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China-Japan-Koreas
N.Korea Airs Kim Jong-il Clip
2009-04-08
North Korea on Tuesday released a video clip of leader Kim Jong-il looking frail but healthy. The official Korean Central Television broadcast no footage of Kim between last August, when he apparently had a stroke, and November, when he resumed duties.
Don't pull a Castro on us, Kimmie, die already ...
According to the South Korean government, Kim could barely move his left arm when he had just begun resuming his official duties, but this has improved. "It seems to corroborate the observation that the left side of Kim's body had been paralyzed but got better," said a government official. Footage does not show him walking very quickly, which leads to a speculation that the North Korean government is trying to hide the fact that his leg is still troubled.

"North Korean TV released the video clip right before they aired the launch of the satellite, for propaganda purposes of praising Kim's leadership," a government source here said. "It seems that the North Korean government wanted to air a preview before Kim shows up in the first general meeting of the Supreme People's Assembly on Wednesday."
Posted by:Steve White

#1  Many of Koreans are skeletal but wiry and strong at the same time. A female friend stationed there, weighing in at 117 pounds, was called "fat."
I hope he doesnt live to be a hundred so we are forced to bear a double dose of his pimping of north korea to Iran and other monstrous countries he has befriended.
Posted by: GirlThursday   2009-04-08 14:26  

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