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2020-08-24 China-Japan-Koreas
Kim Jong Un reportedly in a coma as his sister Kim Yo Jong takes control
I still think he died earlier and a double took over. Didn't look the same. She's a stone cold psychopath
[NYPOST] North Korea
...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche...
n dictator Kim Pudge Jong-un
...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished...
has fallen into a coma, a former South Korean official is claiming on the heels of reports that the northern leader has ceded over some of his power to his younger sister.

Chang Song-min, a former aide to late-South Korean president Kim Dae-jung, has alleged that the Hermit Kindom’s honcho has become seriously ill amid speculation about his limited public appearances this year, the Mirror reported.

"I assess him to be in a coma, but his life has not ended," he told South Korean media.

The former aide added that the leader’s younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, was poised to help lead the country.

"A complete succession structure has not been formed, so Kim Yo-jong is being brought to the fore as the vacuum cannot be maintained for a prolonged period," he said.

His claims come after South Korean spies revealed that the 33-year-old sibling now serves as his "de facto second-in-command," though she has not been designated his successor.

In a closed-door meeting with politicians, the National Intelligence Service said the power shift partly seeks to "relieve (Kim’s) stress from his reign and avert culpability in the event of policy failure," the Yonhap News Agency reported.

"Kim Yo Jong, the first vice department director of the Workers’ Party Central Committee, is steering overall state affairs based on the delegation," the agency reportedly said.
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Here we go again!
Posted by Fred 2020-08-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ]  Top
 File under: Commies 

#1 Let the purges begin.
Posted by gorb 2020-08-24 02:08||   2020-08-24 02:08|| Front Page Top

#2 So, sort of like the Biden-Kamala ticket?
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-08-24 07:50||   2020-08-24 07:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Power struggle to ensue. Many to be gone. She could only rule with the support of men as history has shown.
Posted by Dale 2020-08-24 08:17||   2020-08-24 08:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Renaissance Italy redux.

Who gets to play second fiddle to Lucretia?
Posted by AlanC 2020-08-24 10:16||   2020-08-24 10:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, that didn't take long, did it?
Posted by ed in texas 2020-08-24 10:42||   2020-08-24 10:42|| Front Page Top

#6 He’s been dead or comatose for months. Body double helped with perception of orderly transition of power. Biggest obstacles have already met the Anti-aircraft justice system. She will need all the ChiCom support she can get so no Trump luncheon will be in the offing anytime soon. I’m expecting “sea of fire” and “”running dog imperialist lackey” to make a literary comeback.
Posted by NoMoreBS 2020-08-24 13:30||   2020-08-24 13:30|| Front Page Top

#7 Is North Korean leader Kim yielding power to sister?
Posted by Skidmark 2020-08-24 16:04||   2020-08-24 16:04|| Front Page Top

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