The Last Moments Of North Korean Leader Kim Jong-il

 

Leader: Kim Jong-il's embalmed body lies in state in the capital Pyongyang

Revealed: North Korean Leader Kim Jong-il 'Died In Fit Of Rage After Being Told A Major Dam Had Sprung A Leak' -- Daily Mail

* Tyrant ordered 'severe punishments' for those responsible before he died
* The secretive country had announced the leader died from a heart attack
* The leaking hydro-electric power plant was a flagship construction project

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il died after flying into a fit of rage when he was told that a major dam project had sprung a leak, it emerged today.

The tyrant collapsed during a briefing about a flagship hydro-electric power plant but managed to order 'severe punishments' for those responsible before he died.

The secretive country had reported his death on December 19 last year - two days late - saying the leader suffered a heart attack while traveling on his personal train to a field inspection.

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My Comment: He was having a heart attack .... but still gave out the orders for punishment. Call me skeptical, but I have doubts that such a scenario played out.

Toppling Kim Jong Il

Kim Jong Il

From Newsweek:

Bargaining with Pyongyang is pointless. Regime change is the only option; here's how to make it work.

Over the past few months, North Korea's behavior has grown unusually belligerent, even by Pyongyang's prickly standards. The North has cut relations with Seoul, tested a new missile, and, after the U.N. condemned the launch last week, threatened to withdraw forever from further nuclear-disarmament talks and restart its weapons program.

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