North Korea

[Ausmumof3]

What going on there?  There are reports that Kim Jong Un is dead, at a beach resort, infected with coronavirus, in a vegetative state after heart surgery.  And if he does does his sister take over?

 

[Liz CA]

No clue but this is what I found on top of the pile:

https://nypost.com/2020/04/25/north-korean-dictator-kim-jong-un-rumored-to-be-dead/

 

Edited April 26, 2020 by Liz CA

[itsheresomewhere]

Something is definitely up since he missed an extremely important day for the country (Army day). 

[Slache]

What happens if he has the dead?

[itsheresomewhere]

4 minutes ago, Slache said:

What happens if he has the dead?

One article I read says his sister takes over. But it might not be received well as she is female.  If she does take over, it could be interesting to see how the country handles it. 

[TCB]

Not sure if he is dead. Saw something about a medical team from China going over there, so maybe he’s alive but very sick.

[Tanaqui]

40 minutes ago, Slache said:

What happens if he has the dead?

 

God, who the heck knows? Revolution? Nukes? Peaceful transition to his sister? Less peaceful transition to somebody else?

[Slache]

1 minute ago, Tanaqui said:

God, who the heck knows? Revolution? Nukes? Peaceful transition to his sister? Less peaceful transition to somebody else?

I half expect a revolution. I don't understand why he doesn't have children. He's a mess.

[Liz CA]

His sister? Wow. Somehow I am having difficulty picturing that. I was musing the same thing though. If not the sister, who else is in line or is there a line?

[Slache]

Time to colonize!

[itsheresomewhere]

23 minutes ago, Slache said:

I half expect a revolution. I don't understand why he doesn't have children. He's a mess.

He has three.  One boy, one girl and the last one was born in 2017 and they never revealed if it was a girl or boy. 

[Ausmumof3]

30 minutes ago, StellaM said:

Nobody knows.

Either what's going on, or what will happen.

But, can I just say, that this was a bad time for the rest of the world to pick a fight with China, given we rely somewhat on China to help control NK, or at least, communicate with NK.

I reckon China has been pretty good for a fight since we shut borders though and I don’t see how that’s avoidable.  I mean we can de-escalate I guess from here.  But I feel like they should be somewhat accountable though how that happens who knows?  

[Slache]

18 minutes ago, itsheresomewhere said:

He has three.  One boy, one girl and the last one was born in 2017 and they never revealed if it was a girl or boy. 

Wow. I am so up on current events. It's impressive.

[gardenmom5]

1 hour ago, itsheresomewhere said:

Something is definitely up since he missed an extremely important day for the country (Army day). 

I thought it was his father?/grandfather's? BD celebration.  whatever - it was a not to be missed occasion.  that he wasn't there is a big deal.

[Arcadia]

1 hour ago, Liz CA said:

His sister? Wow. Somehow I am having difficulty picturing that. I was musing the same thing though. If not the sister, who else is in line or is there a line?

His kids are too young. His sister, Kim Yo Jong, is his “right hand man” for sometime and the govt representative to the 2018 Winter Olympics. 
Asia had women in power dating as far back as the first woman emperor of China in 690 CE.

Edited April 26, 2020 by Arcadia

[Shoeless]

He trusts his sister. She would be rule as regent until his oldest son is old enough to rule independently. 

[Ausmumof3]

2 minutes ago, StellaM said:

 

Well, what I have to say about it would be too political for this board.

Let's just say, the AU government inflamed it recently for reasons of their own.

Yeah true.  I’ve been reading too much Chinese propaganda lately and it’s making me cranky.  But that’s another story.

[Ausmumof3]

17 minutes ago, Arcadia said:

His kids are too young. His sister, Kim Yo Jong, is his “right hand man” for sometime and the govt representative to the 2018 Winter Olympics. 
Asia had women in power dating as far back as the first woman emperor of China in 690 CE.

Yes I get the feeling that it would be less surprising in an Asian than a us or Aus context to have a woman leader?

[mommyoffive]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/train-belonging-to-kim-jong-un-spotted-as-health-rumors-persist/ar-BB13bLQ7?ocid=spartandhp

[Arcadia]

46 minutes ago, Ausmumof3 said:

Yes I get the feeling that it would be less surprising in an Asian than a us or Aus context to have a woman leader?

While Asians tend to prefer males, there are plenty of precedence for female leaders e.g.  Benazir Bhutto, Indira Gandhi, Corazon Aquino, Chandrika Kumaranatunga, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Aung San Suu Kyi.

[Ausmumof3]

55 minutes ago, StellaM said:

 

My disagreement with the inflaming of the situation is more one of timing - and timing being based around requests of foreign govts and not our own national interests.

Not with the substance of the thing.

Yep.  Agreed.  There’s a way to deal with it.

[Lanny]

This story has a lot of "Fake News".  Only one of the theories can be true and accurate. With  time, we will know what is happening.

[mathnerd]

I am wondering if Kim got COVID19 since their closest allies are China, thousands of Chinese laborers work inside NK and they have a border with china through which there is constant traffic to and fro. Given the current global situation, it would make sense that NK got hit by the pandemic too and Kim got infected or is quarantined.