Where's Kim?
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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.
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wrote on 26 Apr 2020, 21:23 last edited by
@Mik said in Where's Kim?:
@xenon Yes. His sister is next in line. I don't imagine she will be any better.
As if it’s a given she would be accepted, by let’s say the military? Coup perhaps or worse specific acts on her part to solidify her position? Or let’s say meltdown and what does China have to do on the peninsula and what about the security of the nuclear arsenal?
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wrote on 26 Apr 2020, 21:30 last edited by
@Mik said in Where's Kim?:
@xenon Yes. His sister is next in line. I don't imagine she will be any better.
She's (marginally) prettier?
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wrote on 27 Apr 2020, 00:55 last edited by
I think people are correct that his sister would be leader, maybe only in name. She has been promoted recently and has been named to the DPRK party central committee. However, the DPRK is still very "man-centered", so I am not sure that she would be completely accepted. Maybe as part of a ruling committee.
His uncle, who was second in command, but was executed by Kim Jong Un, has a wife who had disappeared from public, but has been back in official engagements recently. However, I dont think she has much remaining power.
There is a older brother, but he is supposedly gay and wants nothing to do with politics.
Premier Kim and his wife (Ri Sol Ju) also supposedly have three children, the oldest who is a boy who is about 10 years old.
So maybe there would be a committee to rule for 10-15 years until the older child is older.
But, even with all of that, i do not think much will change if Premier Kim is in fact dead or unable to rule.
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wrote on 27 Apr 2020, 01:21 last edited by
Any speculation whether the sister or another relative played a role in his demise?