North Korea leader Kim has pancreatic cancer: report

[undeterred]

Source: Reuters

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has pancreatic cancer and the illness is life-threatening, South Korean broadcaster YTN said on Monday based on information gathered by Chinese and South Korean intelligence sources.

Kim's health is one of the most closely guarded secrets in the reclusive communist state. Kim, 67, was widely thought to have suffered a stroke last year, but there has never been official confirmation.

Kim looked gaunt during a public appearance last Wednesday at a memorial for his father and state founder Kim Il-sung. Kim's health raises questions about succession in Asia's only communist dynasty and who will control its nuclear weapons programs.

The North conducted its second nuclear test on May 25, which was met by U.N. sanctions aimed at cutting off the impoverished state's lucrative arms trade and one of its few sources of hard cash. South Korean officials have said the North's recent military grandstanding that also included missiles launches and threats to attack the South is linked to efforts to pave the way for Kim's youngest son to take over.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE56B2492...

[Posteritatis]

1. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy! (nt)

[leftyclimber]

2. My FIL died of pancreatic cancer two weeks ago today.

I understand where you're aiming, but seriously. I would not wish that shit on ANYBODY.

[babylonsister]

4. My uncle did, too. It can be a long and painful demise. nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. So did my MIL about 12 years ago. It was absolutely awful. :^(

[undeterred]

6. Or a short and painful one.

A friends wife died at age 29 from pancreatic cancer, less than 6 months after diagnosis.

[Bette Noir]

17. Exactly what I thought.

[orwell]

3. He's done...n/t

[Hawkeye-X]

7. Andy Stephenson died of the same..

And I have a friend who's actually a survivor of pancreatic cancer - had the Whipple procedure done, and was in the hospital for almost a month.

[bemildred]

8. I expect a small outpouring of grief.

Maybe Korea can be re-united finally, like Germany.

[Faygo Kid]

9. I am playing an extremely tiny violin.

[grantcart]

10. He looked like he was doing a reenactment of "Weekend at Bernie's"

[CANDO]

11. Pancreatic is one of deadliest forms of cancer.

Usually not diagnosed early enough to do any good. This may sound gross, but an early sign is consistently "floating" stools. My FIL passed two years ago from it. Isn't Patrick Swayze fighting it also?

[kestrel91316]

12. How tragic for the people of NK.

[Posteritatis]

13. If his son's worse it might actually be

It's already looking like the guy's quite a piece of work, and he's younger than I am; he'll be in power for decades unless something happens.

[Liberty Belle]

14. Then he's a goner. This is almost always fatal within months.

I've lost an uncle, a grandfather, and my daughter's ballet coach to this condition, and of course we all know Andy's story here. Yes his surgery was delayed, but it was a long shot even under ideal conditions. The reality is this is almost always a death sentence.

No tears shed for the Korean despot, but I do wish they'd devote more resources to finding cures or treatments for this terrible condition.

[Swede]

15. Maybe he can kidnap a few good doctors?

[YOY]

16. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

OK...I'm better now.

[lindisfarne]

18. Article says he was diagnosed last summer. If true, he's made it longer than most after

diagnosis. Probably sheer luck, but I wonder how he's being treated - the details. Or maybe he just gets intensive medical attention & it was caught early. The advantage of being a dictator. Children are dying, I'm certain, of easily treated cancers in N. Korea. Not to mention starvation.

[aquart]

20. It explains why they've been doing so much posturing.

I wondered why they seemed so sure they were going to be attacked or invaded. Now I know.

[Posteritatis]

38. They're *always* sure they're going to be attacked or invaded. (nt)

[spag68]

19. Kim Jong ill

It would be ironic if the only place that had a treatment for him was in the US.

[Roon]

21. Report: NKorea's Kim Has Pancreatic Cancer

Source: AP


North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has life-threatening pancreatic cancer, a news
report says, days after new images of him looking gaunt spurred speculation
that his health might be worsening following a reported stroke last year.


Read more: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/20033679/detail.ht...

[Bicoastal]

22. Well, that's a...

....hrhm...

[Old and In the Way]

23. Bye-bye....

he's fucked. See you in hell. Kim.

[MajorChode]

24. I wouldn't wish pancreatic cancer on anyone

But I can't say I'm all that broke up about it. Kim Jong Il has starved millions of his people and just needs to go away one way or another.

[lindisfarne]

25. DUPE. Look down LBN 6 posts & find the previous post. n/t

[Odin2005]

26. Couldn't happen to a better person.

That progresses very quickly and very painfully. I hope his last days are painful and full of suffering, and then he goes straight to Hell.

[Iggo]

27. Yeah, well...

Ya know I tried? But I just can't seem to care. Go die, Kim.

[LeftinOH]

28. There'll be several days (perhaps weeks) of enforced mourning in NK

-just like there was for his pop. They'll probably find a way to blame his demise on the US.

[Ex Lurker]

29. just what we need. A crazy man with nukes who knows he's going to die soon n'/t

[Iggo]

31. Oh yeah, huh.

This story just got a little more interesting.

[pbrower2a]

30. Here's to a hasty ...

Fitting justice as pancreatic cancer might be to Kim Jong-il, I hope him a speedy DEATH so that he can do no more damage to the world.

Forget the pseudo-progressive airs of Marxism, this man is really an absolute monarch wielding despotic powers. This man is more Ivan the Terrible than Leonid Brezhnev.

[Third Doctor]

32. yeah

But what if his youngest son is even worse and delusional than he is. His successor will be a young power mad fool with a nuke.

[proteus_lives]

33. What a shame.

Well, he'll soon join Mao, his father and Stalin on a collective in Hell.

[davidpdx]

34. Sources have been saying he's sick for a long time

While I hope that he dies, we don't know how accurate the information is. I think when the time does come, there will be a good chance for reforms to begin to happen.

[Dover]

35. Kim Jong ILL ?

Sorry...bad joke.

[backscatter712]

36. Normally, I wouldn't wish something as horrible as pancreatic cancer on anyone...

but for Kim Jong Il, I'm making an exception.

He's a fucking butcher. When he finally keels over, the entire world will be saying good riddance!

[LeftishBrit]

37. I hope the outcome isn't like that in an old Jewish story...

In some 19th-century despotic monarchy, the king met a little old Jewish lady, and decided that this time he would just tease her a bit and not kill her.

He said to her, "So I suppose you're praying for my death?"

"No."

"No? Why not?"

"Well, it's like this. I'm old enough to remember when your grandfather was king. He was cruel and oppressive and hated the Jews and was a tyrant to all the people of the country. And we all prayed for his death. Eventually, he did die and your father became king. He turned out to be ten times more cruel and oppressive and tyrannical. And we all prayed for his death. Eventually, he did die, and you became king.... And I'm not praying for your death!!!"

[Turbineguy]

39. Maybe we could send

Doctor House.

[ohio2007]

40. they fear he only has five years to live?

So the death race between Fidel and lil Kim is on.


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ea1_1247520664

[Brother Buzz]

41. What are Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Billy Mays, and Michael Jackson getting for Christmas?

Kim Jong-il