N. Korea's Kim undergoing kidney dialysis: report

AFP ^ | 07/30/09

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NKorea's Kim undergoing kidney dialysis: report

(AFP) – 1 day ago

SEOUL — North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il is undergoing kidney dialysis twice a week as a result of his diabetes, a South Korean activist said Thursday, quoting unidentified sources in Pyongyang.

The health of Kim, 67, is the subject of intense interest as he has not formally named someone to succeed him at the helm of the secretive communist state.

"His illness suddenly became worse last May, forcing him to receive dialysis," Ha Tae-Keung, president of the Open Radio for North Korea, said on a radio talk show.

"The nuclear test was carried out in order to prevent Kim's health problems from sparking rifts among power elites," added Ha, whose Seoul-based organisation broadcasts programmes to the North.

Kim, who has a history of diabetes and heart disease, is widely believed to have suffered a stroke in August last year.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT

[HiTech RedNeck]

Even the Norkies can do kidney transplants... I say bogus.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

It looks like all of our problems with Kim Jong Il will be going away soon.

[Bobalu]

I don’t wish suffering on anyone, not even on a monster like Kim.

That said, It’s a pity he did not die peacefully in his sleep about 67yrs ago.

[AdmSmith]

Kim is a good representative of North Korea, he and his country both have a systemic disease with the ultimate prognosis; systemic failure.

[Bobalu]

I really like your tagline my FRiend! :-)

[Proud_USA_Republican]

The real question is who of the democratic party and Hollywood a-list will be rushing to his side to assist in the dialysis.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Yes, he and his country are barely holding off outright systemic collapse. Too many parts (of his body or his country) are broken. Won’t be long before they all fall apart.

[TigerLikesRooster]

I am more interested in who will be attending this outlandish funeral (if N. Korean regime is able to secure a stable period long enough to hold his funeral.) Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, Zero, Hitlerly, Biden, or Pelosi?

[Proud_USA_Republican]

I’m sure Madeleine NotsoBright will be there to give a grand toast in his memory.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Yep, they got him hooked up. Pushing out the bad blood, recycling and fortifying it, and then feeding it back in the old buzzards body. Still bad blood, either way you toss the dice.

[AmericanInTokyo]

I say we:

a) buy off the French or the Germans to get their doctors in there for the sensitive, high-level operation only Westerners can do;

b) along with a new kidney, old Chia Pet gets a GPS tracking device shoved up and stitched into his internal organs.

c) when the Chia Head goes anywhere, big brother in the sky knows.

And then, at the appropriate time, WHAMMO!!, old Uncle Bunker Buster goes into action and poor little 金正日 gets Excedrin Headache Number 47.

Well, a guy can dream, can't he?

[element92]

nothing changes when this guy dies.
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you heard this on FR first.

[Sig Sauer P220]

Good thing he’s not under Obamacare.

[Niuhuru]

You’re a strategist, I like that.

[SevenofNine]

WOWWW Chia Pet is more seriouslly sick than first thought kidney dialsyis

[SevenofNine]

I am hoping my fav News person Pyongang Patty cry when she find out Chia Pet has died LOL!

Really crying no croc tears LOL!

[TigerLikesRooster]

She will lose weight just as Chia does now.:-)