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[Rumor] Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un has passed away

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If he is dead or out of the picture* then from what I have seen of their setup there his succession battle might well make game of thrones look like a kids TV show wherein an animal loses its football. Lot of players with their own international backers, internal backers (while the supreme leaders might be a bunch of raging fucknuts living the good life their people that actually get it done are usually pretty shrewd), total lack of morals (or at least extraordinarily flexible ones) and all probably willing to go all in with a claim of divine mandate (or something just as good).

Sadly none of it likely to make the lives of the poor regular folks any kind of easy, much less free, unless we get a everybody ends up dead scenario but then it will probably end up even more of a Chinese puppet.

*by all accounts he is/was an alcoholic chainsmoker (unsure about drugs but a distinct possibility too) that regarded proper diet and exercise (see pictures) as but a mild suggestion, or something for people that were not gods on earth.

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You are completely right guys.
Our supreme korean leader Kim Jong Un is alive and well.
He looks so alive and healthy here, I'm so jealous of his wealth:

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I admit I made a mistake and I will spend more time researching my sources.
 

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Do n’t believe the rumors, these are just some anti-North Korea insults to North Korea: Ha ha :,
Kim Jong-un still sent congratulatory messages to South Africa the day before yesterday 
1: If he is really dead, why his ally China will not be broadcast in the news, and all the pictures so far have PS traces: 2: Why Jin Zhengen went to Sanchiyuan City on April 27 to thank the staff ?
 
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Ehm, there are about a 1000 sparks flying and fireworks going off simultaneously in North Korea right now... (Probably the wrong metaphore, but oh well... lost in translation.. ;) )

First, according to their official sources they have not had one single case of Corona in country - according to the US their military was on lockdown throughout the entirety of february though.

Second, they are heavily threatening an invasion of the south at this point, which is good, because as long as they are threatening they arent invading.

Third, Kim Jong Un hasnt been seen for months, and his sister is now pushing public doctrine in the prime public position.

Fourth, another famine is rumored to be taking place (alongside a massive economic downturn), because the borders to china are now tightly controlled, as a result of the Covid-19 crisis, which means issues with black market goods getting in. Which is kind of a positive, because there is a reason for escalating the rhetoric of 'invasion of the south' and it is domestic, but probably solvable.

Fifth, the south is trying to deescalate, and the US are no where to be seen.

Sources: Pick one.. ;) (mine was german, so I'd have to look around for several english speaking ones)

edit: Also there is a fundamental disagreement within the denuclearization talks, namely that the north demands for the US to also remove their strategic nuclear weapons from the area, which for the US is a no go, and the end of US sanctions, which for the US is a no go. So talks are stuck.
 
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Lol, it has been a few months. Has he ever appeared on live TV yet? Honestly, if Kim kicked the bucket, I doubt we'd see a whole lot of changes in foreign policy. Imo, Kim is just a puppet figure head, and the higher ups actually run the country.


I just know NK is doing their yearly thing where they act super aggressive towards the South, so they can get money and food, because their country is a impoverished starving shit hole dictatorship.

Deja vu!
 
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