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sabbat hunter

(6,829 posts)
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 12:04 PM Oct 2014

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/



This bears watching as the "hermit kingdom" has been known to flex its muscles during times of leadership flux/crisis, like when Kim Jong-un took over, or when his dad took over from his grandfather.
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Kim Jong-Un's Sister Takes Control in North Korea (Original Post) sabbat hunter Oct 2014 OP
Why do I have the feeling that Mr Kim ate something that disagreed with him? malthaussen Oct 2014 #1
Keen minds believe Kim Jong-Un ate a ton of stuff in excess that totally agreed with him Brother Buzz Oct 2014 #3
Several stories in teh news said he had broken ankles due to his weight dixiegrrrrl Oct 2014 #6
He's not that fat, just chubby Reter Oct 2014 #8
And has a better haircut. Poor Kim...think of that lonely fat kid in Junior High. Now consider 24601 Oct 2014 #56
He's not fat, he's just "big boned" smirkymonkey Oct 2014 #80
I don't believe it. I think either he wnt bonkers or she's pulled off merrily Oct 2014 #14
That is what crossed my mind. He is now taking an extended rest in some mental hospital. Would jwirr Oct 2014 #17
My money is on bonkers. /nt Ash_F Oct 2014 #36
I lean toward both. herding cats Oct 2014 #43
I heard about the ankles too, but I've been wondering also if that's just a cover story. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2014 #53
I highly doubt it on the coup part davidpdx Oct 2014 #65
He's Not Fat! Wolf Frankula Oct 2014 #18
That fat fuck is probably dead (poisoned). nt brush Oct 2014 #64
OTT. Agschmid Oct 2014 #83
Meaning . . . ? nt brush Oct 2014 #84
This bears watching. Like we don't have enough trouble already--not sure if TwilightGardener Oct 2014 #2
I hope Mr. Kim gets to be with his father and grandfather quickly. former9thward Oct 2014 #4
+1 cheapdate Oct 2014 #40
Korean Cleopatra? Cleita Oct 2014 #5
Wouldn't mind an Agrippina either. Xyzse Oct 2014 #20
Or a Livia Drusilla Kaleva Oct 2014 #34
Any pictures of the new North Korean "goddess"? FLPanhandle Oct 2014 #7
Best I can do Botany Oct 2014 #9
Interesting... She started "taking a more public role" in April annabanana Oct 2014 #11
I wonder if "It's for your own good" was uttered at that meeting? 7962 Oct 2014 #12
I looked up Kim Jong Un's age and he is only 31 ... Botany Oct 2014 #15
A lobotomy perhaps ? CentralMass Oct 2014 #52
My guess is that Kim Jong Un's pushing a war with S. Korea & the USA might have ... Botany Oct 2014 #67
There were a bunch in Google images, as well. C Moon Oct 2014 #10
Here.. cosmicone Oct 2014 #16
Certainly a lot better looking! I wonder if she's a wacko too. I do feel so sorry for the RKP5637 Oct 2014 #54
could it be that demigoddess Oct 2014 #13
Yeah, he is dead. AngryAmish Oct 2014 #19
Snort lonestarnot Oct 2014 #76
He needs a fucking heart transplant madokie Oct 2014 #21
Hasn't stopped Dick Cheney. Rod Beauvex Oct 2014 #22
You got me there madokie Oct 2014 #23
They are part of a dying breed.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #25
rMoney was talking this kind of shit madokie Oct 2014 #27
I did this graphic to commemorate that... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #29
You done good LOL madokie Oct 2014 #30
Alex Jones would be freaking out about an alien invasion from Kolob. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #31
My neighbor fundie is an Alex Jones listener madokie Oct 2014 #42
Alex Jones is like a deprogramer from a world of sanity into a delusional world and can be addicting RKP5637 Oct 2014 #57
Think about how CHEAP the Right Wing is.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #69
A suggestion from a fellow artist. okasha Oct 2014 #62
isn't that part of the plot in The DaVinci Code? KittyWampus Oct 2014 #45
Naw, the Church wasn't wanting to put them in charge. It wanted them wiped out. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #60
I heard it's gastric bypass surgery. littlemissmartypants Oct 2014 #24
If you'll notice the north Korean people are little people while the people from the south madokie Oct 2014 #47
I read that he weighs over 300 pounds from eating specialty cheeses; that he broke both his ankles MADem Oct 2014 #26
Ankles don't just break like that. herding cats Oct 2014 #44
Hell they might have broke his ankles madokie Oct 2014 #48
I admit it crossed my mind too. herding cats Oct 2014 #58
I believe the guy who said there's been a Li'l Kim Coup! MADem Oct 2014 #51
I'm inclined to think there's a coup herding cats Oct 2014 #59
Maybe.... Duer 157099 Oct 2014 #74
Exactly what my mind imagined herding cats Oct 2014 #75
He was doing a fine job of ruining the country on his own. CentralMass Oct 2014 #79
May have cancer? Or suffering a poisonous attack? He did have his own Uncle killed..... TheNutcracker Oct 2014 #28
I find it just a *little* suspicious that ... Akoto Oct 2014 #32
He ate something that did not agree with him.. penndragon69 Oct 2014 #33
Could be . . . OldRedneck Oct 2014 #35
I don't think they'd shoot him jmowreader Oct 2014 #37
Some are saying there was coup... Xolodno Oct 2014 #38
Although Vice is generally pretty good davidpdx Oct 2014 #66
FDR had polio and was able to lead from a wheelchair XemaSab Oct 2014 #86
When Wilson sabbat hunter Oct 2014 #88
more rumors backwoodsbob Oct 2014 #39
thanx for the link Botany Oct 2014 #82
Kim Jong Young'un had her husband executed in December. politicat Oct 2014 #41
I thought the stories about the family members being snuffed turned out to be a hoax Brother Buzz Oct 2014 #46
To the extent we can know anything... Those seem to be confirmed. politicat Oct 2014 #68
Maybe he is being slowly poisoned. kwassa Oct 2014 #49
Just what we need VA_Jill Oct 2014 #50
Supposedly sabbat hunter Oct 2014 #81
Can she make 18 holes in one during a round of golf? tularetom Oct 2014 #55
Bullshit! I saw the official scorecard he turned in.... Brother Buzz Oct 2014 #61
I suspect he has developed an acute breathing problem... Adsos Letter Oct 2014 #63
She looks quite a bit more intelligent than he does. Maybe she's been playing her cards right. toby jo Oct 2014 #70
What is your formula for correlating looks to intelligence? hugo_from_TN Oct 2014 #71
Anybody with that haircut he sports can't be too bright. nt brush Oct 2014 #77
. XemaSab Oct 2014 #87
She just turned 27. rug Oct 2014 #72
This message was self-deleted by its author littlemissmartypants Oct 2014 #73
More reliably: North Korean leaders close to Kim Jong-un make surprise visit to South muriel_volestrangler Oct 2014 #78
ah ha! the ambitious relative appears... librechik Oct 2014 #85

malthaussen

(17,195 posts)
1. Why do I have the feeling that Mr Kim ate something that disagreed with him?
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 12:07 PM
Oct 2014

Must be because I've read too much Renaissance history.

-- Mal

Brother Buzz

(36,433 posts)
3. Keen minds believe Kim Jong-Un ate a ton of stuff in excess that totally agreed with him
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 12:21 PM
Oct 2014

Strong rumors he is suffering from a debilitating case of gout.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
6. Several stories in teh news said he had broken ankles due to his weight
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 12:41 PM
Oct 2014

If so, it would make sense he would be in hospital for a bit.

24601

(3,962 posts)
56. And has a better haircut. Poor Kim...think of that lonely fat kid in Junior High. Now consider
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 08:23 PM
Oct 2014

what it must be like to be the only fat kid in the country.

What is he referred to there, the big one? Great Leader Jr? Der Leader III?

Who knows and who cares?

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
17. That is what crossed my mind. He is now taking an extended rest in some mental hospital. Would
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 02:03 PM
Oct 2014

not be the first time this has happened.

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
43. I lean toward both.
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 07:19 PM
Oct 2014

He was always more than a bit unstable and all it would take is a push to get the coup going.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
65. I highly doubt it on the coup part
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 10:14 PM
Oct 2014

His health on the other hand is a very creditable issue given how large he is and the extravagant lifestyle he lives. Whether it be gout or a broken ankle (or maybe both), I think it is a health issue.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
2. This bears watching. Like we don't have enough trouble already--not sure if
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 12:20 PM
Oct 2014

now is a good time for North Korea to go even more cattywampus.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
5. Korean Cleopatra?
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 12:40 PM
Oct 2014

Pharoah Cleopatra of Julius Caesar and Marc Antony fame offed a couple of brothers and a sister to become queen.

annabanana

(52,791 posts)
11. Interesting... She started "taking a more public role" in April
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 01:33 PM
Oct 2014

And she convened the "my brother requires hospitalization" meeting..

 

7962

(11,841 posts)
12. I wonder if "It's for your own good" was uttered at that meeting?
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 01:44 PM
Oct 2014

She might be a little quick for Dear Leader

Botany

(70,504 posts)
15. I looked up Kim Jong Un's age and he is only 31 ...
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 01:59 PM
Oct 2014

.... but according to reports he has diabetes, gout, and heart disease runs in his
family. Reports are that he has been treated in China and North Korea by Chinese,
European, and Korean doctors.

I feel so sorry for the people of that country.

Botany

(70,504 posts)
67. My guess is that Kim Jong Un's pushing a war with S. Korea & the USA might have ...
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 10:43 PM
Oct 2014

..... bought him some "down time." They might be crazy but the N. Korean military
knows that if they started something w/S Korea they would be crushed in a matter of
hours.

Again my heart aches for the people of N. Korea.

RKP5637

(67,108 posts)
54. Certainly a lot better looking! I wonder if she's a wacko too. I do feel so sorry for the
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 08:08 PM
Oct 2014

people under the tyrants.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
21. He needs a fucking heart transplant
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 02:15 PM
Oct 2014

that whole family does. No heart to transplant though so it might be impossible to do

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
25. They are part of a dying breed....
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 03:07 PM
Oct 2014

A ruler that claims the throne through bloodline.

In the Middle East some of the royals claim to be direct descendents of Muhammad.

Imagine if we had some guy claiming he was a direct descendent of Jesus or Moses and thus had a divine right under God to rule over the rest of us?

(Bachmann and Santorum comes to mind)

madokie

(51,076 posts)
30. You done good LOL
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 04:11 PM
Oct 2014

can you imagine the shit that would be going on today if that bastid would have won?
F* I don't even want to think about it

madokie

(51,076 posts)
42. My neighbor fundie is an Alex Jones listener
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 07:19 PM
Oct 2014

He use to deny it but I walked up on him sitting in his car one day and he rolled the window down before he realized what was on the radio. Tried to tell me that he was searching channels and I just happened to be there when it landed on that channel, cause I laughed when I recognized who it was. Jones has a way of talking kinda like rushbo has that is recognizable. I know better cause I could see him well as I was walking up on his blind side and he was taking it all in, hook, line and sinker. One day his wife was complaining about money and said that if he wasn't sending that guy on the radio money each month they'd have more to spend. I have no idea as to who that guy on the radio was that she was referring to but I have my hunches.
When it comes right down to it its no wonder the weak minded are as they are.

RKP5637

(67,108 posts)
57. Alex Jones is like a deprogramer from a world of sanity into a delusional world and can be addicting
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 08:30 PM
Oct 2014

for some. He has a hook, some of the stuff makes some sense in a casual CT way, but then he goes off the deep end, like really deep, and some follow him all the way. He can be entertaining if one wants to hear some CT, but it gets so weird and far too delusional IMO.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
69. Think about how CHEAP the Right Wing is....
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 11:22 PM
Oct 2014

How much they value their wealth.

They pay people as little as possible and fight for every tax cut and deduction.

Still, they sink BILLIONS into putting out this propaganda because they feel they HAVE TO or they will lose people like this to (The HORROR!!!) Common Sense and Human Decency.

I tell these people that this stuff dates back to con artists reinterpreting the Bible to fit their agenda. It's how they cherry picked the intelligence to claim Iraq was behind 9/11 and had hidden labs under palaces and nukes on ICBMs. They made it sound like it was going to look like the a James Bond movie "You Only Live Twice" with commandos dropping down from ropes into a secret underground missile complex filled with guys in lab coats and other guys with machine guns.



You can just picture both Saddam and UBL in there trying to get to a big red button inexplicably maked "Launch" in English.

Might as well listen to Coast To Coast and freak out over "Shadow People" who come from some interdimensional realm and who's mission in our reality is to sit quietly and watch you while you are sleeping.

okasha

(11,573 posts)
62. A suggestion from a fellow artist.
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 09:39 PM
Oct 2014

Lighten the horse's muzzle. It disappears against the shield and makes it look as if the horse is wearing some weird nosebag.

littlemissmartypants

(22,656 posts)
24. I heard it's gastric bypass surgery.
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 02:46 PM
Oct 2014

J/K
But he may benefit if he did....in a nation of starving people, oh the irony.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
47. If you'll notice the north Korean people are little people while the people from the south
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 07:24 PM
Oct 2014

many are 6 ft plus, 180 - 200 lb'rs. the ones who were stationed near us in Vietnam were anyway. We don't have many Korean who live around here. Its mostly Caucasians, Cherokees and a few Blacks.
yea deal leader should have been stung up a long time ago for his excesses while everyone else starved.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
26. I read that he weighs over 300 pounds from eating specialty cheeses; that he broke both his ankles
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 03:13 PM
Oct 2014

from trying to walk with all that excess weight; and that his father's 'Guardian Council' (they have a different name for it, but same thing, in essence) has taken him from power and quarantined him, and that they are running the country while fighting amongst themselves about what the direction of the country is to be.

I've no idea what the truth is, but nothing surprises me at this point.

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
44. Ankles don't just break like that.
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 07:21 PM
Oct 2014

I wonder what the real story is? I doubt we'll ever hear it, but I bet it's good.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
51. I believe the guy who said there's been a Li'l Kim Coup!
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 07:38 PM
Oct 2014

He's probably allowed to live, and they keep him fattened up to keep him busy. They trot him out every now and again for photo ops, and then stuff him back in his jail cell with a bunch of DVDs and a couple of side-by-side well stocked fridges!

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
59. I'm inclined to think there's a coup
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 09:06 PM
Oct 2014

Long term success of the coup remains to be seen, but I think there was a power play and he fell on the losing side of the struggle. At least for now. How long has he been missing from the spotlight now? It's been weeks, and that's not really characteristic of the megalomaniac stay out of the spotlight for that long.

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
75. Exactly what my mind imagined
Sat Oct 4, 2014, 01:04 AM
Oct 2014

Come on, in our well fed nation we know your ankles don't just break because you're 300lbs or so. Sure something like that may float in a nation where most of the people are starving, but it's not reality. Not even close.

A lot of the times these rumors have a vein of truth, so he may have suffered a broken ankle. It happens. Two however would imply a chance at something a bit more nefarious. Without a violent accident, or something of the like, it's not easy to end up with two broken ankles from normal activity.

Akoto

(4,266 posts)
32. I find it just a *little* suspicious that ...
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 05:08 PM
Oct 2014

... His sister convened the meeting in which it was both declared that her brother was to be on extended medical leave, and she was to control all vital matters of government.

I think the only way this could get any closer to resembling a non-violent coup is if it were revealed that he'd been poisoned.

 

penndragon69

(788 posts)
33. He ate something that did not agree with him..
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 05:12 PM
Oct 2014

Logic, reason and humility !
After he finished off his fathers stuffed
and preserved corps....gotta absorb the power
of the Gods after all !

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
37. I don't think they'd shoot him
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 06:30 PM
Oct 2014

I wouldn't put it past them to tell him he's going in for a "life-saving operation," put him under with way too much propofol, disconnect all his vital organs, claim "Outstanding Leader" died during surgery (which would be true), then proclaim his sister "Beautiful Leader."

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
66. Although Vice is generally pretty good
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 10:15 PM
Oct 2014

I don't buy the coup part. I think it is his health and that either gout and or a broken ankle are the likely causes. If it was both that would be pretty serious.

XemaSab

(60,212 posts)
86. FDR had polio and was able to lead from a wheelchair
Sat Oct 4, 2014, 12:46 PM
Oct 2014

Woodrow Wilson had a stroke.

Taft was HUUUUUUGE.

Broken ankles don't keep you out of office for weeks on end.

sabbat hunter

(6,829 posts)
88. When Wilson
Sat Oct 4, 2014, 03:37 PM
Oct 2014

had his stroke, his wife pretty much was running the country, deciding who got to see Woodrow, what he would sign in to law, etc.

politicat

(9,808 posts)
41. Kim Jong Young'un had her husband executed in December.
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 06:56 PM
Oct 2014

which just makes it more complicated. Maybe she liked spouse, maybe not. Maybe she and Bro were cooperating, maybe not. Late hubs was accused of adultery amongst other crimes, but if there was ever a government not to trust...

politicat

(9,808 posts)
68. To the extent we can know anything... Those seem to be confirmed.
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 11:02 PM
Oct 2014

but it's NK. They've learned photoshop and seem to like trolling the planet.

VA_Jill

(9,971 posts)
50. Just what we need
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 07:36 PM
Oct 2014

a dang Dragon Lady! Anyone remember Mme. Nhu? I was looking at some pictures of Jong-un and he looks decidedly unhealthy, has gained a ton of weight over the last 6 months. The rumors are that he has diabetes and gout, also that he broke both ankles falling off his high-heeled shoes. Seriously, though, his face looked puffy, as if he were retaining fluid, which might indicate something else, possibly cardiac problems. In addition, I think he is not only not too bright, but probably mentally unstable, not a good combination. In any case, I don't think either one of them runs things. I think there's a shadowy cabal behind them, made of high-ranking army officers.

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
55. Can she make 18 holes in one during a round of golf?
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 08:13 PM
Oct 2014

Her daddy could you know. Or maybe that was her grandpa.

Brother Buzz

(36,433 posts)
61. Bullshit! I saw the official scorecard he turned in....
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 09:27 PM
Oct 2014

he shot 38 under par and had only eleven holes in one. Someone is pulling your leg.

 

toby jo

(1,269 posts)
70. She looks quite a bit more intelligent than he does. Maybe she's been playing her cards right.
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 11:46 PM
Oct 2014

The guy was just straight doofis looking.

hugo_from_TN

(1,069 posts)
71. What is your formula for correlating looks to intelligence?
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 11:57 PM
Oct 2014

There might be big money in this fascinating insight.

Response to sabbat hunter (Original post)

muriel_volestrangler

(101,316 posts)
78. More reliably: North Korean leaders close to Kim Jong-un make surprise visit to South
Sat Oct 4, 2014, 03:59 AM
Oct 2014

Rather than the word of a South Korean 'think tank', this is what's actually happening - and if someone was 'taking over', I find it hard to believe they'd be sending high-powered delegations to South Korea:

Three senior leaders arrive for the closing ceremony of the Asian Games, sparking speculation on inter-Korean relations

The North Korean delegation, ostensibly for the closing ceremony of the Asian Games in Incheon, was led by Hwang Pyong-so, the top political officer at the Korean People’s Army and considered by analysts to be the country’s second most important official after Kim.
...
The two sides met briefly in the morning. Unification ministry spokesman Lim Byeong Cheol told reporters that the North Korean officials would hold their main talks over lunch with South Korean unification minister Ryoo Kihl-jae and national security director Kim Kwan-jin before flying home later on Saturday.
...
The other North Korean officials, Lim said, were Choe Ryong-hae and Kim Yang-gon, secretaries to the ruling Workers Party. Hwang, the No. 2, holds other top posts, such as a vice chairman of the powerful National Defence Commission, led by Kim, and is a vice marshal of the army.
...
Cheong Seong-chang, of the private Sejong Institute, speculated that the North Korean officials were probably carrying a message from Kim. The visit could also be part of an effort to show that Kim had no problem making high-profile political decisions and had no serious health problems, he said.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/04/north-korean-leaders-close-kim-jong-un-surprise-visit-south
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