By It looks like the Dear Leader is having another health scare:
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has canceled his plan to visit Russia for health reasons, said Kyodo News of Japan Wednesday, quoting multiple sources in Moscow as saying Kim is in ill health.
“Russia prepared a carpet for Kim at the station bordering Russia and North Korea and also finished setting up fences at the platform at Pyongyang`s request,” said Japanese TV network Fuji Television, adding, “But North Korea called off his visit Wednesday.”
Kim was scheduled to hold talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at a guest house in a suburb of Vladivostok.
Moscow suggested holding a round of the six-party nuclear talks in the run-up to the summit while Pyongyang asked for fuel and food aid. As they failed to agree on the agenda, the North canceled Kim`s trip.
Russia suggested the building of natural gas pipelines to South Korea via North Korea as a summit agenda item in a meeting between Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller and North Korean Ambassador to Russia Kim Young-jae Tuesday, but the North declined. [Donga Ilbo]
Considering that he was meeting with the Russian President it must have been a pretty big health issue for him to cancel the meeting.
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4:43 pm on June 30th, 2011 1
Thinking NK-style, they should allow the pipeline but charge big fees to build it. Then, they can siphon off tons of natural gas to help ease their fuel shortages, and when Russia complains, shut it down completely and wait to negociate for its resumption — until the next time they shut it down. Kind of like Kaesong and the mountain tours.
Worse case for them, the pipeline never gets complete due to trouble with Russia over it but until that happens they get nice chunks of hard currency by pretending they agree to allow it to operate…
8:12 pm on June 30th, 2011 2
I’m not so secretly hoping KJI, Hugo Chavez, and a few others become “good Communists”… Sheridan style, so to speak…
10:17 pm on June 30th, 2011 3
The Russians said there were no plans for Kim Jong-il to meet President Dmitry Medvedev.
11:38 am on July 1st, 2011 4
The SUPREME IDIOT AND THE FAT BOY WILL NOT BE AROUND FOR MUCH LONGER WHEN THE STUDENTS START THE ARAB SUMMER PROTESTS. I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CUT UP BY NOW
11:40 am on July 1st, 2011 5
WHEN THE US 2012 ELECTION COMES AND GOES AND A REPUBLICAN GET IN OFFICE. I HOPE THE SUPREME IDIOT DARES TO CHALLENGE THE WORLD. iran AND nk IS ON THE LIST I AM SURE
12:22 pm on July 1st, 2011 6
Is that really you Tom. Yeah! Hate on, brah!
1:26 pm on July 1st, 2011 7
대문자 “톰”과 소문자 “톰”은 같은 사람 아닌것 같애…
1:44 pm on July 1st, 2011 8
Yes, unfortunately
1:51 pm on July 1st, 2011 9
소문자톰 is a great nickname. Let’s keep it.
4:09 am on July 3rd, 2011 10
They canceled the trip because they found out he might be drafted in the Russian army since he was born there?