S Korea rumours that Kim Jong-il was assassinated

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Was Kim Jong-il murdered in power struggle with North Korean military?
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/12/21/was-kim-jong-il-murdered-in-po wer-struggle-with-north-koreas-military/
Peter Goodspeed Dec 21, 2011 – 6:00 AM ET | Last Updated: Dec 21, 2011 1:20 PM ET

Suspicion of North Korea runs deep in South Korea, so it wasn’t a surprise that within hours of the announcement of Kim Jong-il’s death Monday, some South Korean newspapers were asking if the Dear Leader had been murdered.

While North Korea’s Central News Agency reported Monday that Mr. Kim died of a heart attack last Saturday on a train while heading to an unidentified destination, Seoul’s Korea Times newspaper ran a headline, “Suspicions arise over cause of death”.

According to the newspaper, North Korean defectors doubt Pyongyang’s state-controlled media reports of Mr. Kim’s death. They cautiously suggested the dictator may have been murdered.

A political scientist, An Chan-il, was quoted as saying Mr. Kim may have been killed by elements within the North Korean government who disagreed with his policies.

“After his third son Jung-un was named for a dynastic leadership succession, many military officers, especially those in their 50s, were dismissed,” Mr. An told the Korea Times. “I think these people could have held deep resentment about Kim and North Korea’s next leader.

“A rumor is circulating that earlier a high-ranking North Korean official was shot dead,” he said. “This has yet to be confirmed, but such talk is evidence that discontent was brewing among some people in the North.”

Mr. An speculated hardline elements in the military may have also resented recent policy changes introduced by Mr. Kim.

“As their vested interests were hurt due to Kim Jong-il, I would not rule out the possibility that some military officers, who believed their clout and influence had been damaged, could have played a role in his death,” he said.

The newspaper said Chun Yo-ok, a member of South Korea’s National Assembly from the ruling Grand National Party also raised the possibility Mr. Kim might have been killed as a result of a power struggle.

Several years ago, a Japanese professor wrote a book arguing that Kim Jong-il died in 2003 and had been represented by body doubles ever since.

The latest conspiracy theories gained life from the fact that just hours before officials announced Mr. Kim’s death, U.S. officials were leaking news that they had negotiated a breakthrough deal to have North Korea suspend uranium enrichment in exchange for a resumption of food aid from Washington.

Late Sunday, officials in Washington warned several news organizations that the White House was about to announce it would provide North Korea with 240,000 tons of high protein biscuits and vitamins over the next year.

The United States suspended food aid to North Korea in 2009 when Pyongyang resumed its nuclear weapons program and exploded a nuclear device. Talks to resume the aid, in exchange for North Korea’s return to Six Party Talks had dragged on for years as Pyongyang repeatedly placed demands on how any aid might be delivered.

Washington insisted it should be allowed to monitor food distribution to ensure donations did not go to North Korea’s military.

Just before Kim Jong-il died, North Korea was said to have caved in and handed Washington a diplomatic coup by agreeing to accept U.S. aid and U.S. conditions.

U.S. officials said that within days of announcing the resumption of food deliveries, North Korea was going to announce a suspension of its uranium enrichment program and a return to the Six Party talks in Beijing.

Kim’s death has now delayed both countries’ announcements indefinitely.

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Kim Jong-un assassination rumours flood Twitter, Weibo
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/10/kim-jong-un-assassination-rumo urs-flood-twitter-weibo/
Kim Jong-un assassination rumours flood Twitter, Weibo
Reuters Feb 10, 2012 – 1:55 PM ET | Last Updated: Feb 10, 2012 6:40 PM ET

By Lucas Shaw at Reuters and Allison Cross at the National Post

Did social media prematurely kill off the leader of North Korea?

Rumours that Kim Jong-un, the country’s supreme leader, was assassinated at the North Korean embassy in Beijing just months after he took power originated on Chinese microblogging service Weibo, and spread swiftly on Twitter on Friday.

Jong-un was thrust into power in the communist nation after the death of his father Kim Jong-il. Believed to be in his 20s, Kim Jong-un and his inexperience have sparked concern in the international community over whether he is capable of ruling North Korea.

Some reported Jong-un wasn’t actually dead, but that some kind of coup was taking place. By Friday afternoon, the North Korean government — admittedly not well known for their transparency with the outside world — had neither confirmed nor denied the rumours.


As Adrian Chen at Gawker wrote, these types of reports crop up often given the furtive nature of North Korea’s government.

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Despite the dubious nature of the rumour, the reports continued to gather steam, especially when a couple of American news outlets reported on the claims.

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funny just spotted it's the same paper

[outsider]

US use of Germ Warfare in Korean War:

People&Power investigates accusations that in 1952 the US acquired and used germ warfare technology on North Korean civilians during the Korena War.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATS4exmEhjY

and the 'suicide' (obviously murder) of Frank Olsen, who worked on Germ & Bio weapons, and was getting a conscience:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThqUt6fozhc

Dr. Frank Olson's Legacy Site:
http://www.frankolsonproject.org/Contents.html