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18th December 2011, 10:53 PM
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dead at 69
Reuters (http://news.nationalpost.com/author/reutersnp/) Dec 18, 2011 – 10:19 PM ET | Last Updated: Dec 19, 2011 12:09 AM ET
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il returns a salute as he reviews a military parade in Pyongyang during celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the communist party in this October 10, 2005 file photo. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died on December 17, 2011, state television reported on December 19, 2011. An announcer said he died of physical and mental over-work.
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SEOUL, Dec 19 – North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, revered at home by a propaganda machine that turned him into a demi-god and vilified in the West as a temperamental tyrant with a nuclear arsenal, has died, North Korean state television reported on Monday.
Kim, who was 69 years old, died on Saturday, it said.
With the death of his father, young and inexperienced Kim Jong-un is seen as poised to take over North Korea and extend the Kim dynasty’s rule over the reclusive state for a third generation.
Not much is known about the younger Kim, not even his age, though his father, Kim Jong-il, and his autocratic regime had begun making preparations for the son’s transition to power.
Experts say the young Kim is likely to follow the same militaristic path, maintaining a strong grip over one of the world’s largest armies and pressing on with a nuclear weapons programme in the face of international outrage
Kim Jong-il was the unchallenged head of the reclusive state whose economy fell deeper into poverty during his years in power as he vexed the world by developing a nuclear arms programme and an arsenal of missiles aimed to hit neighbours Japan and South Korea.
Kim had been portrayed as a criminal mastermind behind deadly bombings, a jovial dinner host, a comic buffoon in Hollywood movies and by the administration of former U.S. President George W. Bush as the ruler of “an outpost of tyranny”.
He was thought to have suffered a stroke in August 2008.
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Reuters (http://news.nationalpost.com/author/reutersnp/) Dec 18, 2011 – 10:19 PM ET | Last Updated: Dec 19, 2011 12:09 AM ET
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il returns a salute as he reviews a military parade in Pyongyang during celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the communist party in this October 10, 2005 file photo. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died on December 17, 2011, state television reported on December 19, 2011. An announcer said he died of physical and mental over-work.
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By Staff reporters
SEOUL, Dec 19 – North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, revered at home by a propaganda machine that turned him into a demi-god and vilified in the West as a temperamental tyrant with a nuclear arsenal, has died, North Korean state television reported on Monday.
Kim, who was 69 years old, died on Saturday, it said.
With the death of his father, young and inexperienced Kim Jong-un is seen as poised to take over North Korea and extend the Kim dynasty’s rule over the reclusive state for a third generation.
Not much is known about the younger Kim, not even his age, though his father, Kim Jong-il, and his autocratic regime had begun making preparations for the son’s transition to power.
Experts say the young Kim is likely to follow the same militaristic path, maintaining a strong grip over one of the world’s largest armies and pressing on with a nuclear weapons programme in the face of international outrage
Kim Jong-il was the unchallenged head of the reclusive state whose economy fell deeper into poverty during his years in power as he vexed the world by developing a nuclear arms programme and an arsenal of missiles aimed to hit neighbours Japan and South Korea.
Kim had been portrayed as a criminal mastermind behind deadly bombings, a jovial dinner host, a comic buffoon in Hollywood movies and by the administration of former U.S. President George W. Bush as the ruler of “an outpost of tyranny”.
He was thought to have suffered a stroke in August 2008.
More here:
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/12/18/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-il-has-died-report/