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[MetalSlimeHunt]

It would be intensely ironic if the youngest world leader was the one to die of covid.

[bloop_bleep]

*googles*

Hold on, the dude is only 36 years old?

[feelotraveller]

Yep, and third youngest leader, at least according to venerable wikipedia.

[misko27]

And he's been leading for nine years.

Yeah I'm pretty surprised that these rumors are getting serious. Guess that's the price of not taking the virus seriously? My bet is if you want the truth, keep an eye on that sister.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Yeah, and only 27 when he took power. I do want to emphasize these reports of him being dead/in a coma/terminally ill aren't anything substantial yet, and could definitely be made up like the other 50% of news about NK.

[feelotraveller]

If 'one unamed source' and 'three people people who are familiar with the situation' but 'who declined to be identified given the sensitivity of the matter' are to be believed then KJ (he's 37 on fact checking) might have a case of corona*.

Big step from that to Regime Change comes to Best Korea.  Chances are like Boris he'll just spend a week or two in bed.


* It's also possible that KJ finally caved on covid-19 denial and immediately got paranoid about his own well-being, going into self-enforced isolation and demanding medical advisors from the local friendlies.  We don't know enough to jump of the deep end. 

[Reelya]

There's been no suggestion of corona though, feelotraveller. I think it's kind of silly that you reject what we do know because you can't personally confirm it, then jump straight to a coronavirus-related conspiracy.

What we know is that he had a heart operation, and shit is apparently going down. I think it's a safe bet to say that he's unwell, but the coma part isn't necessarily correct.

[Iduno]

Kim Jun Un-dead.

[ZBridges]

I'm waiting for further, more definitive confirmation.

[Reelya]

Well that escalated quickly. However the only sources I have at this moment are TMZ and the New York Post.
https://www.tmz.com/2020/04/25/north-korea-dictator-kim-jong-un-dead-dies-heart-surgery-reports/

[ChairmanPoo]

Rumored successor is his sister.

Spoiler: She's actually kind of cute... in a "murderous North Korean intelligence agent" kind of way... (click to show/hide)

[ZBridges]

I thought it might end up being her. I don't suppose she's known to be interested in reform?

[ChairmanPoo]

I thought it might end up being her. I don't suppose she's known to be interested in reform?

LMAO

[ZBridges]

Well, she has been trotted out on occasion to make a friendly impression, like at the Olympics.

[feelotraveller]

There's been no suggestion of corona though, feelotraveller. I think it's kind of silly that you reject what we do know because you can't personally confirm it, then jump straight to a coronavirus-related conspiracy.

What we know is that he had a heart operation, and shit is apparently going down. I think it's a safe bet to say that he's unwell, but the coma part isn't necessarily correct.

Which part of "might" and "We don't know enough to jump of [sic] the deep end" do you not understand.  I'm not saying he has coronavirus but that would be a sufficient explanation of him being absent from the public limelight.  And that absence is the only 'fact' we've seen.  Beyond that there have been rumours and some reports from a couple of unreliable sources, and every one of them has said that they themselves have been unable to confirm the facts.  Is it possible he had a heart operation, yes.  But since you are so convinced that we know that he had perhaps you can point to a reliable source that has verified that?