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North Korea ‘Uses Doubles to Hide Death of Kim’

timesonline.co.uk — Is Kim Jong-il for real? The question has baffled foreign intelligence agencies for years but now a veteran Japanese expert on North Korea says the “dear leader” is actually dead – and his role is played by a double.

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  • nobody98, on 09/08/2008, -5/+68So ronery
  • sighmunhan, on 09/08/2008, -6/+45Just wait 100 years. If he's still walking around, then I'm 99.9% sure it's a double.
  • TimTebow4Life, on 09/07/2008, -2/+39Is he being controlled by Trey Parker and Matt Stone?
  • jshooter1377, on 09/08/2008, -0/+34Its hard to believe that there is more than one person in that small country who could pull off that angry lesbian look.
  • andyb747, on 09/08/2008, -0/+26and the bartender says.....what is this some kind of a joke?
  • ObamaWins08, on 09/07/2008, -18/+43meh, they all look the same anyway...
    I'm kidding! I ease racial tension through humor.
    No? Crap, here come the shovels...
  • gbudavid, on 09/07/2008, -7/+23Moon over Parador???
  • TPorter72, on 09/08/2008, -1/+17No leader is afraid of North Korea. They just want you to be afraid of North Korea.
  • DifferentAngle, on 09/08/2008, -0/+11according to the story he died just before team america - perhaps they found the body and connected strings..?
  • malex, on 09/08/2008, -2/+13You assume, for reasons I cannot fathom, that having a double stand-in for your head of state means actually letting him make decisions.

    Body doubles stand in front of a camera and wave for 5 minutes, maybe make a speech if they're trained for it, and then they go back into their secret location for another few months. Saddam Hussein had like a dozen decoy actors, but obviously none of them had any power.
  • korea, on 09/08/2008, -3/+14you're doing it wrong.
  • tango1110, on 09/08/2008, -0/+11I hear he's a hell of a golfer.
  • GraphiteBlimp, on 09/08/2008, -0/+10No, it's Hitler.
  • rbk303, on 09/08/2008, -1/+11I don't think people are getting the reference. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095654/
  • barstegry, on 09/08/2008, -1/+10Kim Jong il, Jim Morrison and Elvis walk into a bar.....
  • cfuse, on 09/08/2008, -0/+9No oil there, irrelevant.
  • nobody98, on 09/08/2008, -2/+10Could such a thing stay hidden though? That is the part I find hard getting my head around as far as extraordinary political conspiracy theories go.
    Then again this is North Korea we're talking about so I'm quite divided on the issue.
  • sanman, on 09/08/2008, -0/+8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDBcGzHAt5Q

    so ronery ;_;
  • redstorm986, on 09/08/2008, -0/+8how the hell would you only be 99.9% sure
  • inactive, on 09/08/2008, -0/+8He could have been a cyborg the whole time.
  • stealth658, on 09/08/2008, -0/+7http://www.vbs.tv/video.php?id=1438428757

    ^That's an excellent documentary series on North Korea. After watching that, I think pretty much any thing is possible there.
  • _skin_, on 09/08/2008, -0/+7After seeing Hitler and Kim Jong il, Elvis and Jim Morrison both look at each other and say "This can't be heaven...?"
  • justinx0r, on 09/08/2008, -0/+6Because a body double wouldn't run the country - the top echelon of the party would.
  • funkyloki, on 09/08/2008, -0/+5Except this isn't coming from intelligent services, it's coming from a writer/expert, so you know it's true.
  • saswannabe17, on 09/08/2008, -0/+5This article isn't lacking the necessary comparison image.
    http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=627370
  • funkyloki, on 09/08/2008, -0/+5Who's the bartender? Andy Warhol?
  • redstorm986, on 09/08/2008, -0/+5Well played.
  • lucy22, on 09/07/2008, -4/+9He is rather camera shy. He may actually be dead and the body double ensures the country doesn't fall apart or reform.
  • mypetridish, on 09/08/2008, -0/+4but his dad, the other "god" died and it didnt turn the country into whatever ure trying to imply.
  • inactive, on 09/08/2008, -0/+3You are doing it wong.
  • BotchaMcCoola, on 09/08/2008, -1/+4Tip of my hat - I believe you are right. Anyway it is not working on me and I bet not on you either.
  • MasterGrief, on 09/08/2008, -1/+4He's Kim Jong-il, not Elmer Fudd.
  • clickfire, on 09/08/2008, -0/+3How could anyone look like Kim Jong-il?
  • slayerab, on 09/08/2008, -1/+4If you are being sarcastic, you haven't seen much of America
  • inactive, on 09/08/2008, -0/+3This was the exact plot of "Kagemusha", except that was in fuedal Japan and this is in modern N. Korea.
  • twateo, on 09/08/2008, -0/+3Of course this could happen they all look alike.
  • trunks6008, on 09/10/2008, -0/+2looking at some of the satellite images, n. korea is a f*** ghost town, it would seem that n. korea has the largest number of unreported murders, or perhaps one of the largest holocaust.
    searching through several dozen images, i've come across, at least 3 look-a-likes.
    1. some images of him where the are no birth-marks on the right side of his face (while viewing a picture), 2. the second look-a-like had irregular teeth lining, unless he had requested dental braces during 1998-2002, this one looked as if he was a descendant of half-japanese half korean; 3.the third look-a-like had plastic surgery which made the subject look a bit younger.
    the country will continue to run it's course despite his death. very similar to imperial japan and nazism germany, during the world war 2 era. (most likely the whole world will find out what's really going in n. korea and that will be the end of its "party" ) close to 1+ million inmates being tortured, starved, raped, murdered, enforcing medical experimentation, forced labour, and forced abortions. n. korea is also in the human trafficking and illegal drug trade. (although, very familiar with most 1st, 2nd, and 3rd world countries.) n. korea has also purchased nuclear technology from russia.
  • explnx, on 04/27/2009, -2/+4Learn sarcasm.
  • buddypriefert, on 09/08/2008, -0/+2Leave it to a Digger to take the first crack at twisting a story about a well-accepted tyrant ran country (that makes America look like a play pen) into an America bashing opportunity.
  • Tooch07, on 09/08/2008, -0/+2It is, I just wish his video player allowed full-screen video. Or did I completely miss that option?
  • inactive, on 09/08/2008, -0/+2I'm ronerey, oh so ronerey...so ronerey...
  • StephenIscool, on 09/08/2008, -0/+2Chrissku this is different. The citizens of North Korea actually believe this guy is God. I can guess the country would fall apart and a lot of suicides would occur if it was true and people did find out.
  • LeekMibles, on 09/08/2008, -0/+2Aw weak. I reported this ages ago.
  • lucas22, on 09/08/2008, -0/+2" hey you damn kids, get off my Virtual lawn..."
  • yerlamow, on 09/08/2008, -0/+2You know, what, this can be true. But then, no one will admit it.
  • ansatsu29, on 09/08/2008, -0/+2Yeah, North Korea is a more screwed up country than Iraq...
  • YoctoYotta, on 09/08/2008, -0/+2what is ronley?
  • lacolonel, on 09/08/2008, -0/+1then who thought up the bunnies?
  • Buckwyld, on 09/08/2008, -0/+1Interesting theory.
  • jethroalias97, on 09/08/2008, -0/+1actual news? on digg? how could this happen?
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