Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s mercurial and enigmatic leader whose iron rule and nuclear ambitions for his isolated communist nation dominated world security fears for more than a decade, has died. He was 69.
Kim’s death was announced Monday by the state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.
Kim is believed to have suffered a stroke in 2008 but he had appeared relatively vigorous in photos and video from recent trips to China and Russia and in numerous trips around the country carefully documented by state media. The communist country’s “Dear Leader” — reputed to have had a taste for cigars, cognac and gourmet cuisine — was believed to have had diabetes and heart disease.
Good riddance. One less tyrant to torment their people they all falling down like flies.Who’s next Sudan, Zimbabwe,Eritrea,Syria,and a couple in the Caribbean I do not want to mention now.
Look at how so many North Koreans were crying today.
Forced to do so !
…tears of joy, tears of sadness or crocodile tears. Who knows? This country is a nation that has been trained to perform on command.
you people are so ignorant
I wonder wha values they Defending is it is to jump in a country fight their systems for oil. Y did they chose silent assasination for him and he is the one they know for sure have weapons of mass distruction heeeee tell me
Hi Admin:
I’ve learnt that when writing on certain topics like death for example, the word ‘dead’ should be substituted with words like ‘passing’, ‘loss’, ‘passed on’, ‘decease’, as a matter of ‘formality’, ‘contentiousness’, ‘politesse’.
Just imagine writing a card: My condolences on the death of your son./// it doesn’t sound very consoling.
Are you serious the dudes a tyrant…
And what are you, an angel on earth?
Let us bet that dictators like him will glorify him and present his death as a tragedy ( I mean leaders like Chavez, Castro, Morales, Armadinedjan and them…)
They are so far from the democratic values defended by the US and Europe
you mean demon-crack-tricks
if north korea was an ally to europe and the united states,it would be alright for them to have a nuclear weapon right,like pakistan for example,you guys need to check the history why these nations you mentioned broke away from these so called democratic values,don’t get me wrong,i am not saying that any country should have a nuclear weapon,but what i am saying is you guys need to read between the lines.
He’s gonna be replaced by the younger fatter version…
As Nelson Muntz would say…Ha ha!
His obviously wouldn’t have chosen a successor who would bring about any change… He was one of the world’s most repressive-leaders and I hope his son doesn’t succeed to bring more misery and suffering…
I’m I the only one seeing he was Assassinated
here’s a comment someone put on msn.com news article about his son “hey lets throw 50 billion in aid and 10 billion in food at him and see if he will be a good boy for us.
lol… seriously his son is taking over… he is unknown to most and has china’s support… but do you honestly think the u.s will let this young ‘dictator’ rise just like that… i smell a corruption to sway him on their side… this guy is too young to deal with… meaning they will have to face another 30 plus years of a nuisance again
one after the other……just looking
Dictators all over the world seem to be passing. They live and swim in comfort while the people remain as POOR AS EVER.
I HOPE HIS SON WILL NOT FOLLOW HIS WAY OF RULING A NATION….HE WAS ON OF THE MOST CRUEL DICTATORS EXISTING ….THESE PEOPLE MUST HAVE TAKEN A DEEP BREATH AND IS LOOKING TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE.
I hope north Korea will be more independent and people will have to right to talk
Good riddance!!!! May the devil deal with you for crime against humanity. The longest rope has an end and the longest road has a bend……………Good Riddance!!
Good News, this son is gone! We should be so thanful… Bin Laden, and this son in one year, Awsomes!!!!!!!!!!
You forgot Khaedaffi
By side: The first non-communistic president of formerly Czechoslovakia died on Sunday. He was the crucial person in Czechoslovakia as well as in Europe in the period after revolution in 1989.
First: Osama Bin Laden
Then: Muammar Gaddafi
Now: Kim Jong-il
Hmmm, interesting year 2011, whose next?
London bridge has fallen once more. Pow, 2011 will be known for the year that most of the great dictators have fallen. Chevez change his game one time.
At last they get to take one out d old fashion way. He should ask his boy fedel how he doing it to keep cheating death by their hands for so long. They take rosie duglas for sure now you kim jong these 2 othere can help with the rest they have taken out. Dem bad mind ……..cans” lol
Dominica has lost a dear friend!!!!
Speak for yourself. He may have been your friend and Rosie Douglas’ but certainly not mine. Be weary of those, who claim to speak for the whole nation!
wait a second; you serious or being funny??
a joke man lol….
Sorry about that Kim Jong-11, most Koreans must have felt some weight off their shoulders.
his son taking over… and has been groomed to be 10 times worse lol
These leaders treat their own people so bad. The way they behave one would think that they are infallable. He should have invented or find a way to prevent his death.
This is one are they have no control over. Good riddance. One down, how many more to go.
North Korea is Best Korea!
i see you came here after getting the news from anon also lol.
btw good night sweet prince XD
shhh rules #1 and #2
…And “Guy Fawkes” is NOT an idiot!!
hmmm seen like the DictatorSHIP coming for all the pirates!