Kim Jong-Il Dead

[Jacob]

Exciting times.

BBC says the cause of death was said to be "physical and mental overwork".

Heh.

What next I wonder?

[mongers]

Apparently Korea watches are surprised as he was reported to be in relative good shape.

Military coup. anyone ?

[Sheilbh]

I flicked to Fox.  They've clearly paid a lot to send Geraldo to Kuwait for the 'end of the Iraq war' thing.  They've got him there and they will use him.  From what I can see he's interviewing American soldiers who have been stationed in South Korea for their opinion

It means his son, who by all the limited known accounts is about as batshit goofy as the old man was, will continue to make things interesting.

Who knows?  Military or other family members will find it easier to dominate a 20-something who's only had a couple of years to be heir.

[CountDeMoney]

Apparently Korea watches are surprised as he was reported to be in relative good shape.

Military coup. anyone ?

Are you kidding, retard?  Haven't you seen how bad he's looked the last year and a half?  Fucker probably had six types of cancer.

[mongers]

Apparently Korea watches are surprised as he was reported to be in relative good shape.

Military coup. anyone ?

Are you kidding, retard?  Haven't you seen how bad he's looked the last year and a half?  Fucker probably had six types of cancer.

I'm just quoting the Korean professor Samuel Kim from Columbia Univ.   

[Liep]

Learned of this from Albert Brooks' twitter feed, "Kim Jong very very very Il" and have so far been disappointed by the languish punnery (or lack thereof).

[Josquius]

Surprised its so active on here about this already. Just saw it elsewhere, didn't believe it at first.
Wow.
This is....quite scary.
The son was not yet so established　as a secure successor, it was just last year the moves to install him first happened. And considering the way things are there anyway....
Shit. Just hope there's no death throes hurting neighbours

[jimmy olsen]

The South has "placed all military units on emergency alert following the news of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's death." 

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2011/12/19/54/0301000000AEN20111219005800315F.HTML

[garbon]

Man, I was expectantly watching Spellus's thread fall and Habbs rise.

Mine was first.

Yeah and you whined about it - which made me want to see you taken down.

Seedy is a spoilsport though.

[CountDeMoney]

Apparently Korea watches are surprised as he was reported to be in relative good shape.

Military coup. anyone ?

Are you kidding, retard?  Haven't you seen how bad he's looked the last year and a half?  Fucker probably had six types of cancer.

I'm just quoting the Korean professor Samuel Kim from Columbia Univ.   

Fuck does he know.  He doesn't even post here.

[jimmy olsen]

KOSPI nosedived on the news, currently down 3.9%

http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=^KS11+Interactive#symbol=^ks11;range=1d;compare=;indicator=volume;charttype=line;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=on;source=;

[Viking]

Seems like The Axis against Christmas is taking casualties. Maybe the DPRKs were right to protest the Xmas trees the ROKs put on the border. It's time to close the Xmas tree gap.

[jimmy olsen]

By the way, what's up with all these newspapers parroting the "he was 69" bullshit. Everyone knows Kim Il Sung faked his son's birthday so he'd be listed as being born on a legendary Korean mountain. He was born in the USSR in 1941, he was 70.

[Habbaku]

Too difficult to find the smiley on my Blackberry so :

[jimmy olsen]

Calling it now, Kim Jung Un will order an assassination attempt on the South Korean president. Both his father and grandfather attempted this but failed, so he has to try as well to prove to the military that he's fit to lead.