Kim Jong-il 'has pancreatic cancer'
guardian.co.uk 7/13/2009 — North Korean leader diagnosed with life-threatening illness, Seoul television channel reports North Korea's "dear leader", Kim Jong-il, has life-threatening cancer, South Korean media claimed today, prompting fears for the country's long-term ...

Kim Jong Il, the Second?
michaeltotten.com 5/30/2009 — North Korea has been a minor obsession of mine for some time, but I've paid less attention to its foreign policy than to the psychotic slave state Kim Il Sung built at home. Even so, his son Kim Jong Il seems to be acting "more ...

National security adviser: Kim Jong Il in charge (AP)
news.yahoo.com 8/9/2009 — AP - President Barack Obama's national security adviser says it appears that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is still in charge.

Kim Jong Il 'has pancreatic cancer'
timesonline.co.uk 7/13/2009 — North Korea s supreme leader, Kim Jong Il, is suffering from cancer of the pancreas and is in danger of dying of the disease, South Korean television reported this morning, the latest and most specific in a series of reports on the dictator s health. ...

Kim Jong Il formally names youngest son as successor
timesonline.co.uk 6/2/2009 — Kim Jong-un , third son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, at the age of 11.

Kim Jong-il Grant's "Special Pardon," Releases Journalists
wizbangblog.com 8/5/2009 — Laura Ling, 32, and Seung-Un Lee, 36, from Al Gore's fledgling Current TV have been imprissioned in North Korea since March 22, 2009. Coincideing with a visit by former President...

Unopposed, Kim Jong-Il Takes Third Term
nytimes.com 4/10/2009 — In a still image taken from video, North Korean leader Kim Jong II arrived to attend the first session of Supreme People's Assembly on Thursday in Pyongyang.

Kim Jong-Il to provide Hawaiian fireworks for 4th of July
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Photoshop failure in Kim Jong Il image?
timesonline.co.uk 11/6/2008 — In a bid to end speculation that Kim Jong Il had suffered a stroke, North Korean officials released a new picture of the Dear Leader in apparently good health. But is the image genuine? A Times Online reader with an eye for detail has pointed out ...

Larwyn's Link Kerplosion: Kim Jong-Il to Iran: 'Follow me!'
directorblue.blogspot.com 4/6/2009 — Have a great link you'd like me to review? Drop me an email!The first 70 days really does make sense: HansonArrogant, Dismissive and Derisive: PJM (Priestap)Social Security crisis to arrive six years early: PJM (Blumer)The New York Times' paranoid loon: Charles Blows: AT (Moran)Punk Jihad in ...

Kim Jong Il pardons and orders release of 2 U.S. journalists — CNN Political Ticker 8/4/2009
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton met with top North Korean officials in Pyongyang to appeal for the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee. (CNN) — North Korean President Kim Jong Il has pardoned and ordered the release of two U.S. journalists, ...

Clinton, journalists en route to U.S. — msnbc.com: Politics 8/5/2009
Former President Bill Clinton brought two freed U.S. journalists out of North Korea Wednesday following rare talks with reclusive leader Kim Jong Il, who pardoned the women.

Broader Issues on Table in Pyongyang — WSJ.com: Politics And Policy 8/6/2009
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in over three hours of discussions with Bill Clinton in Pyongyang, drew the former U.S. president into a wide-ranging discussion of security and regional issues.

After Clinton Trip, U.S. Studies Signals From N. Korea — NYT > Politics 8/6/2009
After former President Bill Clinton won the freedom of two American journalists, officials were busily calculating whether the psychology in Pyongyang had changed.

North Korea Wanted Only Bill Clinton for Mission to Free Women (Bloomberg) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 8/6/2009
Bloomberg - Aug. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Sometime in mid-July, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il revealed his terms for the freedom of two American women he held as prisoners: Send Bill Clinton.