North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. Then he was reported to be on his way to Russia. Now, via North Korea Zone, a German press agency is speculating that the Great Leader has disappeared:
North Korean leader Kim Jong II has disappeared in China. His luxurious special train which reportedly crossed the border into China Tuesday morning at Dandong was nowhere to be found Wednesday.
‘We really would like to know where he is, but we simply don’t have a clue,’ said a South Korean military attache, who added he felt he was left in the lurch by his own intelligence services.
Although the train was seen travelling in the direction of Beijing by officials at two railway stations, Kim did not show up in the Chinese capital, sparking a torrent of speculation.
Some wondered whether Kim had only travelled through China on his way to Russia – a scenario ‘almost ruled out’ by one South Korean diplomat, given the fact that a direct rail connection exists between the North Korean capital Pyongyang and Moscow.
South Korean news agency Yonhap said it learned that the despotic North Korean leader had overcome his deep-rooted fear of flying and had flown to Shanghai, without explaining why his personal train would be travelling across China without him.
‘He’s not in Beijing at any rate,’ the diplomat said confidently.
According to a comment at Asiapundit, however, he’s now in Guangzhou.
It’d be nice to think this was the start of something big – maybe he’s getting out while he can, before the whole country unravels – but optimism is usually misplaced when it comes to North Korea and its Fat Controller.
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