Lady Cop
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Ding Dong, Jong is dead
just breaking, no details yet.
Longtime North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is dead, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.
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| 12-18-2011 11:16 PM |
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Lady Cop
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RE: Kim Jong Il is dead at 69
(CNN) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is dead, North Korean state TV said Monday.
Kim, 69, died at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, state TV said.
A broadcaster reported that Kim died due to "overwork" after "dedicating his life to the people." hahahahahaha
South Korean news agency Yonhap -- which based its reporting on its monitoring off North Korean state television -- said that Kim had died during a train trip.
South Korea's military declared an "emergency alert" following Kim's death, according to Yonhap.
The son of Kim Il Song, the founder of the communist nation, Kim Jong Il had been in power since 1994 when his father died of a heart attack at age 82.
The enigmatic leader was a frequent thorn in the side of neighboring South Korea, as well as the United States. There have been reports in recent years about his health, as well as that power will be transitioned to his son, Kim Jong Un.
North Korean news reports earlier this fall indicated that Kim Jong Il had been traveling around the country and visiting China, a big change from 2009 when he was thought to be ill with cancer.
Two senior U.S. military officials said then that they believed the pace of North Korea's planned regime change from Kim to his 20-something son appeared to have slowed.
The son, also known as Kim, started his career as a four-star general and in recent years was given more official duties by his father.
CNN's Wolf Blitzer, who traveled to Pyongyang a year ago with former U.S. ambassador Bill Richardson, said that "the assumption (then) was that he was sick" but still in "decent shape."
Now it is a "totally uncertain situation," Blitzer said.
kim jong roasting on an open fire....
ugly fucker
and the heir
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| 12-18-2011 11:40 PM |
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Cracker
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RE: Kim Jong Il is dead at 69
(12-18-2011 11:32 PM)Middle Finger Wrote: That's potentially great news ...
IDK, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know...
They allowed themselves to be led by a dictator. I don't see that changing too much too quickly.
The Koreans always remind me of the Lilliputians.
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| 12-18-2011 11:50 PM |
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Lady Cop
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RE: Ding Dong, Jong is dead
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| 12-20-2011 06:31 AM |
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Smegma
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RE: Ding Dong, Jong is dead
Wow, the son must be pretty sharp if he was promoted to four star general in his 20s!
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| 12-20-2011 12:29 PM |
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Lady Cop
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RE: Ding Dong, Jong is dead
   

North Korea carried out a meticulously choreographed funeral for its late leader Kim Jong Il today and affirmed that the country was now in the 'warm care' of his son.
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| 12-28-2011 08:39 AM |
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