threat from the North.

So, Chinese intelligence leaks have reported that Kim Jong-il has Pancreatic Cancer. Many feel that he now only has five years max, to live. So, does this news explain NK's behavior over the past six months, or does it mean there is worse to come?
 
It sounds like justice to me. There are very few people that I'd wish painful cancer on, but he's on my short list.
 
One thing that makes me nervous about this is that the boyfriend will be in Pusan playing war games next month. Slightly too close to crazy Jong for my comfort.
 
One thing that makes me nervous about this is that the boyfriend will be in Pusan playing war games next month. Slightly too close to crazy Jong for my comfort.

I understand that. Now, that the world knows he is sick, he will probably become more unpredictable and crazy.
 
One thing that makes me nervous about this is that the boyfriend will be in Pusan playing war games next month. Slightly too close to crazy Jong for my comfort.

Do not worry Ms Catz; Killer Kim is a classic bully, all bluster and no balls. If he crossed the DMZ the US would wipe his ass and tell China to like it.

He knows it, China knows it.

He is throwing a lot of crap fireworks around trying to play big man.

What the US should do is tell China to reign this **** head in, and reign him in quick time or the US will have no option but to re-arm Japan (who fears both China and North Korea) to the teeth. A Japan still techlicnologically superior China.

And China still fears Japan.

China keeps this creepy **** head in power because they do not want North Korean refugees, and because they do not want a unified democratic Korea on their border.

We have to make it more costly for China to keep Killer Kim rather than get rid of him.

Because the one and only thing China cares about is China.

Make them pay too much to keep this idiot Bond villian, and they will get rid of him.
 
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Apparently, he plans to fire a ballastic missile at Hawaii. This made me nervous because J will be in Honolulu for a week in August (and S. Korea for 2 weeks). However, J told me that the odds of the missile actually HITTING Hawaii are slim to none, and that the navy will rush out and scoop up the remains of the missile after it hits somewhere in the Pacific so it can be analyzed. Interesting.
 
That's so sad, I hope he dies.
 
Gotta wonder how would he react once he'll understand that only western doctors can save his life now.
 
Gotta wonder how would he react once he'll understand that only western doctors can save his life now.

Even Western doctors could not save him if he has anytype of tumor development, as his condition suggests. Patrick Swayze and all of his money is nearly wasted away to nothing from the disease. Pancreatic cancer, is normally a death sentence, from what I have gathered.
 
Good. Maybe he'll die.

Soon.
 
It must have matastisized to his brain.
 
Do not worry Ms Catz; Killer Kim is a classic bully, all bluster and no balls. If he crossed the DMZ the US would wipe his ass and tell China to like it.

He knows it, China knows it.

He is throwing a lot of crap fireworks around trying to play big man.

What the US should do is tell China to reign this **** head in, and reign him in quick time or the US will have no option but to re-arm Japan (who fears both China and North Korea) to the teeth. A Japan still techlicnologically superior China.

And China still fears Japan.

China keeps this creepy **** head in power because they do not want North Korean refugees, and because they do not want a unified democratic Korea on their border.

We have to make it more costly for China to keep Killer Kim rather than get rid of him.

Because the one and only thing China cares about is China.

Make them pay too much to keep this idiot Bond villian, and they will get rid of him.
China has no more control over him than we do. Kim would fire off a nuke at Beijing just as soon as he would anywhere else.
 
Kim Jong-ill.

Bwueh. :blah:
 
China has no more control over him than we do. Kim would fire off a nuke at Beijing just as soon as he would anywhere else.

China has indeed built-up their military on the border with the DPRK.
 
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | N Korean leader Kim 'has cancer'



So, Chinese intelligence leaks have reported that Kim Jong-il has Pancreatic Cancer. Many feel that he now only has five years max, to live. So, does this news explain NK's behavior over the past six months, or does it mean there is worse to come?

I think the only thing it will mean is that one of sons will take over and do the same **** those before him did. KIm Jong-Il may try to kiss some ass to get a foreign doctor to treat him or throw one of his tantrums to get us to give him a doctor in exchange for him cooling down.
 
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I think the only thing it will mean is that one of sons will take over and do the same **** those before him did.
The one thing that Kim Jong-il had in common with his father was rampant paranoia. If Kim's son shares that trait, as bad as Kim is, his death will not be a cause for celebration by any other nation.
 
I think the only thing it will mean is that one of sons will take over and do the same **** those before him did.

Yes, but the son set to take the throne, so to speak, is Kim Jong Un. He is the youngest of Jong-il's children and the most corruptable. There are reports that the successor is prone to partying and loves Western goods. So there may be a brightside in having someone more easy to bribe at the helm.
 
Yes, but the son set to take the throne, so to speak, is Kim Jong Un. He is the youngest of Jong-il's children and the most corruptable. There are reports that the successor is prone to partying and loves Western goods. So there may be a brightside in having someone more easy to bribe at the helm.
I am not so sure. The same vices were attributed to Saddam Hussein's progeny, as I recall, and, if anything, they were more demented than he was.

Personally, I would prefer Kim to die a quick death, a sudden death, that throws the leadership of the country into chaos (realizing that, with the selection of Kim Jong Un as heir apparent it might already be past a point where that can happen). A destabilized Pyongyang would be far more likely to topple.
 
Yes, but the son set to take the throne, so to speak, is Kim Jong Un. He is the youngest of Jong-il's children and the most corruptable. There are reports that the successor is prone to partying and loves Western goods. So there may be a brightside in having someone more easy to bribe at the helm.


I do not think it will happen. Their families are living large and in charge and I do not think the others who also live as comfortable will allow him to sell them out for trinkets. Besides that Western goods can be imported through China or some other means and western goods can be bootlegged/counterfeited and then shipped to North Korea.
 
You guys are soooo cynical!:lol:

I like Celti's scenario. If he were to die suddenly, rather than a drawnout deathbed scene, there may be a powerstruggle that could help topple the whole house of cards. I will be an optimist and hope so.;)
 
Good luck to Kim. I hope he dies a slow miserable death.
 
If he has pancreatic cancer, the chances of him being alive in a year are quite small.

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The best thing about his cancer is that it's a long, painful death. And now a few words from our sponsor: Karma.
 
Even Western doctors could not save him if he has anytype of tumor development, as his condition suggests. Patrick Swayze and all of his money is nearly wasted away to nothing from the disease. Pancreatic cancer, is normally a death sentence, from what I have gathered.
Around 10-15% survivability rate, it took one of my uncles(by marriage) and it was hell watching the deterioration, it's among the worst and most aggressive of the cancers, no system has an answer for this one. That being said, glad the sawed off little **** dictator got it.
 
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