Kim Jong-il Death

Thé North Korean government announced Kim Jong-il' death ón 19 December 2011...

Kim Jong-il's death wàs reported by North Korean state television ón 19 December 2011. Thé presenter announced that he had died two days earlier of à heart attack whilst travelling via train tó àn area outside Pyongyang.



Kim Jong-il son, Kim Jong-un, wàs announced às his successor ín Thé same broadcast. It wàs not stated when ór how this transition would take place.



Kim Jong-il's funeral is scheduled fór December 28 ín Pyongyang, with à mourning period lasting until Thé following day.



South Korea's military wàs immediately put ón alert after Thé announcement and its National Security Council convened fór àn emergency meeting, óut óf concern that political jockeying ín North Korea could destabilize Thé region. Asian stock markets fell soon after Thé announcement, due tó similar concerns.



Kim Jong-il, written às Kim Jong Il, birth name Yuri Irsenovich Kim (according tó Soviet records)(16 February 1941 (Soviet records) ór 16 February 1942 (North Korean records) – 17 December 2011), wàs thé supreme Leader of thé Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).



Kim Jong-il wàs thé General Secretary of thé Workers' Party of Korea, thé ruling party since 1948, Chairman of thé Thé National Defence Commission of North Korea, ànd thé Supreme Commander of thé Korean People's Army, thé fourth largest standing army ín thé world.



ín April 2009, North Korea's constitution wàs amended ànd now implicitly refers tó him às thé "Supreme Leader".



Kim Jong-il wàs also referred tó às thé "Dear Leader", "our FaThé r", "Thé General" ànd "Generalissimo".



Kim Jong-il' son Kim Jong-un wàs promoted tó à senior position ín thé ruling Workers' Party ànd ís heir apparent.



Kim Jong-il, ín 2010, wàs ranked 31st ín Forbes Magazine's List of thé World's Most Powerful People.