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| NorKie #3 Bites Big One |
| 2005-10-23 |
| Yon Hyong Muk, a top aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, died yesterday of an "incurable disease," the North's official Korea Central News Agency said today. He was 73. Yon was second only to Kim at North Korea's most important government agency, the National Defense Commission, and was also an alternate politburo member of the North's ruling Workers Party. He was regarded as the third-most important man in North Korea, after the reclusive leader and his right-hand man, Kim Young Nam. Yon "remained intensely loyal to the party and devoted his all to the struggle for the victory of the revolutionary cause ? [sic] to the last moments of his life," the official North Korean news agency said. "The feats he performed for the party, the country and the people will always be remembered." Chosun Ilbo and other South Korean newspapers reported last year that Yon had an operation for pancreatic cancer in Russia in November. His last public appearance was the Oct. 10 military parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the Workers' Party. Yon signed a six-point joint declaration with South Korean counterpart Prime Minister Chung Won Shik in February 1992, aimed at denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. Yon was also present during the inter-Korean summit held between then South Korean President Kim Dae Jung and North Korea's Jong Il in June 2000 in Pyongyang. Yon also attended a meeting between Kim Jong Il and South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong Young in June in Pyongyang. Chung met the North Korean leader as a special envoy of President Roh Moo Hyun. So, not enought Juche? Too much White Slag? Or time to clear the decks for Sonny Boy? |
| Posted by:.com |
| #4 Kim is going to be even more ronery. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-10-23 21:47 |
| #3 Pancreatic cancer pretty much is a death sentence. The story is probably straightforward. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2005-10-23 13:18 |
| #2 Ferrous metal insertion, repeatedly. (Much quieter) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2005-10-23 10:38 |
| #1 "incurable disease". Lead poisoning (high velocity-type)? Probably wasn't rope burns. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2005-10-23 09:26 |