The aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un suffered a fatal stroke while she was on the phone with

[uhnope]

Source: CNN

The aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un suffered a fatal stroke while she was on the phone with him, arguing about her husband's execution, according to a defector from the secretive nation.

Kim Kyung Hee was the sister of Kim Jong Il, the North Korean leader who died three years ago and left his son in power.

Her husband, Jang Song Thaek, was executed in December, shocking many observers around the world.
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Jang, the younger leader's uncle by marriage, was considered instrumental in his rise to power. Before his execution, he was described as the second-most powerful figure in North Korea.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/28/world/asia/north-korea-leaders-aunt/

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Insanest & most evil dictatorship on earth? Probably.

[Treant]

1. Stroke?

Or that just what they call a fatal blow to the head over there?

[Ken Burch]

8. It's "stroke", as in "the graceful stroke of a club as is moves through the air towards a skull".

[Journeyman]

2. Truly deadly, to be a next-of-Kim in North Korea . . .

[Ken Burch]

9. To that, all I can say is...

[littlewolf]

3. I can remember jay Leno doing standup

and he said "Today Russian President is sick with a cold and was unable to
attend a meeting." It is dangerous to get a cold as a Russian leader.

next week he will be dead and a new Russian president will take over.

at the time Russian leaders were falling dead all over the place.

[former9thward]

14. To be fair they were all pretty old.

They were the last generation that participated in the Bolshevik revolution.

[ColesCountyDem]

4. Is that what they call a GSW to the head over there? n/t

[olddots]

5. what is it with people named Kim ?

[Ken Burch]

10. At least he didn't pose nude and covered with body oil in order to "break the Internet"...

...that I know of...or WANT to know of...

[Odin2005]

12. It's a very common Korean surname.

[Kaleva]

6. Being the #2 guy or connected in any way to the #2 guy is dangerous.

From the OP:

" Before his execution, he was described as the second-most powerful figure in North Korea."

[groundloop]

7. A stroke induced by lead -> not so subtle message: "Don't disagree with Kim Jong Un"

[davidpdx]

11. I think that is highly unlikely

Kim Jong Um probably wanted to get rid of his older relatives because he felt threatened by them.

[Amethyst Ring]

13. She kept squeezing his plump little face

while talking baby-talk...even when he was 25.

He warned her....

[treestar]

15. Well that story lacks credibility

Like anything the NK government says.