Kim Jong-Il at the 15th anniversary of his fathers death
Various news agencies are reporting that Kim Jong-Il ‘could have months to live’, speculating that he could die by the end of the year.
Recently Kim Jong-Il appeared at the 15th anniversary of his fathers death and he looked frail, thin, weak, and reportedly walked with a limp and one side of his mouth was perculiar.
“He does not have all that much longer to live and my sources say the doctors’ diagnosis is that he will die before the end of the year,” Professor Toshimitsu Shigemura, an expert on North Korean affairs at Waseda University.
He is still being treated for the main problem, which is complications arising from his diabetes, and it had been expected that he could die as soon as this summer.”
Shigemura, an expert on North Korean affairs at Waseda University
He cited personal sources within Kim’s extended family.
