Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Where Is North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un? It Appears Everyone Has An Opinion (Updated)



Where Is North Korea's 31-Year-Old Leader? -- Bloomberg

Where is Kim? That question is increasingly being asked about the 31-year-old leader of the oddball state of North Korea. It gained added urgency on Tuesday, as North Korean and South Korean patrol boats exchanged warning fire at a disputed sea border in the Yellow Sea.

For just over a month now, Kim Jong Un, the Swiss boarding school-educated leader of the reclusive state formally known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, has not appeared in public. Adding to the intrigue was the sudden visit to South Korea by Kim’s No. 2, Vice Marshal Hwang Pyong So, along with two senior North Korean leaders last weekend, where the two sides pledged to restart reconciliation talks. It was the most senior visit by North Korean officials to the South in about five years, and the youthful Kim was nowhere to be seen.

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More News (And Speculation) On The "Disappearance" Of North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un

Speculation Heats Up as Kim Jong Un Remains Out of View -- WSJ
Kim Jong-un 'Recovering in the Provinces' -- Chosun Ilbo
U.S. intel: Kim Jong-un still in charge in North Korea -- Washington Times
North Korea's missing dictator -- CBS
Will exchange of fire with South bring Kim Jong-un out of hiding? -- Want China Times
Is North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ill, deposed or taking a break? -- Carol J. Williams, Stars and Stripes/Los Angeles Times (MCT)
Where in the world is Kim Jong Un? -- Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY
Interpreting Kim Jong-un's Disappearance From Public View -- Ben Mathis-Lilley, Slate
Where Is Kim Jong Un? A guide to what we know—and don't know—about the North Korean leader's disappearance -- Adam Cathcart, The Atlantic
Where Is Kim Jong-un? And 6 More Questions About North Korea’s Leader -- Molly Hunter, ABC News
Here Are All The Reasons People Think There's Something Big Happening In North Korea -- Jeremy Bender, Business Insider
Kim Jong-un: has the North Korean dynasty fallen? -- Christopher Green, The Guardian

1 comment:

oldfatslow said...

Like potentates of old
he's probably lurking
just off-scene waiting
to purge the unwary, the
fainthearted, and the
treacherous.

He'll show up like Saddam
did at a party function
with a list of names of
folks who will then
disappear.

ofs