Kim Sick?
The Telegraph has picked up some speculation that is raging in the South Korean media about Kim Jong Il. Judging from a picture of Kim greeting a representative from China, the media is wondering if Kim really is ill.
Kim was photographed meeting the Chinese foreign minister in the North Korean capital Pyongyang earlier in the week.
Newspapers in the South commented on his physical condition. "Emaciated Kim Jong-il," said the Dong-a Ilbo. "The 66-year-old North Korean leader looked thinner, with serious hair loss and dry skin," said Chosun Ilbo, the nation's leading conservative daily.
Both papers suggested Kim's appearance confirmed reports that he had been seriously unwell. He is known to be diabetic and it is thought he may have had heart by-pass surgery this year.
It's a bit hard to judge from a single picture, of course, but the media loves speculating like this, don't they? Maybe Kim is really ill, but he also may have just been having a worse-than-usual bad hair day, so to speak. But looking at the picture leads us to ask one question: was Kim standing on a box or the Chinese foreign minister in a hole? Inquiring minds and all that.
World news | Gaius Friday, 6 July , 2007
By Quilly Mammoth, Friday, 6 July , 2007 @ 10:29 am
He’s just roneree. So Roneree….