Where's Kim?
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https://www.tmz.com/2020/04/25/north-korea-dictator-kim-jong-un-dead-dies-heart-surgery-reports/
North Korea's Supreme Leader/dictator Kim Jong-un has reportedly died, or is on his death bed with no hope for recuperation -- according to media outlets in China and Japan.
Amid reports China has sent a medical team to their communist neighbors this week to check in/advise on Kim, a Hong Kong-backed news channel's vice director -- who's apparently the niece of a Chinese foreign minister -- blasted out the news herself ... he's dead. TMZ has not confirmed that.
The woman put the report on a social media app called Weibo for her nearly 15 million followers to read, citing a "very solid source" about the claim Kim had, in fact, perished. A Japanese magazine reports he's in a "vegetative state" after a heart surgery gone wrong.
The outlet reports -- citing a Chinese medical expert privy to the situation -- that Kim had clutched his chest in early April and fell down while visiting the countryside there. He needed a stent procedure done, but apparently ... it either wasn't done rapidly enough, or it was botched completely by the surgeon -- with some reports saying he had shaky hands.
wrote on 26 Apr 2020, 08:56 last edited by@George-K said in Where's Kim?:
or it was botched completely by the surgeon -- with some reports saying he had shaky hands.
If as a surgeon, a patient said to me, "I die,you die", I'd have shaky hands too.
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wrote on 26 Apr 2020, 14:20 last edited by
Any closer to resolution, or is this still Schrödinger's dictator?
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@George-K said in Where's Kim?:
or it was botched completely by the surgeon -- with some reports saying he had shaky hands.
If as a surgeon, a patient said to me, "I die,you die", I'd have shaky hands too.
wrote on 26 Apr 2020, 14:26 last edited by@Improviso said in Where's Kim?:
@George-K said in Where's Kim?:
or it was botched completely by the surgeon -- with some reports saying he had shaky hands.
If as a surgeon, a patient said to me, "I die,you die", I'd have shaky hands too.
Kim was not in such a low position in the hierarchy that he'd need to say that. Making threats is for the little people.
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wrote on 26 Apr 2020, 14:37 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in Where's Kim?:
Any closer to resolution, or is this still Schrödinger's dictator?
He remains alive at least until people have some narrative (thought experiment) around what life looks like after he is not alive.
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wrote on 26 Apr 2020, 14:39 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in Where's Kim?:
Any closer to resolution, or is this still Schrödinger's dictator?
Love this!
Thanks, jon!
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wrote on 26 Apr 2020, 18:13 last edited by
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@jon-nyc said in Where's Kim?:
Any closer to resolution, or is this still Schrödinger's dictator?
Love this!
Thanks, jon!
wrote on 26 Apr 2020, 18:28 last edited by@brenda said in Where's Kim?:
@jon-nyc said in Where's Kim?:
Any closer to resolution, or is this still Schrödinger's dictator?
Love this!
Thanks, jon!
NYPost headline:
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un rumored to be dead, brain dead or just fine
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wrote on 26 Apr 2020, 18:39 last edited by
FWIW South Korea is still asserting Kim is alive and well. Of course they could have political reasons for saying this but they are not one of the sources of his ill health.
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wrote on 26 Apr 2020, 19:14 last edited by
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wrote on 26 Apr 2020, 19:14 last edited by
Lol
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wrote on 26 Apr 2020, 19:15 last edited by
4D checkmate
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wrote on 26 Apr 2020, 19:16 last edited by
Lol, Xenon
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wrote on 26 Apr 2020, 20:19 last edited by
(Cheap) Scotch all over the keyboard.
Stealing that.
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wrote on 26 Apr 2020, 20:23 last edited by
Sent that to one of my kids. She responded:
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wrote on 26 Apr 2020, 20:31 last edited by
lol
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wrote on 26 Apr 2020, 20:41 last edited by
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wrote on 26 Apr 2020, 20:58 last edited by
Where we are at is that there is more risk if Kim is dead than if he is alive. How that gets translated into Brain dead Trump policy failure is one for the ages.
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wrote on 26 Apr 2020, 21:12 last edited by jon-nyc
I didn’t view this as commentary about his specific NK policy, such as it is.
Having said that, I don’t think it’s clear whether his replacement will be better or worse.
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wrote on 26 Apr 2020, 21:15 last edited by
Are there any eligible Kims?
Cuts the whole founding divine family myth down if not.
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I didn’t view this as commentary about his specific NK policy, such as it is.
Having said that, I don’t think it’s clear whether his replacement will be better or worse.
wrote on 26 Apr 2020, 21:18 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Where's Kim?:
I didn’t view this as commentary about his specific NK policy, such as it is.
Having said that, I don’t think it’s clear whether his replacement will be better or worse.
It’s the transition period that has high odds of unstable consequences.