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Report: NKorea's Kim recovering from brain surgery |
2008-09-12 |
North Korea's Kim Jong Il had brain surgery after a stroke last month and could have partial paralysis on one side, media reports said Thursday, after the South Korean government said the communist leader remained in control of his country. Foreign doctors, possibly from China and France, performed the operation after Kim, 66, collapsed about Aug. 15, the newspapers Dong-a Ilbo and JoongAng Ilbo reported, citing unidentified government officials. Kim's condition has improved and he is not suffering from slurred speech, a disability often associated with a stroke, the reports said. If Kim were incapacitated, it could have serious implications for international negotiations on North Korea's nuclear disarmament. The talks recently hit a snag because of a dispute between North Korea and the U.S. over how to verify the North's nuclear programs, and a delay by Washington in its promised removal of North Korea from a list of nations that sponsor terrorism. "I only hope that any situation happening in DPRK should not affect negatively what has been going on in terms of denuclearization process" U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a news conference on Thursday at the United Nations, using the initials of North Korea's official name. "I'm also concerned deeply by DPRK's decision to go back to reassembling the nuclear facilities. They must commit to their agreement among the six-party talks for the early realization of the denuclearization process," said Ban, who was South Korea's foreign minister before taking the helm of the U.N. in January 2007. Lee Cheol-woo, a South Korean ruling party lawmaker, said in a radio interview Thursday that Kim is "recovering fast," has "no problem speaking and communicating," and is "able to stand if assisted." The lawmaker, a leader of the parliamentary intelligence committee briefed by the country's spy agency Wednesday, did not give further details. However, South Korea's largest newspaper, Chosun Ilbo, said the stroke had left Kim with "partial paralysis." It quoted an unidentified senior government official as saying, "I understand that he is suffering inconvenience on the left part of his body." |
Posted by:Fred |
#18 TOPIX > KIM'S CONCUBINE EMERGING AS A FORCE IN THE NORTH'S LEADERSHIP. D *** NG IT, does this mean KIM has discovered GIRLS = WUHMIN, + NOKOR THE NEW GIRL ORDER??? Also from TOPIX > ANALYSTS: A MILITARY-LED COLLECTIVE [DPRK Generals-Admirals] IS MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED KIM; + NORTH KOREA MAY USE ITS SECRET BASE TO LAUNCH ICBMS + DELAYED SEOUL-INCHON CANAL PROJECT FINDS NEW LIFE. |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-09-12 23:41 |
#17 lol |
Posted by: anonymous2u 2008-09-12 22:35 |
#16 Maybe they operated to Do the NKorks have magnifying glasses that powerful? |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-12 20:54 |
#15 NKorea's Kim recovering from brain surgery ummm - is this an oxymoron? doesn't one have to have a brain to recover from brain surgery? |
Posted by: anonymous2u 2008-09-12 20:35 |
#14 I wonder if the doctors played Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Come inside, the show's about to start. Guaranteed, to blow your head apart... |
Posted by: Mike N. 2008-09-12 20:08 |
#13 "Kim recovering from brain surgery" It had to be micro-surgery.... |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-12 18:12 |
#12 OldSpook /ScaredyCrow way too kool to be compared to the likes of Kimmie 'the green baby eater!' ~:( */LOL* |
Posted by: Red Dawg 2008-09-12 17:21 |
#11 This one;s for you Jongy Hopefully he's not too rone-ry there. |
Posted by: OldSpook 2008-09-12 12:41 |
#10 Johnson! Stop the presses!!! Report: Kim well enough to brush his teeth |
Posted by: tu3031 2008-09-12 12:08 |
#9 The North Korean Brain Surgeon Show: NORK! NORK! NORK! |
Posted by: Chris W. 2008-09-12 12:07 |
#8 so ... many ... jokes ... |
Posted by: Iblis 2008-09-12 11:25 |
#7 Ya' mean he has one? |
Posted by: FOTSGreg 2008-09-12 11:11 |
#6 Seriously, doesn't sound like a stroke, sounds like an anureism(sp).You don't operate for strokes. |
Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-09-12 08:36 |
#5 Juche is for the little people. For Kimmie it's Hennessy and foreign specialists. |
Posted by: ed 2008-09-12 06:30 |
#4 but the burning question is: Did his surgery have JUCHE!!! ? |
Posted by: OldSpook 2008-09-12 04:31 |
#3 Cockroach. |
Posted by: Woozle Wholutch4001 2008-09-12 02:30 |
#2 #1 Lets hope it was a transplant. LOL with a piss-ant for an upgrade in Kimmie's Brain Power, no less! |
Posted by: Red Dawg 2008-09-12 02:22 |
#1 Lets hope it was a transplant. |
Posted by: Goober Phitch2747 2008-09-12 00:16 |