Kim Jong Un reportedly in “Grave Danger” after surgery.

[Joe Biden is your president. Deal with it.]

Breaking on CNN....

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

https://twitter.com/ShimonPro/status/1252410141548310529

[Storr]

We haven't heard anything about COVID-19 from North Korea. I have to assume the virus spread there over the Yalu. I wonder if that could be involved?

[Kingpoleon]

Kim Yo-jong, his sister, is the closest thing to an heir he has. Not good news for North Korea if true.

[Illiniwek]

Oh, que pasa??

[Grumpier Than Thou]

We haven't heard anything about COVID-19 from North Korea. I have to assume the virus spread there over the Yalu. I wonder if that could be involved?

I mean, reporting says it’s potentially heart surgery considering he’s extremely obese and smokes like a chimney but that’s also a possibility.

[Orwell]

This is a farce from the Western imperialists, our grand Chairman Kim will forever survive and he shall be the eternal Chairman. Praise Chairman Kim and the Kim family long may they reign.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

As if this year couldn't get any weirder...

[ProudModerate2]

If he passes-away, trump will be the only leader of the free-world, to go to his funeral.
Wait ... you'll see.

[T'Chenka]

If he passes-away, trump will be the only leader of the free-world, to go to his funeral.
Wait ... you'll see.

The POTUS' extended security detail won't be allowed into North Korea during a rare politically chaotic moment.

[Shilly]

Nothing but rumors so far and and interesting note from an expert.
https://twitter.com/OliverHotham/status/1252422018776961026

[Crumpets]

Kim Yo-jong, his sister, is the closest thing to an heir he has. Not good news for North Korea if true.

From a Guardian article published just yesterday:

As the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic – with Pyongyang continuing to insist it has not recorded a single case – Kim Yo-jong’s ascendancy continues.

Last month, she made her first public statement, condemning the South as a “frightened dog barking” after Seoul protested against a live-fire military exercise by the North. And in March, she publicly praised 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.

The publication of political statements in Kim Yo-jong’s name underlines her central role in the regime, according to Youngshik Bong, a research fellow at Yonsei University’s Institute for North Korean Studies in Seoul. “It is revealing that Kim Jong-un permitted her to write and announce a scathing statement about South Korea in such a personal tone,” Bong said. “He is clearly ready to allow his sister to become his alter ego.”

[Storr]

Kim Yo-jong, his sister, is the closest thing to an heir he has. Not good news for North Korea if true.

From a Guardian article published just yesterday:

As the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic – with Pyongyang continuing to insist it has not recorded a single case – Kim Yo-jong’s ascendancy continues.

Last month, she made her first public statement, condemning the South as a “frightened dog barking” after Seoul protested against a live-fire military exercise by the North. And in March, she publicly praised 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.

The publication of political statements in Kim Yo-jong’s name underlines her central role in the regime, according to Youngshik Bong, a research fellow at Yonsei University’s Institute for North Korean Studies in Seoul. “It is revealing that Kim Jong-un permitted her to write and announce a scathing statement about South Korea in such a personal tone,” Bong said. “He is clearly ready to allow his sister to become his alter ego.”

There is Kim's older brother (the one he didn't have assassinated), but supposedly he stays out of politics and prefers playing guitar.

[libertpaulian]

Biden's VP shortlist just got shorter.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

NBC's Katy Tur just tweeted and deleted a tweet claiming that Kim Jong Un is brain dead.  There's probably not much use speculating because we will all know in due time.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Bet you guys didn't have "Kim Jong Un dying" on your apocalypse bingo cards lol.

[Technocracy Timmy]

I was looking for an excuse to get wasted tonight. Thanks fat boy Kim III.

[OBD]

haha 2020 go zoom

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His sister is heir, right?

[Technocracy Timmy]

His sister is heir, right?

Supposedly given that the recent shake up in the leadership cabinet pushed out who we believe to be the second in command(s).

[Crumpets]

Imagine telling someone during the Bush years that there would be a day when North Korea's ruler is possibly in a vegetative state and oil is trading at $-37.

You know, in addition to everything else.

[KaiserDave]

I urge caution

Kim vanished in 2014 for a month

And his dad too in 2008
Longtime DPRK watchers can tell you this is speculative

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

His sister is heir, right?

Supposedly given that the recent shake up in the leadership cabinet pushed out who we believe to be the second in command(s).

Would they let a woman be Supreme Leader?

[7,052,770]

His son is ~10, so let his sister serve as regent for a decade or so, and then his son formally takes over?

Alternatively, does China take this opportunity to get rid of the Kims and Juche and install a Chinese-style Communist government that becomes a lockstep puppet?

[QAnonKelly]

Damn, mid 30s and having major heart surgery? Just what 2020 needs, a crazy dictator sitting on nukes being gravely ill without a contingency plan.