North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has died at 8:30am on the 17th of December, 2011 at the age of 69.
Media states that Kim died of heart attack, while on a train during a field guidance tour. North Koreans are grieved over the death of their beloved leader and their government has asked that no other government officials come to North Korea for mourning.
Residents and students alike lay wreaths to statues of Kim, schools and universities lower their flags to midway during this mourning session.

Links:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2076067/Kim-Jong-Il-dead-North-Korea-mourn-loss-eternal-president.html?ito=feeds-newsxml (Video)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/indepth/2011-12/19/c_131315501.htm
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/18/world/asia/north-korea-leader-dead/index.html

this thread is duplicated,and the original one is still on the page dude. c'mon man.

Are you sure the citizens are grieving? He did some pretty bad stuff to those people.

>>3
A combination of propaganda, brainwashing and his personal cult.

yay

Perhaps now a more righteous leader will take his place; until then, farewell to a great man, even if he was great for the wrong reasons.

>>6 Well, if by righteous leader, you mean Kim Jong-un, then yes. Because Kim Jong-un took his place.

He was not a great man nor would ever be considered as one.

"He had given so much of his life to his country and people" is the official cause of death. Now his son will take his place, and he's been schooled over in Switzerland, so hopefully, the brainwashing melted away and common sense will reign. It would be nice to hear "There is no longer a North Korea or South Korea, it is just Korea."

Hm, so far no military movement has happened, I do believe. I was listening to the radio last night at around 12:00 A.M (The 18th) before I went to sleep, and I learnt of it then. I really hope that his son will choose better choices for the North Koreans; but I would guess he's grown up with his father's beliefs and already have his thoughts settled. But still, he was in Switzerland, I believe, so that may have helped...

His son has been educated around the Swedish but that does not mean he will choose either path. he may find the dividing line between the two countries and walk that path to reach peace.

I doubt that Korea would be made as one in the near future.

the game homefront saw this coming

>>12 yeah, just the economic difference would be to much for South Korea to handle, think Germany getting united on steroids. Not to mention to huge social and cultural difference that now exists, best to keep them separate and try to prop it up, maybe if things work out alter, but who knows.

Aww thats sad

Ha! so much for immortal!!
Although they did (and do) say the same about his dead dad :/

horray for his son!

*reads 69 & tries not to giggle* god damn my dirty mind

>>18 wow.
Well. I just hope the people can return if they defect and the others could leave the camps they have as well as fight the poverty going on.

but then again it was said south Korea and a few other places are gathering their military to make sure that kim's son does not attack them.

that was on the news. i know this is really insensitive but i was Laughing soo hard. "the escalator he was seen riding on is now a shrine" there were people touching and kissing the rail like it was the cure to all the problems in the world. i thought it was so funny! i couldnt stop laughing. its insensitive but i thought it was funny the way they cried over him. they treated him as if he was the jesus that returned to the world!

The last words he heard were...

annyeonghaseyo, jeoneunbagsalagohabnida

I don't think anyone is gonna miss Kimmy aka Kim Jong Il

>>21 don't feel to bad, I read he died of fatigue and my first thought was, "I didn't know he liked to play Starcraft."

"I've never killed a man, but I have read an obituary with great satisfaction."
-Clarence Darrow

Ahh you guys are mean X)
It's pretty much going to be the same north korea. Hs son's only 29, so young and I doubt he can control the other government officials.

>>26 There is also a chance it could change. But it would take a heck of a long time to change. It could be fifteen years before we started seeing real action in North Korea. My old band teacher told me that society changes very slowly. That's just what I think though. Meh.

27: A very, very, very small chance, I think... I wouldn't bet on it.

gaddafi Osama bin laden and now him???? who's next? lol

Hitler 2.0

Do you think his son Kim Jong-un will be next?

chain of events

>>25 That's a nice one.

Adding an obligatory flag on this board.

so sad