SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69.

 

Kim's death was announced Monday by state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.

 

Kim is believed to have suffered a stroke in 2008 but appeared relatively vigorous in photos and video from recent trips to China and Russia and in numerous trips around the country carefully documented by state media.

 

The leader, reputed to have had a taste for cigars, cognac and gourmet cuisine, was believed to have had diabetes and heart disease.

 

The news came as North Korea prepared for a hereditary succession. Kim Jong Il inherited power after his father, revered North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, died in 1994.

 

In September 2010, Kim Jong Il unveiled his third son, the twenty-something Kim Jong Un, as his successor, putting him in high-ranking posts.

 

 

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Bye

F*** YEAH!!!

I thought it was scary that the first thing that came to mind when I saw the title was Team America, but then I looked up and now I guess not

Ah well. Kim Jong Bong to take power.

Good news but is his successor as big or a greater douschbag that hates America?

Good news but is his successor as big or a greater douschbag that hates America?

 

 

Yeah, I think his son is just as crazy. Should be interesting to see how the transition goes down.

Yeah, they stuck in his brainwashed youngest son.

I have to say, I'm a bit surprised that he didn't outlive Castro. Then again, I would have said the same thing about Saddam or Ghaddafi a few years ago.

Team America was my first thought as well lolz

Unfortunately his cause of death was neither sudden-onset lead poisoning nor acute torntopiecesbyangrymobitis.

Good. So he's dead and we're not responsible. That's a first.

Good. So he's dead and we're not responsible. That's a first.

 

 

Or are we..............?????

 

Cue the rodent giving the camera the "eye" gif

Good. So he's dead and we're not responsible. That's a first.

 

 

Or are we..............?????

 

Cue the rodent giving the camera the "eye" gif

Hmmmm I think this is a question for heat84.