“I never thought that Kim Jong-il was human and thus mortal.”
A North Korean defector, on King Jong-il, revealing just the extent to which North Koreans are brainwashed by their regime. The quote is from a New York Times article on King Jong-Il reportingly tapping his son as his successor. The Washington Post’s writeup is the best, with lots of fascinating details about Kim’s children, including this about the 26-year old heir apparent:
A diminutive 5-foot-6, he drank heavily after her death from cancer and ballooned to nearly 200 pounds, and is now suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes, the report said.
