N. Korea: Japanese Weekly "Kim Jong-il had heart surgery"(coronary bypass, from German source)

Yonhap News ^ | 06/08/07

[BipolarBob]

We did an operation on a (N. Korean) worker, but we cannot divulge his name.

That did all of this for a common everyday worker. Commieland is a workers paradise I tell ya'.

/heavy sarc

[jabbermog]

I blame all that duck chow mein, egg fried rice, kung po pork etc. Its bound to take its toll eventually.
Theres a chiney a few miles from where I live and its great once in a while, but quite greasy.

I heard he eats like a pig while his people have to eat tree roots.
If this is true, I only hope his final moments are painful.

[AdmSmith]

If this: "The operation was a success and the German medical team had returned on May 19th." is true, Kim would be a room temperature by now.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Do you mean they made his heart fail after a certain number of days?

[AdmSmith]

I hoped for successful military operation, not a successful medical operation. ;-)

[rdl6989]

June 8 (Bloomberg) — German Heart Institute Berlin denied a report in a Japanese weekly that its doctors performed a heart bypass on North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang last month.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=aKYn5Qe8D0q4&refer=germany

[TigerLikesRooster]

According to Shukan Gendai, N. Korea maintained an affiliation with former E. Germany's clinic for privileged party elites. N. Koreans regularly sent doctors and medical staffs to receive training there and this relationship is continuing even after German unification.

There were several doctors and nurses in Pyongyang who took the training at this E. German clinic, but they were unable to deal with Kim's problem.

It seems almost certain that those who were operated upon are not ordinary folks, but very important figures, despite denial from heart institute. After all, 6 doctors were flown in to do a surgery. If not Kim Jong-il, they must be Kim's most trusted confidante or his immediate family member. However, I won't rule out that it was actually Kim Jong-il himself.

[null and void]

He has a heart?

[TigerLikesRooster]

Yes, a real surprise. A deity has a perishable body and failing heart.:-)

[null and void]

Did the commie chinese put melamine in his food?

Inquiring minds want to know...

[fish hawk]

Why German? Didn’t Michael Moore let him know that Cuba had the best medical in the world?

[TigerLikesRooster]

N. Korea activated E. German connection to bring doctors in. Former E. Germany also qualifies as “socialist paradise with impeccable state medical care.” So Kim Jong-il is not off by much.:-)

[AmericanInTokyo]

Your clear, succinct, short post could/should speak volumes more than the most exhaustive, in-depth CIA leadership profile dossier on the Great Leader, Kim Jong il.

Brilliant. And lets hope it comes true!!

[rdl6989]

Thanks, Tiger. I wonder who is running the show in North Korea now?

[jabbermog]

You know Am.InTokyo the thing that really winds me up is that British lefties worship this freak, the same ones that founded the Stalin Society, but they slag off Britain and America, a lesser extent Israel.

I was in a pub at lunctime last summer, and I bumped into a lefty, I suppose you could call him an aquaitence. Cant remember how the subject came up, but he starts blagging on about this Kim Freak - saying “you know hes not perfect but he is good for Korea and his people love him. Did you know Ed ? Them bloody Yanks want to split Korea in two ? Aye honest !”
I thought about this and asked him if he knew where Korea was.

His answer ?

Of course I do you conservative tosser Me and the wife flew over it on the way to Singapore!

I have very little knowledge of the Far East - but unlike the moonbats as you call them over there, if I dont know about a subject I dont spout off about it.

Well its Sunday lunchtime Im off down the village pub for 10 bottles od Bud and a barbeque
Take care Yank !
Speak to you soon