It's Really Weird We Don't Know Who The Leader In North Korea Is

[KittyWampus]

What has happened to Kim Jong-Un?

It's just really strange a country can be so cut off.

Kim Jong-Un's Sister Takes Control in North Korea


Source: The Diplomat

Kim Yo-jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, might be leading the hermit kingdom instead of her brother, a recent report from Seoul-based think tank, North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity (NKIS) revealed.

According to NKIS on October 1, Kim Jong-un — who has failed to appear at official events since early September — is getting medical treatment at Bonghwa Clinic from both domestic and foreign medical teams. Meanwhile, in his absence, Kim Yo-jong is charged with handling important government decisions.

An unnamed source told NKIS that a decision to give Kim Jong-un extended medical treatment was made at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea on September 6. The meeting was reportedly held at Kim Yo-jong’s suggestion.

As a result of the meeting, Pyongyang decided four things. First, to give special and extended medical treatment to Kim Jong-un in order to quickly restore his health. Second, all North Korean high level officials and party members should be responsible in following Kim’s previous orders. Third, the party and army should be on wartime-like alert while Kim Jong-un is out of commission. Lastly, all the important matters related to government administration should be reported to Kim Yo-jong, so that Kim Jong-un can concentrate on getting better.

Read more: http://thediplomat.com/2014/10/kim-jong-uns-sister-takes-control-in-north-korea/



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[randome]

1. Is there anything about NK that is NOT weird?

It's like watching through a timescope to see how primitive the world used to be.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]If you don't give yourself the same benefit of a doubt you'd give anyone else, you're cheating someone.[/center][/font][hr]

[KittyWampus]

2. someone once posted a pix on DU of NK at night. No lights on except a small area

around the capitol.

[randome]

3. I remember that.

Even Rome fell. What's taking North Korea so long?
[hr][font color="blue"][center]“If you're not committed to anything, you're just taking up space.”
Gregory Peck, Mirage (1965)[/center][/font][hr]

[seveneyes]

4. What's taking North Korea so long?

NK is stuck in a loop. An infinite loop until the brainwashing ends their long sentence to torture.
There's a signpost up ahead, next stop - The twilight of insanity.

[Rod Beauvex]

14. China.

China is what's keeping NK propped up. If they lose NK, they lose a lot of sway.

[madokie]

5. Last I heard its sister

Didn't she take control recently while dear leader is off somewhere in la la land. I'm think he's suffered some lead poisons or maybe a food borne poison. Broken ankles I don't think it is unless someone broke them for him. I'm sure he's not very well liked even by his blood kin. It would be doing humankind a real service if he is pushing up daisies somewhere or been fed to the hogs or hell even given a pair of cement shoes and fed to the sharks

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. Why, do you know who the leader of Luxembourg is?

[juxtaposed]

7. really ,, Who the fuck cares?

[TwilightGardener]

8. We care because they're crazy-dangerous, full of starving oppressed people,

have nuclear capabilities to some extent, threaten both South Korea (war for us, due to US presence and defense treaty) and the US and our territories in the Pacific (again, war). That's why we fucking care.

[juxtaposed]

12. just asking ..,,,, thanks

[Baclava]

9. China knows

maybe they took him out

[Corey_Baker08]

10. Good I Hope Kim Jong Un Dies A Slow Horrible Death, It Would Be In The Worlds Best Interest...

Could you imagine, a Female as the leader of North Korea? I think it would be history making and a change in the right direction for the entire world....

[longship]

11. As long as she also is not bat shit crazy.

NK is not going to end well, no matter what happens. But this regime, now on its third generation, is going to end. It isn't going to be pretty and the blowback may be considerable.

I imagine that the lights may be burning bright late tonight in the WH situation room.

No matter what, this is not good.

[DemocraticWing]

16. Kim Jong Un is a powerless figurehead and his sister would be too.

There are some awful people running North Korea, but they make sure to stay out of sight.

[UTUSN]

13. *I* know!1

[herding cats]

15. I suspect a new leader will still be "advised" by the same type of people as the nutty previous one.

In other words, if there is a new leader don't expect anything to change for the better. You may see some new heads roll, literally, who were the opposition to the new leader, or supported the previous one, but beyond that expect a new chapter in the same book. Well, the Dennis Rodman character may be written out now, but other than a few minor things such as that it's a continuing story.

[hifiguy]

17. Eventually the Chinese are going to tire

of the Kim family and install a military regime that will improve things enough to keep North Koreans willing to stay in North Korea. The Chinese want stability above all. They need it to conquer the US economically as the Amercan 1% ship everything overseas and steal the ruins that are left over. The Chinese then move in and finish enslaving the people of the one-time US and Wall $treet heads for Switzerland.

It is in their long-term best interest to be shed of the Kims at some near point.

[Baclava]

18. Maybe the North & South will unify and China will let them

They could be tired of babysitting

[lumberjack_jeff]

19. Sending him off to a "hospital" for "medical treatment"

may be seen as preferable to being shot and overthrown by a military junta in favor of reunification.