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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6696778.ece
Reuters:
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE56B24920090713
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6696778.ece
North Korea's supreme leader, Kim Jong Il, is suffering from cancer of the pancreas and is in danger of dying of the disease, South Korean television reported this morning, the latest and most specific in a series of reports on the dictator's health.
The information, which was attributed by Yonhap Television News to unidentified Chinese and South Korean intelligence sources, is consistent with a report in a Japanese newspaper over the weekend that Mr Kim has a “serious pancreatic disorderâ€, and with television images from North Korea last week, in which he appeared haggard, emaciated and slow on his feet.
Reuters:
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE56B24920090713
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has pancreatic cancer and the illness is life-threatening, South Korean broadcaster YTN said on Monday based on information gathered by Chinese and South Korean intelligence sources.
Kim's health is one of the most closely guarded secrets in the reclusive communist state. Kim, 67, was widely thought to have suffered a stroke last year, but there has never been official confirmation.
Kim looked gaunt during a public appearance last Wednesday at a memorial for his father and state founder Kim Il-sung