Apparently Waseda University professor Toshimitsu Shigemura has written a book entitled “The True Character of Kim Jong Il” and in his book he claims Kim died in the Fall of 2003. Per the Japan Today article:
If true, the implications are potentially vast. Among them: former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s summit partner during one or both of his landmark visits to Pyongyang in 2002 and 2004 was not Kim himself but a dummy—the stand-in Shigemura claims has been fooling the world for at least five years.
A dictator having one or multiple doubles is a familiar notion since Iraq’s Saddam Hussein was shown to have deployed them. But Saddam was alive at the time. Kim, in Shigemura’s scenario, was not manipulating a look-alike; he was replaced by one.
Of course it’s fantastic—but in North Korea, says Shigemura, fantasy and reality are not mutually exclusive. “Japanese common sense cannot take the measure of North Korea’s uniqueness,” he writes. “For example: Kim came to Tokyo six times in the 1980s.”
Then as now, North Korea and Japan had no diplomatic ties. Kim, then heir to the throne under his father, “Great Leader” Kim Il Sung, apparently traveled incognito by ship. His purpose: to take in the magic shows staged by magician Hikita Tenko at the upscale Cordon Bleu show pub in Akasaka.
The article is here.
{ 31 comments… read them below or add one }
that is too cute I can just imagine Kim Jong Il all excited and clapping at a magic show.
KJI dead?
Yeah… and I got a real-live dead Bigfoot in a freezer I wanna sell ya…
AP, AFP amd Reuters wires are all reporting the death of KimIljung. I guess this means the North Korean regime will soon collapse.
Mind you, these same news wires also say that western liberalism is a universal human value and that 95% of all chicken drumticks consumed on the earth in 2050AD will be produced by some bearded guy in the sky called Colonel Sanders.
To think… the real Kim Jong Il is probably a tall, intelligent, well-dressed but reclusive guy with a professional haircut who was astute enough to pass off this mongoloid imposter as his public face all these years.
Nah… KJI had an operation to turn himself into a white guy… Just like Colonel Moon in “Die Another Day”… because everyone knows we asian guys love to be turned into white play boys jetsetting in Europe…
Oh… forgot the obligatory link…
http://www.rateitall.com/i-38583-colonel-moongustav-graves-will-yun-leetoby-stephens.aspx
Is Colonel Moon the Korean-American dude with the Korean language ability of Daniel Henny?
Rick something? Lee maybe?
I imagine he’s moved up to playing some main baddie as a Chinese dude in some Steven Seagull movie by now.
I think Will Yun Lee’s Korean is a little better than Daniel Henny’s. Will’s pronounciation is just crappy.
Since “Die Another Day” Will’s been in the awful motorcycle movie “Torque” (directed by his friend and fellow Korean American Joseph Kahn, who should of stuck to directing Britney Spears’ music videos) and the TV series “Bionic Woman.”
How depressing it must be to look anything like KJI. If in fact current-KJI is a fake, he must be happy at least he’s getting fed to keep up with KJI’s appearance.
Impossible? No. And you cant compare this to the wack talk of the 9/11 or moon landing conspiracy nut jobs. On the other hand, if indeed he’s fake, we’d know by now wit solid evidence.
Could explain all the Elvis sightings….
Imagine Noh Moo-Hyun’s consternation when he gets this news!
“I got the bitch treatment from a FAKE!?”
@8
You that the Bionic Woman had been canceled a long time a ago?
Anyways are there any recent pictures or videos of perm midget man to clear this up?
@ 9,
Hey hey there… my uncle (큰 아빠) looked like KJI when he didn’t wear his glasses!
Actually, with a decent haircut and something else rather than a Mao suit, KJI can look like a lot of older Korean ajushis.
this proves my hypothesis.
13
When’s the last time youve seen or have spoken to your 큰 아빠???
He passed away earlier this year.
Young man grows up poor in totalitarian dictatorship. Young man wins look-a-like contest when drafted into army. Young man is removed from army and forced to double for heir apparent. Young man, now working as body double/shadow for leader at the very top of society learns how entire system works. Young man must learn how to deal with questions from people who do not know he is the double. For security reasons, very few people know who the double is. Heir apparent dies quietly, providing opportunity for body double to replace heir.
It’s like trading places, a real rags to riches story.
After having seen so many things in Korea that defy the improbable, it’s entirely possible….
THat the KJI Koizumi shook hands with was a fake was confirmed by identifying a difference between the two voiceprints.
Sounds like Kagemusha…
KJI was a great fan of movies. He was smart enough to know that his loved
ones would be safe and sound even after his death as long as his double
is alive.
How credible is Shigemura? How different is this story from the one I heard about Hitler surviving in Antarctica?
Well, a few of the pictures that were published in the last few years were clearly not KJI, but a double…but that doesn’t prove he ‘s dead. Remember that famous interview with Khadaffi? I always felt that the American reporter had in fact interviewed a double because ‘Khadaffi’ looked slimmer and younger than he normally did. As far as we know, he’s still alive.
why is this so unbelievable?
“To think… the real Kim Jong Il is probably a tall, intelligent, well-dressed but reclusive guy with a professional haircut who was astute enough to pass off this mongoloid imposter as his public face all these years.”
That’s apparently what a certain gang does in my home country. We hear how a scruffy looking guy is the supposed leader, but rumor has it that it’s just a smokescreen. The real boss is a guy who looks and dresses like a banker. You’ll never read his name in the papers or see his face on TV because he’s got friends in high places.
The double would have needed:
1. Plastic Surgery to look uglier
2. A big stomach implant
3. Penis reduction
4. Height Reduction Surgery
5. Lasik Eye surgery to become short sighted
6. A very bad haircut.
“Is Colonel Moon the Korean-American dude with the Korean language ability of Daniel Henny?”
Yep, but also the posh english speaking dude, who was in the sword fight with little Jimmy Bond.
“because everyone knows we asian guys love to be turned into white play boys jetsetting in Europe”
Hey WangKon, I don’t know about asian guys, but turn me into a white jet setting playboy in Europe and I don’t think you’ll get many complaints. Well not from me anyway,
Kim Jongil is actually alive and well — but the real Kim Jongil lives in Duluth, Minnesota and owns a rent-a-car business.
@Wangkon re #5:
“Nah… KJI had an operation to turn himself into a white guy…”
And this is when they made the switch:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-04-08-nkorea-remains_N.htm
The real Bill Richardson is locked up in a basement cell in a North Korean gulag somewhere, getting dangerously close to normal weight and body fat for a healthy adult.
And to think how close the whitened KJI came to making Obama’s short list of VP candidates. Har har… short list.
Why would anyone want to be white with a giant ozone layer over our heads… j/k.
Whites are more likely to catch skin cancer, but less likely to die from it. Darker skinned folks are less likely to catch skin cancer, but once they get it, the fatality rate is higher.
If your sexual market value is high enough, it doesn’t matter what skin color you are, you’d still be welcomed as a jet setting playboy in Europe or Asia.
#16 WangKon
Are you serious or playing along with NY Tom (#15)?
You must log in to post a comment.
{ 1 trackback }