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maallooc · 5 years ago
CNN reports that Kim is in serious condition citing 2 individual US officials. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/20/politics/kim-jong-un-nort...

According to a reporter for NBC citing 2 individual US officials, US officials believe Kim to be brain dead after undergoing surgery for a cardiac event. The reporter has since deleted the tweet to wait upon further confirmation. https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/1252419884023087106

According to a reporter for Bloomberg citing White House officials, US officials believe Kim is in poor condition if alive, or dead. The White House is looking into who would succeed Kim if he dies. https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/12524264588630261...

0xy · 5 years ago
Translation: CIA source says Kim Jong Un in Critical Condition, despite being wrong dozens of times before.
Kemwer · 5 years ago
Exactly my thoughts
doh · 5 years ago
“Reuters: South Korea govt says Kim Jong Un is not seriously ill - Yonhap”

https://twitter.com/rover829/status/1252428970760388610?s=21

maallooc · 5 years ago
Even South Koreans don't trust their government in terms of NK news.
summerlight · 5 years ago
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2396104334...

Well, I would rather trust S.K. officials than U.S. officials in the current administration. Even Joo Seong-Ha, one of the most trustworthy source for North Korea, asserts that this is a 100% false report.

apl002 · 5 years ago
this 'article' is practically a tweet. And it cited CNN as the source which should be taken with a grain of salt
pscoutou · 5 years ago
pscoutou · 5 years ago
Based on their Wikipedia page, DailyNK appear to have good sourcing within the NK regime.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_NK

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omot · 5 years ago
Implications?
macintux · 5 years ago
If it’s true, instability in a rogue state with nuclear weapons and a loaded gun pointing at Seoul. The possibility of a flood of refugees entering China when it’s struggling to contain a new deadly virus.

So, hard to say, but unlikely to be good implications.

koolba · 5 years ago
If you’re a North Korean barely not starving to death, it’ll likely be an improvement.

Hell, enough turmoil that you don’t get shot when fleeing across the border would be an improvement.

hckr_news · 5 years ago
Interesting times
hindsightbias · 5 years ago
Xi Jinping has another big problem. Perfect timing.
ydnaclementine · 5 years ago
Here's hope for unification
hiccuphippo · 5 years ago
There must be other people in the line of succession willing to continue the status quo.