North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il Dies -- Washington Post
Kim Jong Il, the strangely antic and utterly ruthless heir to North Korea’s Stalinist dictatorship, died of an apparent heart attack Saturday, North Korea’s state media reported Monday. He was 69.
During his reign, he menaced the world with his nuclear ambitions and presided over a famine that killed hundreds of thousands of his subjects.
Mr. Kim formally succeeded his father, Kim Il Sung, in 1994, less than three years after the collapse of North Korea’s longtime sponsor, the Soviet Union. With the end of Soviet trade subsidies and security guarantees, Mr. Kim found himself in charge of a broken and vulnerable country.
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My Comment: This is a breaking news story. Because of it's importance, I will be updating news reports and commentary on the death of Kim Jong Il for the rest of the day.
As to what is my take .... I am glad that this dictator and mass murderer is now dead. Unfortunately .... his son and heir .... from what I have been hearing from my Korean and Chinese contacts for the past year .... has a reputation that is even worse than his father. From my perspective .... war and civil unrest is now a step close on the Korean peninsula.
On a side note .... sorry for the delay in blogging this story. Took the day off, and when I came home I heard about this. Sighhh .... it's going to be a long (but interesting) night.
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