It appears that in the global flu hoax, Kim Jong-Un is experiencing serious health problems. It is now being suggested by some tabloid media (which often isn’t wrong) that he could be down for the count.
Rumors swirling that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fallen critically ill have sparked fears that his demise would destabilize the region and lead to a refugee crisis that would draw in the US, South Korea and possibly other allies, according to a report.
Questions about the reclusive dictator’s health flared after he missed an April 15 commemoration of the 108th birthday of his grandfather, the Hermit Kingdom’s founder Kim Il Sung.
On Wednesday, North Korean state media published some past comments by Kim without mentioning his current whereabouts — while rival South Korea repeated that no unusual developments had been detected in the North.
But even if the 36-year-old overweight despot isn’t moribund, he does have health issues and a possible end to his rule would create turmoil, experts told the Military Times.
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The lack of a designated heir means there will be “chaos, human suffering, instability,” retired South Korean special operations chief Lt. Gen. Chun In-Bum told Military Times. “It’s bad news for everyone.”
David Maxwell, a retired Special Forces colonel and senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think-tank, told the outlet that an American and South Korean military reaction to such an upheaval could require an effort that “will make Afghanistan and Iraq pale in comparison.”
“It is unknown whether Kim Jong Un has designated a successor,” Maxwell said. “We can speculate that perhaps his sister Kim Yo Jong has been designated as his successor based on her recent promotion and the fact she has begun making official statements in her name beginning last month.”
But it is unknown, he added, “whether a woman, despite being part of the Paektu bloodline could become the leader of the Kim family regime.”
A lack of a clear successor could lead to a regime collapse that the US and South Korea must be prepared to handle, said Maxwell, who added that military planners, including himself, have long briefed senior leaders on what could happen.
There is a “humanitarian disaster that will unfold in North Korea,” adding to the upheaval wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, Maxwell told Military Times.
“South Korea, China, and Japan (via boat) are going to have to deal with potential large scale refugee flows,” he said. “Units of the North Korean People’s Army are going to compete for resources and survival. This will lead to internal conflict among units and could escalate to widespread civil war.”
It seems unlikely they would allow a woman to take the throne.
But this is certainly the rumor.
Kim Jong-un’s sister is now seen as the “alter ego” of the North Korean dictator as fears grow for the leader’s health.
Kim Yo-jong, 31, is now thought to be the most important figure in the tyrannical regime after her brother.
Last weekend, she was reinstated to the party’s powerful politburo according to the state Korean Central News Agency.
She has had a remarkable return to favour after falling out of grace with her brother following her removal from the role and told to keep a low profile following the failure of the Hanoi denuclearisation summit.
She is now thought to be the mastermind behind Kim’s carefully constructed public image, both at home and abroad and is said to have the full confidence of her ruthless brother who is said to have had his own uncle executed for treason.
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It would seem the worldwide coronavirus pandemic can’t even stop her rise to power.
Last month she made her first public statement, condemning South Korea as a “frightened dog barking” after Seoul protested about the North’s recent live-fire military exercise.
She also publicly praised US President Donald Trump for sending Kim a letter in which he said he hoped to maintain good bilateral relations and offered help in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
Youngshik Bong, a research fellow at Yonsei University’s Institute for North Korean Studies in Seoul, told The Guardian: “It is revealing that Kim Jong-un permitted her to write and announce a scathing statement about South Korea in such a personal tone.
“He is clearly ready to allow his sister to become his alter ego.”
Who knows if any of this is even true. It basically all seems to be based on the fact he missed a parade. But maybe he had surgery and was recovering, but it’s all going well? No one knows.
However, with a US push for war with the Chinese, it is certainly troubling and suspicious to have this sort of a thing happening right now.
Maybe the CIA is maneuvering this woman into power for their own purposes?
If the US wanted to kick off a war with the Chinese, the Korean peninsula would be the place to light the fire.