- Lid geworden
- 31 mei 2011
- Berichten
- 13.763
- Waardering
- 4.718
- Lengte
- 1m88
- Massa
- 101kg
- Vetpercentage
- 18%
De Noord-Koreaanse leider Kim Jong-il is op 69-jarige leeftijd overleden. Dat heeft de staatstelevisie bekendgemaakt. Hij zou zijn bezweken aan fysieke uitputting. Kim's zoon Kim Jong-un (28)wordt de nieuwe leider.Het leger van buurland Zuid-Korea heeft de noodtoestand uitgeroepen.
Het leger van buurland Zuid-Korea heeft de noodtoestand uitgeroepen.
Kim Jong-il erfde de macht van zijn vader Kim Il Sung, die overleed in 1994. 'De Geliefde Leider', zoals hij in het comunistische land wordt aangeduid, heeft in september vorig jaar zijn derde en jongste zoon Kim Jong Un aangewezen als opvolger. Die kwam toen al op hoge posities terecht.
Algemeen aangenomen wordt dat Kim in 2008 een hartaanval heeft gehad. In latere foto's en video's van trips naar China en Rusland, vrijgegeven door de staatsmedia, oogde hij relatief gezond.
De dood van de leider is maandagochtend bekendgemaakt op de Noord-Koreaanse staatstelevisie vanuit de hoofdstad Pyongyang.
Van CNN:
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is dead, North Korean state TV said Monday.
Kim, 69, died at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, state TV said.
A broadcaster reported that Kim died due to "overwork" after "dedicating his life to the people."
South Korean news agency Yonhap -- which based its reporting on its monitoring off North Korean state television -- said that Kim had died during a train trip.
South Korea's military declared an "emergency alert" following Kim's death, according to Yonhap.
The son of Kim Il Song, the founder of the communist nation, Kim Jong Il had been in power since 1994 when his father died of a heart attack at age 82.
The enigmatic leader was a frequent thorn in the side of neighboring South Korea, as well as the United States. There have been reports in recent years about his health, as well as that power will be transitioned to his son, Kim Jong Un.
North Korean news reports earlier this fall indicated that Kim Jong Il had been traveling around the country and visiting China, a big change from 2009 when he was thought to be ill with cancer.
Two senior U.S. military officials said then that they believed the pace of North Korea's planned regime change from Kim to his 20-something son appeared to have slowed.
The son, also known as Kim, started his career as a four-star general and in recent years was given more official duties by his father.
CNN's Wolf Blitzer, who traveled to Pyongyang a year ago with former U.S. ambassador Bill Richardson, said that "the assumption (then) was that he was sick" but still in "decent shape."
Now it is a "totally uncertain situation," Blitzer said.
Video: http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2011/12/18/kim-jong-il-dead.cnn
Volgens mij had hij al geregeld dat een van zijn zoons hem zou opvolgen.
Wat denken jullie dat er nu in Noord-Korea gaat gebeuren? Meer toenadering richting het westen of zal de opvolger van Kim gewoon op oude voet
door gaan met het regime.
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