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[heywoodu 16,465]

Next step: find a 2,39m high bar to jump over.

 

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[OlympicIRL 6,308]

25 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Next step: find a 2,39m high bar to jump over.

 

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I guess that must be Gianmarco Tamberi?

 

Edit: or heywoodu taking inspiration from him

[heywoodu 16,465]

17 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said:

 

I guess that must be Gianmarco Tamberi?

 

Edit: or heywoodu taking inspiration from him

It is definitely not Tamberi, it is my imitation of him by shaving off half of the result of a few weeks of staying at home

[Olympian1010 8,305]

TMZ is reporting that Kim Jong Un has died. However, I don’t trust American media to report that. Does anyone know if that’s true or not?

[Olympian1010 8,305]

Personally, I don’t think he’s dead, but it is certainly clear that something is afoot.

[Vic Liu 1,701]

16 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Personally, I don’t think he’s dead, but it is certainly clear that something  is afoot.

 

Japanese media said he became vegetative state due to heart surgery failure. And after the surgery NK asked help for China and China sent experts team but still unsuccessful. The whole story written is very detailed and vivid but no one can verify. NK state-owned media continuously publish some text news related to Kim to show he is working normally but with no video or image.

 

To conclude, nobody really knows. Usually the misery will be uncovered within 2 weeks. 

[Olympian1010 8,305]

1 hour ago, Vic Liu said:

 

Japanese media said he became vegetative state due to heart surgery failure. And after the surgery NK asked help for China and China sent experts team but still unsuccessful. The whole story written is very detailed and vivid but no one can verify. NK state-owned media continuously publish some text news related to Kim to show he is working normally but with no video or image.

 

To conclude, nobody really knows. Usually the misery will be uncovered within 2 weeks. 

From everything I’ve read, I agree that it is highly likely their surgery was not a success (in some capacity, either error, treatment being too late, etc.). I think it’s very realistic that Kim Jong Un is now vegetative or comatose, and it is uncertain if he will pull through or not. Evidence would suggest that his condition is leaning towards the “not” of previous sentence.

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Here is the latest news that reported about the death of Kim Jong Un.

 

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1273879/Kim-Jong-un-dead-North-Korea-health-news-latest-civil-war-US-death

 

Kim Jong-Un's death could spark North Korean civil war says military expert

Kim Jong-un's death has been reported by several media outlets in China and Japan following concerns over his health. Early reports have indicated that the North Korean dictator died following complications from heart surgery he had earlier in the month. If reports of his death are correct the news will spell turmoil for the secretive nation a senior South Korean military source said.

South Korean operations chief Lt. Gen. Chun in-Bum told Military Times: "It's bad news for everyone.

 

"This could lead to chaos, human suffering and instability."

 

Retired Special Forces Colonel David Maxwell also told the Military Times a military response may be necessary by the US and South Korea in the event of unrest from the country.

He claimed tensions between North Korea and the West could intensify following the death of Kim Jong-un.

 

Mr Maxwell said: "Since North Korea is a Guerrilla Dynasty built on the myth of anti-Japanese Partisan warfare, we can expect a large number of the military, 1.2 million active-duty and 6 million reserves, to resist any foreign intervention.

 

"This includes intervention from South Korea.

 

"Units of the North Korean People's Army are going to compete for resources and survival.

 

"This will lead to internal conflict among units and could escalate to widespread civil war."

 

Mr Maxwell said the confusion that follows the death of the North Korean leader could also be a cause for international concern.

 

He said: "It is unknown whether Kim Jong-un has a designated successor.

 

"We can speculate that perhaps his sister Kim Yo Jong has been designation as his successor.

 

"This is based on her recent promotion and the fact she has begun making official statements in her name beginning last month.

 

"But it is unknown whether a woman, despite being part of the Paektu bloodline could become the leader of the Kim family regime."

 

Earliest reports of Kim Jong-un's death came from Vice director of HKSTV Hong Kong Satelite Television Shijan Xingzou who claimed that a very solid source told her that the North Korean leader had died.

 

Japanese weekly magazine Shukan Gendai claimed that the dictator was not yet dead but in a vegetative state and would not recover from his heart surgery complications.

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https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1273440/north-korea-news-coronavirus-kim-jong-un-crisis-china

 

Kim Myong, who held a senior government role in North Korea before escaping to the West, said it was "absurd lies" to claim the country had no coronavirus cases and the true number "very likely exceeds imagination". Mr Kim suggested Pyongyang was hiding the true devastation of the coronavirus crisis in a bid to spare China embarrassment.

 

Writing for the US-based Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, Mr Kim said: "China has launched a disinformation campaign to dispute the Chinese origin of the virus.

 

"If North Korea transparently publicised its coronavirus figures, this could add a factcheck, potentially undermining China's denial and disinformation campaign.

 

"The two countries share an 880-mile-long border, and admission of a massive COVID-19 outbreak in North Korea would substantially reinforce evidence that the pandemic originated in China.

 

"Kim Jong-un might have decided to conceal the real data to avoid embarrassing Chinese premier Xi Jinping.

 

"With North Korea increasingly isolated on the world stage, China is perhaps its only ally and relations between the two nations are said to be as close as 'lips and teeth'."

 

Mr Kim said the Hermit Kingdom was also desperate to keep its death toll from its citizens and feared society would be terrified if the real impact became known.

 

Until this week North Korea insisted the country was free of coronavirus although the claims were widely dismissed by the international community.

 

There were unverified claims in February North Korea had executed a COVID-19 patient by firing squad because he had broken isolation restrictions by visiting a public bath house.

 

And a Daily NK report last month claimed almost 200 soldiers had died from coronavirus during a major outbreak at their army camp.

 

Earlier this week health officials in Pyongyang acknowledged cases of the disease had been reported in three areas of the country which borders China where the global pandemic began last December.

 

 

North Korean government officials have reportedly been holding lectures to educate residents about the virus, claiming the country had the fewest number of COVID-19 cases in the world because it had "the most superior socialist healthcare system".

 

There are fears a major outbreak in North Korea would be catastrophic due to its poor healthcare system, malnutrition, economic sanctions and its woeful handling of past crises such as the 1990s famine which became known as the "Arduous March".

 

Mr Kim said: “North Korea’s healthcare system is fragile and precarious.

 

"The people of North Korea have long been affected by chronic malnutrition, poor health and weak immunity.

 

“Consequently, it would be no exaggeration to state that North Korea is far more vulnerable to COVID-19 than any other country in the world.

 

"Perhaps it would not be unreasonable to assume that North Korea has been more affected than any other country in the world."

 

 

In response to the coronavirus outbreak, North Korea closed its borders and ordered all foreigners in the country to self-isolate for weeks.

 

There have been unverified claims of cities being locked down and test kits being in short supply.

 

Mr Kim has called on the international community to pressure North Korea into sharing transparent information and accepting any necessary foreign assistance to save lives.

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There are lots of news written and said that North Korean do have citizens who are infected with the virus. However nothing has been reported thus far and not even a single citizen in North Korea is said to be infected with the virus. However this is not the truth. North Korea being a communist country is famous for being a hermit country who will conceal facts and not letting people know about it. So it is of no wonder that North Korea choose to close their case and not report their coronavirus cases. North Korea is also said to have a very poor health care system. So they will not be able to cope with this pandemic.