#1 Click this link to see 2009 News Photos page --> 07/14/2009

A July 8th 2009 frame grab taken from footage released by KRT shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.  Kim has life-threatening pancreatic cancer, South Korean broadcaster YTN said on Monday, citing information gathered from Chinese and South Korean intelligence sources.

An ego-maniac dying of cancer probably has very little conscience about using nuclear weapons. I hope this despot croaks before he gets around to starting a war. Kim Jong-il (Yuri Kim) #KimJongIl MjL

#2 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/19/2011 #1

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, 69, has died, state media announced Monday. In the same broadcast, the announcers urged the communist country to faithfully “strengthen the unified front of the party, military and the public”.

Kim Jong-il (Yuri Kim) #KimJongIl MjL

#3 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/21/2011 #4

Pyongyang residents mourn the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. Kim died Saturday, state television reported, sparking immediate concern over who is in control of the reclusive state and its nuclear program.

Kim Jong-il (Yuri Kim) #KimJongIl MjL

#4 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/24/2011 #1

New North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un (front) pays his respects to his father and former leader Kim Jong-il, lying in state at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang in this still picture taken from video footage aired by KRT (Korean Central TV of the North) December 20th, 2011. North Korea’s new young leader will have to share power with an uncle and the military after the death of his father Kim Jong-il as the isolated country shifts to collective rule from strongman dictatorship, a source with close ties to Pyongyang and Beijing said, on December 21st 2011. Jang Song-thaek, 65, brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il and the younger Kim’s uncle, can be seen on the top left corner of the image.

Kim Jong-un (Little Rocket Man)  #KimJongUn Kim Jong-il (Yuri Kim)  #KimJongIl MjL

#5 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/29/2011 #2

Kim Jong-il’s funeral • The world watched anxiously on December 28th as North Korea staged a huge funeral in the capital, Pyongyang, for former leader Kim Jong-il, searching for signs of what to expect from the isolated nation that may be close to attaining nuclear weapons capacity.

Kim Jong-il (Yuri Kim) #KimJongIl MjL

#6 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/17/2021 #13

In 2011, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (Yuri Kim) died after more than a decade of iron rule; he was 69, according to official records, but some reports indicated he was 70. #KimJongIl

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#7 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/19/2021 #16

In 2011, North Korea announced the death two days earlier of leader Kim Jong-il (Yuri Kim); North Koreans marched by the thousands to mourn their “Dear Leader” while state media proclaimed his youngest son, Kim Jong-un (Little Rocket Man), a “Great Successor”. #KimJongIl #KimJongUn

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#8 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/28/2021 #14

In 2011, North Korea’s new leader, Kim Jong-un (Little Rocket Man), escorted his father”s hearse in an elaborate state funeral, bowing somberly and saluting in front of tens of thousands of citizens who wailed and stamped their feet pretending to be in grief for Kim Jong-il (Yuri Kim). #KimJongUn #KimJongIl

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#9 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/19/2022 #1

Pyongyang, North Korea • People bow to the statues of former leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il on Mansu Hill on the occasion of the eleventh anniversary of the death of Kim Jong-il.

I can picture GQP Mad Hatters bowing to a Twitler statue. Kim Il-sung  #KimIlSung Kim Jong-il (Yuri Kim)  #KimJongIl MjL