SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, who ruled the communist nation with an iron fist while pursuing nuclear weapons programs, has died, state media said Monday. He was 69.

Kim, who took over North Korea after his father and national founder Kim Il-sung died in 1994, "passed away from a great mental and physical strain" during a train ride at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, the Korean Central News Agency said in an urgent dispatch.

Originally posted by AllUrChips
They will announce the trade of food aid from the US for them stopping their nuclear program.
Second line.

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Originally posted by CREAM

Originally posted by AllUrChips
They will announce the trade of food aid from the US for them stopping their nuclear program.
Second line.

edit on 18-12-2011 by AllUrChips because: (no reason given)

rt.com...

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I love the fact that RT uses a picture from Kim Jong Ill Looking At Things Tumblr. Great website.

On a serious note, this sounds like a good step in the right direction.

edit OH, never mind, hes dead

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