Comments on: Is Kim Jong Il Dying? http://freekorea.us/2009/07/08/is-kim-jong-il-dying/ Wed, 23 May 2012 10:34:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Spelunker http://freekorea.us/2009/07/08/is-kim-jong-il-dying/comment-page-1/#comment-67972 Spelunker Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:46:34 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2009/07/08/is-kim-jong-il-dying/#comment-67972 Sorry, I am relatively new to One Free Korea and did not do a site search for "stroke" or "assymmetry". Pardon me for assuming that most readers of this site might not be checking Daily NK's Chinese edition. I only posted the link because Daily NK somehow did not include that article on the English page. Speaking of Kim Jong-il's face, right now Daily NK's Japanese version has a funny photo of Kim Jong-il after getting cake thrown at the left side of his face. It's part of advertisement by a human rights organization. This also doesn't appear in Daily NK's English edition. http://japan.dailynk.com/japanese/read.php?cataId=nk00100&num=5869 Sorry, I am relatively new to One Free Korea and did not do a site search for “stroke” or “assymmetry”. Pardon me for assuming that most readers of this site might not be checking Daily NK’s Chinese edition. I only posted the link because Daily NK somehow did not include that article on the English page.

Speaking of Kim Jong-il’s face, right now Daily NK’s Japanese version has a funny photo of Kim Jong-il after getting cake thrown at the left side of his face. It’s part of advertisement by a human rights organization. This also doesn’t appear in Daily NK’s English edition.

http://japan.dailynk.com/japanese/read.php?cataId=nk00100&num=5869

]]> By: Sonagi http://freekorea.us/2009/07/08/is-kim-jong-il-dying/comment-page-1/#comment-67961 Sonagi Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:13:00 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2009/07/08/is-kim-jong-il-dying/#comment-67961 If you have been a regular reader of this site, then perhaps you overlooked previous threads in which we discussed the physiological signs of stroke damage, including not only facial assymmetry but also a slumping shoulder and arm. If you have been a regular reader of this site, then perhaps you overlooked previous threads in which we discussed the physiological signs of stroke damage, including not only facial assymmetry but also a slumping shoulder and arm.

]]> By: Spelunker http://freekorea.us/2009/07/08/is-kim-jong-il-dying/comment-page-1/#comment-67949 Spelunker Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:59:13 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2009/07/08/is-kim-jong-il-dying/#comment-67949 The Chinese version of Daily NK has an article that does not appear on the English one. It's a full scale analysis of Kim Jong-il's mouth and possible facial nerve paralysis using 2 photos from July 8 and April 15. The headline says: 金正日嘴角歪斜 … 病情恶化？Kim Jong-il's skewed mouth...sick condition deteriorating? I don't know why Daily NK hasn't included this amusing analysis on their English site. Thank God I can read Chinese! I shall now translate one of the descriptive parts. 影像包括金正日当天从到达仪式场地就座、默念等场面。仔细察看画面中的金正日的面部就能发现他的右侧嘴角向上略微歪斜，左右不对称。 "The images include Kim Jong Il sitting at the venue after the arrival ceremony, silently reading and other scenes. Viewing the detailed picture of Kim Jong-il's face, one can discover the right side of his mouth is slightly skewed and there is also left-right dissymmetry." http://www.dailynk.com/chinese/read.php?cataId=nk03100&num=4331 The Chinese version of Daily NK has an article that does not appear on the English one.
It’s a full scale analysis of Kim Jong-il’s mouth and possible facial nerve paralysis using 2 photos from July 8 and April 15.
The headline says: 金正日嘴角歪斜 … 病情恶化？Kim Jong-il’s skewed mouth…sick condition deteriorating?
I don’t know why Daily NK hasn’t included this amusing analysis on their English site. Thank God I can read Chinese! I shall now translate one of the descriptive parts.

影像包括金正日当天从到达仪式场地就座、默念等场面。仔细察看画面中的金正日的面部就能发现他的右侧嘴角向上略微歪斜，左右不对称。

“The images include Kim Jong Il sitting at the venue after the arrival ceremony, silently reading and other scenes. Viewing the detailed picture of Kim Jong-il’s face, one can discover the right side of his mouth is slightly skewed and there is also left-right dissymmetry.”

http://www.dailynk.com/chinese/read.php?cataId=nk03100&num=4331

]]> By: Sonagi http://freekorea.us/2009/07/08/is-kim-jong-il-dying/comment-page-1/#comment-67932 Sonagi Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:54:19 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2009/07/08/is-kim-jong-il-dying/#comment-67932 AP writer Jack Kim needs check the meaning of "briskly" in his dictionary. The BBC showed the entire footage released to the Western media. There were only brief clips of him trundling to his seat and sitting there. Interestingly the North Korean TV nightly news broadcast for Wednesday was non-stop praise and worship for the Great Leader, yet no footage of the assembly was shown, let alone any images of Dear Leader. I guess the North Korean propaganda machine thought that the released footage would reassure Westerners but not North Koreans that KJI isn't on his deathbed. AP writer Jack Kim needs check the meaning of “briskly” in his dictionary. The BBC showed the entire footage released to the Western media. There were only brief clips of him trundling to his seat and sitting there. Interestingly the North Korean TV nightly news broadcast for Wednesday was non-stop praise and worship for the Great Leader, yet no footage of the assembly was shown, let alone any images of Dear Leader. I guess the North Korean propaganda machine thought that the released footage would reassure Westerners but not North Koreans that KJI isn’t on his deathbed.

]]> By: Snake Oil Baron http://freekorea.us/2009/07/08/is-kim-jong-il-dying/comment-page-1/#comment-67907 Snake Oil Baron Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:46:10 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2009/07/08/is-kim-jong-il-dying/#comment-67907 Many strokes do affect speech but I doubt that all of them do - I am no neurosurgeon. At any rate, I have heard bad things about the son he is putting in charge. Almost a mental clone of the guy. The only hope might be if someone takes the opportunity of the transition to launch a coup but if Skeletor really is on the way out and his son, Skeletino, has been named successor, wouldn't the transition already be a mere formality? The son is probably putting his stamp on everything at this moment. Many strokes do affect speech but I doubt that all of them do – I am no neurosurgeon.

At any rate, I have heard bad things about the son he is putting in charge. Almost a mental clone of the guy. The only hope might be if someone takes the opportunity of the transition to launch a coup but if Skeletor really is on the way out and his son, Skeletino, has been named successor, wouldn’t the transition already be a mere formality? The son is probably putting his stamp on everything at this moment.

]]> By: Sonagi http://freekorea.us/2009/07/08/is-kim-jong-il-dying/comment-page-1/#comment-67882 Sonagi Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:26:35 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2009/07/08/is-kim-jong-il-dying/#comment-67882 According to ABC News, Kim "limped slightly while walking into the packed Pyongyang auditorium in what is believed to be an effect from the stroke." Did he walk briskly or limp slightly? The latter seems more plausible, especially given his plodding gait the last time he was filmed in the auditorium. According to ABC News, Kim “limped slightly while walking into the packed Pyongyang auditorium in what is believed to be an effect from the stroke.” Did he walk briskly or limp slightly? The latter seems more plausible, especially given his plodding gait the last time he was filmed in the auditorium.

]]> By: Sonagi http://freekorea.us/2009/07/08/is-kim-jong-il-dying/comment-page-1/#comment-67880 Sonagi Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:16:27 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2009/07/08/is-kim-jong-il-dying/#comment-67880 <em>"North Korean TV showed recorded footage of the event taking place on Wednesday, with Kim looking thin and aloof, but he earlier appeared alert and walked briskly on stage followed by top military and ruling Workers’ Party officials."</em> So where are the corroborating images of Kim "walking briskly" or is the Western media just repeating details from the accompanying North Korean press release? Will have to watch Wednesday's newscast when it becomes available later to see that frail figure can be seen doing something other than shuffling papers while trying not to look lifeless. “North Korean TV showed recorded footage of the event taking place on Wednesday, with Kim looking thin and aloof, but he earlier appeared alert and walked briskly on stage followed by top military and ruling Workers’ Party officials.”

So where are the corroborating images of Kim “walking briskly” or is the Western media just repeating details from the accompanying North Korean press release? Will have to watch Wednesday’s newscast when it becomes available later to see that frail figure can be seen doing something other than shuffling papers while trying not to look lifeless.

]]> By: Tukhachevsky http://freekorea.us/2009/07/08/is-kim-jong-il-dying/comment-page-1/#comment-67867 Tukhachevsky Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:46:15 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2009/07/08/is-kim-jong-il-dying/#comment-67867 Tick...Tick...Tick.... Tick…Tick…Tick….

]]> By: KCJ http://freekorea.us/2009/07/08/is-kim-jong-il-dying/comment-page-1/#comment-67864 KCJ Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:36:25 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2009/07/08/is-kim-jong-il-dying/#comment-67864 What concerns me is how long the devil has been able to keep Castro alive. Maybe his satanic majesty is prolonging the Juche deity - but time will run out. Pay close attention to the volume and perceived sincerity of mourners when KJI goes the way of all flesh. This will be a key indicator of the willingness of the poor impoverished and oppressed Norks to stand up against the inferior heir - they may see themselves on state-run TV and pick up on key cues known only to themselves. If they see what is actually brewing in the heart of non-Pyongyangers, the regime may experience its most credible challenge. What concerns me is how long the devil has been able to keep Castro alive. Maybe his satanic majesty is prolonging the Juche deity – but time will run out.

Pay close attention to the volume and perceived sincerity of mourners when KJI goes the way of all flesh. This will be a key indicator of the willingness of the poor impoverished and oppressed Norks to stand up against the inferior heir – they may see themselves on state-run TV and pick up on key cues known only to themselves. If they see what is actually brewing in the heart of non-Pyongyangers, the regime may experience its most credible challenge.

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