International Law

Is Kim Jong-il Dead?

No one is surprised by the use of look-alikes in tyrannies (Saddam Hussein, Mao, Stalin, et al). But would a look-alike continue to operate five years after the death of the tyrant?

Such is the claim of Toshimitsu Shigemura (????), veteran Korea-watcher at Waseda University. His claim is that Kim Jong-Il died of diabetes in 2003. Read it for yourself. His book (in Japanese) in which he makes the claim may be found here.

An interesting comment here from In From the Cold.

Full post as published by Asia Business Intelligence on September 08, 2008 (boomark / email).