Lost amid rumors that Kim stroked out has been mounting evidence that North Korea might test another ballistic missile. That isn’t a surprise — what is a surprise is some excellent sleuthing by Tim Brown and Joe Bermudez to dig out North Korea’s new missile/space launch facility. They have a new article (subscription only) out …
I Buried Kim
by | 2008-09-10 | 7 Comments
I keep hearing about this crazy idea that Kim Jong Il really died in 2003 and was replaced by a body double — promoted by Waseda University professor Toshimitsu Shigemura. I did find some evidence to support that hypothesis. (Don’t get the joke?)
Kim Recovering From Stroke?
by | 2008-09-10 | 1 Comment
Yonhap reports that the NIS told South Korean lawmakers that Kim Jong Il did suffer a stroke, but is recovering after surgery. “Kim suffered either a stroke or a cerebral hemorrhage, but is recovering, the [South Korean] intelligence agency said. Pyongyang is not in a state of administrative vacuum,” Won Hye-young, the floor leader of …
Nelson-san on Kim Jong Il
by | 2008-09-09 | 3 Comments
Chris Nelson — in the irreplaceable, one-of-a-kind Nelson Report — has the best summary of the thin, but intriguing, evidence that Kim Jong Il may have joined the choir invisible: N. KOREA…first, let’s be clear that whatever may be the truth of alleged “US intelligence sources” more or less confirming that they may think that …
