Kim Jong Il made have had stroke

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is sick and may have suffered a stroke in the past month, a U.S. intelligence official said.

The official, who declined to be publicly identified, said it was noteworthy that Kim didn’t attend the 60th anniversary celebration of North Korea’s founding today. The U.S., China and other nations have been negotiating with Kim’s communist dictatorship about scrapping its nuclear weapons program in exchange for economic aid and broader ties.

U.S. intelligence had other reasons to believe Kim is ill, the official said, declining to describe those conclusions.

Bloomberg
9/9/8