Yonhap television news (YTN) reports that North Korea’s party and military chief Kim Jong-il is suffering from pancreatic cancer. YTN is supposed to have gathered the information from unidentified Chinese and South Korean intelligence sources.
Early Monday, YTN’s Beijing-based correspondent said that doctors had diagnosed Mr. Kim with the cancer when he was being treated for a stroke. The Wall Street Journal‘s Evan Ramstad sees only little evidence that Mr. Kim is trying to keep his family dynasty going by pushing his third and youngest son into a position to succeed him when he dies.
