Kim Jong-il's Recovery
If ROK's National Intelligence Service is to be believed (these are the dupes of the sex-for-secrets spy, after all) the Dear Leader is recovering from surgery.
South Korea's National Intelligence Service reported Wednesday that it has information showing Kim recently had surgery for an unspecified circulatory problem. His condition is thought to have improved and is «recoverable and manageable,» an agency official told South Korea lawmakers, reported the Associated Press.
Several media outlets had quoted unnamed officials in recent days as claiming that Kim -- the man North Koreans call the «Dear Leader» -- may have recently had a stroke. A South Korean official in Beijing told a South Korean newspaper that Kim collapsed last month.
The same newspaper reported last week that five Chinese doctors have been visiting Pyongyang in recent weeks to treat a North Korean official, possibly Kim.
There have been reports in the past that Kim suffered from diabetes and heart problems, but North Korean officials have disputed them.
Normally, I would ask for a high-profile defector to confirm all this, but no sex please.
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