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Kim Jong-il's Eldest Son 'Leaves N.Korea' (back to Beijing)
Chosun Ilbo ^
| 09/17/08
Posted on 09/16/2008 7:59:41 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Kim Jong-il's Eldest Son 'Leaves N.Korea'
Kim Jong-nam (37), the eldest son of North Korea’s apparently ailing leader Kim Jong-il, reportedly left Pyongyang and arrived in Beijing last weekend, it emerged on Tuesday.
A South Korean government source said Kim Jong-nam was in Pyongyang to attend celebrations of the country’s 60th anniversary on Sept. 9, and he flew to Beijing by Air Koryo with others, probably last weekend.
There is speculation that Kim Jong-il must be on the mend if Jong-nam, a potential candidate to take power in case his father is incapacitated, has left Pyongyang. But a South Korean official familiar with North Korean affairs said, "It's possible that Kim Jong-nam may have left Pyongyang for a while for personal reasons. There is no reason directly to link his travel to Beijing with Kim Jong-il's health."
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: geopolitics; kimjongil; kimjongnam; nkorea; northkorea; stroke
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; nw_arizona_granny; ...
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posted on
09/16/2008 8:00:12 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Just going for Chinese take out. ;-)
3
posted on
09/16/2008 8:01:55 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Obama IS running against Palin)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I think the son is a very smart man to get out of NK... his dad is a paranoid wacko...
4
posted on
09/16/2008 8:02:36 PM PDT
by
John123
(Obambi said that he has been in 57 states. I will now light myself on fire...)
To: TigerLikesRooster
He just needs a good egg roll and some butt kicking pirated CDs with wock-n-woll.
5
posted on
09/16/2008 8:04:01 PM PDT
by
avacado
To: TigerLikesRooster
Won't this make Kim Jong-Il...
So Ronery?
6
posted on
09/16/2008 8:04:33 PM PDT
by
Bosco
(Remember how you felt on September 11?)
To: John123
Or he could serve as a liaison between China and Kim Jong-il, plotting his ultimate comeback with Chinese help.
7
posted on
09/16/2008 8:05:22 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Maybe he's out of town because #2, Cho Myong-nok, head of the general political bureau, has some ideas.
yitbos
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posted on
09/16/2008 8:05:30 PM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds." - Ayn Rand)
To: John123
If his father was not gravely ill, the son would not be allowed out of the country … positive news. ;-)
9
posted on
09/16/2008 8:06:19 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Obama IS running against Palin)
To: bruinbirdman
With Kim Jong-il, there is no number two.
10
posted on
09/16/2008 8:13:44 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Obama IS running against Palin)
To: bruinbirdman
With Kim Jong-il, there is no number two.
11
posted on
09/16/2008 8:13:51 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Obama IS running against Palin)
To: doc1019
Ok, #1 Cho Myong-nok, which means what?
yitbos
12
posted on
09/16/2008 8:16:06 PM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds." - Ayn Rand)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I thought it was his youngest son? I’m confused
13
posted on
09/16/2008 8:19:25 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
(Obama - Preferred by 4 out of 5 Dictators & Terrorists// Rove>Biden is a Big,Blowhard Dufus)
To: bruinbirdman
Only #1 when the little fat basta$d (dear leader) is dead. ;-)
14
posted on
09/16/2008 8:23:42 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Obama IS running against Palin)
To: doc1019
"Only #1 when the little fat basta$d (dear leader) is dead. ;-)"Deductive!
"There have been press accounts saying that regular North Korean military forces did not participate in the [60th anniversary] parade. If that’s true, it could be an indication, if there’s uncertainty within the leadership, of not wanting to have excess military troops inside the capital."
yitbos
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posted on
09/16/2008 8:26:49 PM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds." - Ayn Rand)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Just proves - CHina pulls the strings in the hell-hole that is N. Korea.
China likes having a pliant buffer state on its border.
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posted on
09/16/2008 8:35:51 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: TigerLikesRooster
17
posted on
09/16/2008 8:43:12 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: bruinbirdman
And if #1 son is next in line, next in line without any resistance, I don’t think he would be off gallivanting in China just now. I believe that there is a shakeup happening before our very eyes in NK.
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posted on
09/16/2008 8:43:43 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Obama IS running against Palin)
To: doc1019
Yes, the public facade of calm can be deceiving.
19
posted on
09/16/2008 8:45:29 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Jet Jaguar; monkapotamus; Tamar1973; nw_arizona_granny; All
OH OH did Kim have arguement with his son or his girlfriend did I mean Kim Jong 11 girlfriend
I think family feud brewin Tiger
20
posted on
09/16/2008 8:46:02 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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