Monday, December 19, 2011

Kim Jong-il dead

[Update: Some interesting photos and videos from Pyongyang]

I was just told by my co-workers that Kim Jong-il is dead.

The BBC is reporting that North Korean state-run television "said he had died on Saturday of physical and mental over-work."

I imagine the next few months should be interesting...

[Update: Using a proxy to try to get through to KCNA isn't working - not surprising that it would be down. And I would imagine AP had this lengthy article prepared beforehand...]

2 comments:

Ted said...

KCNA is up, just hasnt been updated since the 14th... not out of the ordinary to see delays in news posted... but still, youd think considering the circumstances...

Mr. T said...

Full update, including video of North Korean Central News Agency's announcement of Kim's death and pictures from Pyongyang available over at the blog -

http://www.asiapundits.com/regions/korea/breaking-news-kim-jung-il-dead-after-heart-attack/