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[Joel Was Right]

Breaking news. Will update OP when more information arrives.

From AP:

North Korean television announces in a "special broadcast" that its leader Kim Jong Il has died in Pyongyang. He was 69.

Sky News:

Speculation that he passed away two days ago

His son, Kim Jong-un, is expected to succeed him. He reportedly died of pancreatic cancer although this cannot be confirmed due to the secretive nature of the state.

Yonhap

ROK military goes on emergency alert following DPRK announcement of Kim Jong-il's death.

BBC

His death was announced in an emotional statement read out on national television. The announcer, wearing black, said he had died on Saturday of physical and mental over-work. Kim Jong-il was 69 and believed to have suffered ill health for many years.

Yonhap

N. Korean leader died of fatigue at 8:30 a.m. Dec. 17 during train ride: KCNA

KCNA

He died of a heart attack

 

[CFMOORE!]

check their official site!

 

[dallow_bg]

Is such a thing even possible?

 

[Hato-kun]

Check the official site!

Edit: God fucking damn it.

 

[tycoonheart]

Just got this on my phone too.

 

[SyNapSe]

Can I get an update on number of Hole in One's nailed by the supreme leader?

 

[Qwomo]

Is Kim Jong II a different person than Kim Jong Il?

 

[DSFan1970]

Amazing. Breaks on GAF before anywhere else!

 

[weepy]

I thought he been dead...

 

[NomarTyme]

ill

 

[Sliver]

http://twitter.com/#!/W7VOA/status/148599377739517954

This pretty much confirms it for me.

 

[GrapeApes]

How long till he rises from the dead? KJ Ill is trolling all of us.

 

[Captain Sparrow]

GAF. You heard it first.

 

[dallow_bg]

From AP:

North Korean television announces in a "special broadcast" that its leader Kim Jong Il has died in Pyongyang. He was 69.

 

[Salazar]

I feel sorry for a population bullied into regarding him as a great man. Or even a good man.

 

[Lonely1]

Really? Now i will need to change my avatar...

 

[cheststrongwell]

Now his fat son can build Korea Disney Land

 

[WillyFive]

That can't be right.

 

[CommieCaptorS]

www.iskimjongildead.com has imploded, assume a state of panic

 

[SleepyJohn11]

Oh shit

what will happen now?

 

[Shanadeus]

Really? Now i will need to change my avatar...

No, now is the time for everyone to get Kim avatars.

 

[Sliver]

Wonder if we'll see a repeat of this...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrvIM1ENcbA

 

[Kusagari]

Shit just got real.

 

[Medalion]

Was he Ill?

 

[V_Ben]

holy shit. That was unexpected.

 

[CHEEZMO™]

WTF?!

Just looked over at my TV with the BBC on and see this.

O_O

 

[clemenx]

Dear Leader is no more? :O

 

[RurouniZel]

Wow, that's quite the news story. I wonder what North Korea's direction will be from here on out.

 

[LaserBuddha]

 

[aznpxdd]

wat

 

[Maxim726X]

Oh shit

what will happen now?

His son takes over?

 

[Chuck (Old)]

 

[WowBaby]

Heard it first on GAF.

 

[jchap]

He is soon to be replaced by his son and successor Menta Li Il

 

[Unknown Soldier]

It just hit BBC. It's real.

Shit is about to get real. Somebody better tell the South Korean military to get their asses on highest alert RIGHT NOW.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

These guys die on Sundays.

 

[xbhaskarx]

Whoa. These things always happen in threes...

1. Christopher Hitchens
2. Vaclav Havel
3. Kim Jong Il

 

[Haunted]

Wow, that's quite the news story. I wonder what North Korea's direction will be from here on out.

Same as before, he's been grooming his succession for decades.

 

[Qwomo]

I wonder who the first person to say "RIP" is going to be.

 

[friskykillface]

holy shit 0_o

 

[Gaborn]

That is HUGE news. I hope his son is a more modern thinker but I fear the worst.

 

[LaserBuddha]

Oh shit

what will happen now?

There's no hope in sight for a significant number of Best Koreans to shake off their brainwashing.

 

[Kifimbo]

He had to mess up all those 2011 retrospective that were already done and edited.

 

[Brinbe]

oh shit...

 

[Timan]

Heard it first on GAF.

Duh, only place news gets reported first

 

[leadbelly]

OMG! Dear leader! Not you! Anyone but you!

When he was born, the clouds opened up and he came down from heaven, and then there was a huge snowstorm. When General Kim Jong Il shouts out loud storms always happen. HUGE STORMS ALWAYS HAPPEN.

 

[MatthewB92]

Just saw this on the news.
Wow.

 

[Kosmo]

Surely he has cloned himself.

 

[Kaizer]

Was he Ill?

*slow clap*

 

[VeryGooster]

Inevitable...