North Korea - Kim Jong Il Dead

North Korea's supreme leader
Kim Jong Il died on Dec. 17

朝鲜最高领导人金正日17日逝世

According to People's Network 人民网, Beijing, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il should have died on December 17. The official photo below, perhaps one of his last, is showing Kim Jong Il together with Russian president Medvedyev during his visit to Russia on August 24.



金正日于１９４２年２月１６日出生在中朝边境白头山密营。
Kim Jong Il was born on February 16, 1942, in a secret camp in the White Head Mountain area that is bordering China.

2010年10月10日，朝鲜在平壤金日成广场举行盛大阅兵式，庆祝朝鲜劳动党成立65周年。
[Kim Jong Il and son Kim Jong Un]: At North Korea's large Kim Il Song square, attending a giant military parade on celebrations of the 65th anniversary of the Workers' Party.

In a 2010 blogspot, we already learnt about Kim Jong Il's son Kim Jong Un who might now become the new strongman of North Korea.

Another blogspot, dating back to 2008, is showing a rare series of photos of Kim Jong Il visiting a military unit.

2月14日，朝鲜劳动党总书记、国防委员会委员长金正日（右一）在平壤会见了中国国务委员、公安部部长孟建柱（左一）。
The general secretary of Korea's Workers' Party and chairman of the National Defence Council, Kim Jong Il, meeting with members of China's State Council and the [Chinese] Minister of Public Security Meng Jian Zhu (first left). February 14, 2011.