September 14, 200620 yr North Korean reclusive leader Kim Jong-Il's health has further deteriorated and he can no longer walk without difficulty due to worsening diabetes, a South Korean lawmaker said. Kim, 64, has long suffered from diabetes, kidney and liver problems and now has difficulty walking, said Chung Hyung-Keun, a longtime intelligence official now affiliated with the opposition Grand National Party. "Kim has problems walking more than 30 meters at once and has to sit and rest [frequently]. Kim has been accompanied by an assistant with a chair," said Chung. Chung served as an investigator for the anti-communism division of South Korea's intelligence agency throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. He is believed to have extensive intelligence sources on North Korea. He has periodically revealed information on the secret society in the North since becoming a lawmaker in 1996. He is a member of the parliamentary intelligence committee. Chung also said Kim Jong-Il's first son, Jong-Nam, has backing from the Chinese leadership to be North Korea's next leader. However, his maverick lifestyle has caused him to lose his father's favor, Chung said. Kim Jong-Nam was arrested on arrival in Japan in 2001 for using a forged Dominican passport. Jong-Nam is also involved in the North's missile sales, Chung said, citing sources. He said the North Korean leader had gone to a top hospital in Beijing for treatment when he traveled to China in January. Kim and his close aides depend on treatment in foreign hospitals due to the North's inferior health care system. Chung said he obtained the intelligence from "reliable sources" but refused to elaborate. A diplomatic source in Seoul defended Chung's allegations, saying Kim's health conditions have recently worsened. "There is information that Kim's health conditions are so poor that he cannot walk normally," the source said. Seoul's Yonhap News Agency also said North Korea was having a new medicine clinically tested on two subjects in Russia for the ailing Kim Jong-Il. Two people who have the same physique, shape and age as Kim were staying at a hospital in Russia and receiving new medication for diabetes and heart disease, Yonhap said. The information was revealed by Kim Seung-Gyu, director of the National Intelligence Service, at a recent parliamentary intelligence committee hearing, Yonhap said. Seoul's Unification Ministry declined to comment on Kim's health. http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/0....070138889.html
September 14, 200620 yr But he can shoot an impressive 18 on an 18 hole golf course. glad to see you can take a serious news worthy subject and put your little 'humor' into things.
September 14, 200620 yr Maybe Kim Jong-Il and Fidel Castro will die on the same day! February of 2090?
September 14, 200620 yr Maybe Kim Jong-Il and Fidel Castro will die on the same day! Kim Jong-Il won't last long enough to be able to do that.
September 14, 200620 yr But he can shoot an impressive 18 on an 18 hole golf course. glad to see you can take a serious news worthy subject and put your little 'humor' into things. Yeah, because nobody on here made a joke about Castro when news of him being sick was made public. Please Das, you can get over yourself now, it's okay.
September 14, 200620 yr Oh, please just die already. Castro, unfortunately, seems like he will live forever.
September 14, 200620 yr Kim Jong's Ill :plain Ahahahaha! :lol I get it! :lol How did you ever come up with that? :plain
September 14, 200620 yr Kim Jong's Ill :plain glad to see you can take a serious news worthy subject and put your little 'humor' into things. /a**hole I laughed :thumbup
September 14, 200620 yr But he can shoot an impressive 18 on an 18 hole golf course. glad to see you can take a serious news worthy subject and put your little 'humor' into things. Yeah, because nobody on here made a joke about Castro when news of him being sick was made public. Please Das, you can get over yourself now, it's okay. i said the same thing about castro. next.
September 14, 200620 yr But he can shoot an impressive 18 on an 18 hole golf course. glad to see you can take a serious news worthy subject and put your little 'humor' into things. Yeah, because nobody on here made a joke about Castro when news of him being sick was made public. Please Das, you can get over yourself now, it's okay. i said the same thing about castro. next. Can I get a whaaaburger and some french cries?
September 16, 200620 yr I hope that someone is sent to knock him off, so that an Asian spy can finsh their briefing by saying "say goodbye to him, from us."
September 16, 200620 yr Heres to Kim Jong Il dying ASAP. And to some level headed human being taking over, not some lunatic. And may Castro die ASAP as well. Maybe just maybe the people will then rise up and take back their country.
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