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Old 02-10-2012, 11:21 AM   #1
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Default [Rumour] Kim Jong-Un Assassinated?

Chinese Twitter says Kim Jong-Un assassinated in Beijing...

http://gawker.com/5884033/chinese-tw...ing-in-beijing
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Old 02-10-2012, 11:23 AM   #2
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anyone else read this as kim jong ill coming back to life after being un-assassinated?
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Old 02-10-2012, 11:23 AM   #3
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Big news if true. Transition periods for any country especially military dictatorships are never peaceful. Lets hope this doesn't destabilize the peninsula. Too many guns pointed at each other.
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Old 02-10-2012, 11:25 AM   #4
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Nothing on CNN yet.
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Old 02-10-2012, 11:26 AM   #5
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This is going to put North Korea on the brink, if true.

Even if elements of the North Korean government were behind it, North Korea is going to blame South Korea/Japan/USA.
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Old 02-10-2012, 11:27 AM   #6
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One thing we should note is that they start with "according to reliable source", which according to the article, basically is equivilent of saying "Eklund:" on hockey rumours...so extremely likely to be false.
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Old 02-10-2012, 11:31 AM   #7
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anyone else read this as kim jong ill coming back to life after being un-assassinated?
Yes, totally confused until a few read-overs of the first 5 or so posts. People with serious replies made the thought process even more painful for a few seconds. . . .
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Old 02-10-2012, 11:33 AM   #8
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Markets are little changed since this thread started, I'd wager if it was accurate we'd have seen some sort of blip somewhere.
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Old 02-10-2012, 11:35 AM   #9
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anyone else read this as kim jong ill coming back to life after being un-assassinated?
Zombie Kim Jong Il!
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Old 02-10-2012, 11:37 AM   #10
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Damn, this could be interesting. Doubtful it's true though.
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Old 02-10-2012, 11:45 AM   #11
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Assassinated IN Beijing?

aka, Assassinated by the Chinese?
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Old 02-10-2012, 11:49 AM   #12
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A few sites are reporting the rumour but they all appear very careful to let everyone know that it is an unsubstantiated rumour.
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Old 02-10-2012, 11:53 AM   #13
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Nothing in the main media as everyone is picking up on the Twitter story.

If it is true, the only option for dynastic succession is based about the older half brother Kim Jong Nam, who killed his chances at the leadership spot when he was busted trying to get into Japan. Its clear that there is no love lost for his brother who he never met

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/17/wo...on/?hpt=hp_mid

Kim Jong-Chul is not a serious consideration for leadership and is a low level leader in the Workers party. His father believes that he was too feminine to be a successor (Gay)

Kim Sul-Song is Jong-Ils daughter and is involved in security arrangements for her late father and is now in the Propaganda division of the government.

REcent picture of her in the back

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If true, it could be extremely bad news, or extremely good news. If Lil Kim wasn't willing to make reforms, perhaps it was someone that was sick of eating oatmel for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day that initiated the killing.
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Maybe Jack Donaghy can get his wife back.
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If its true that was really fast. Wonder what it will do to one of my favorite twitter accounts (@KimJongNumberUn). Not always funny, but sometimes hilarious.
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This is surely the genius work of a UofC Grad!!!
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If true, it could be extremely bad news, or extremely good news. If Lil Kim wasn't willing to make reforms, perhaps it was someone that was sick of eating oatmel for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day that initiated the killing.
I don't know if its good or bad news. The government as a whole is filled with hardliners, and the two factions The military and the Intelligence apparatus are more concerned with controlling the civillian population then reforming a system that benefits the leaders greatly.

While Jong-Nam is considered to be the least hardline of the children, anyone who steps into that leaders spot will be controlled by either Il's inlaws and family members or controlled by whichever faction has more power.

The only way that reform happens is if the government collapses completely, and China really won't let that happen.

An assasination right now is irrelevant.
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I don't know if its good or bad news. The government as a whole is filled with hardliners, and the two factions The military and the Intelligence apparatus are more concerned with controlling the civillian population then reforming a system that benefits the leaders greatly.

While Jong-Nam is considered to be the least hardline of the children, anyone who steps into that leaders spot will be controlled by either Il's inlaws and family members or controlled by whichever faction has more power.

The only way that reform happens is if the government collapses completely, and China really won't let that happen.

An assasination right now is irrelevant.
Well, one of the rumours is:

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One person on Weibo wrote (poor translation), "confirmed reports, the top leaders in # Korea # # jinzhengen was assassinated # . Reportedly occurred at 2:45 on the 10th, gold and three fat was assassinated in their own villa, the Korean Embassy in Beijing has brought together more than 30 cars, the scale of more than Kim Jong-il's death the situation.”
So, that would mean more than just Kim Jong-Un were assassinated. Gold and Three Fat, too! Of course, it is just the Chinese Twitter, so who knows. And Three Fat might be Kim Jong-Un.
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Old 02-10-2012, 12:14 PM   #20
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If there was a hit, it could only have been the NK's themselves (realistically), so, presumably, this means that there is a fierce power struggle on behind the scenes...
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