Saint in Paradise Posted 11 February, 2012 Share Posted 11 February, 2012 Rumors that Kim Jong-un, the country’s supreme leader, has been assassinated just months after he took power originated on Chinese microblogging service Weibo and have now spread all over Twitter. Others are reporting that Jong-un, believed to be 28 years old, may be on the run rather than dead, but both reports claim that some kind of coup is taking place. One person on Weibo wrote (loose translation): "north korea's biggest leader kim jung un, this morning in beijing time 2:45 am, had his residence broken into and was assassinated by unidentified people, who were shot dead by his bodyguards in korea's embassy in beijing, vehicles are rapidly increasing in number, and have surpassed 30 of them, this sort of battle formation hasn't been seen in over two years. please verify this." The rumors remain unsubstantiated. However, the reports are beginning to attract a great deal of attention, especially now that a couple of American news outlets including the Atlantic Wire have reported on them. Weibo is in many ways the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, and disseminates news at a rapid pace. People were tipped off that there was something happening that involved Jong-Un, who succeeded his late father Kim Jong-Il, because of the mass of cars parked outside of his resident. For good reason, many Twitter users are exercising caution, aware that news like this can spread without much to sustain it. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/10/idUS232818209920120210 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 11 February, 2012 Share Posted 11 February, 2012 What's the word? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Warrior Posted 11 February, 2012 Share Posted 11 February, 2012 Hes not dead he was at SMS watching the game and Cheering our Korean/japanese player for 90 seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascadia Saint Posted 11 February, 2012 Share Posted 11 February, 2012 He was being unveiled to the poopey fans as their new owner tonight. But then they turned their backs just as he was wheeled out, and he thought bugger this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffton Posted 11 February, 2012 Share Posted 11 February, 2012 Intesting. Wasnt there a conspiracy theory doing the rounds a while back about ww3 starting and it had something to do with a russian number station and something kicking off in north korea? Ring any bells with anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andysstuff Posted 11 February, 2012 Share Posted 11 February, 2012 Intesting. Wasnt there a conspiracy theory doing the rounds a while back about ww3 starting and it had something to do with a russian number station and something kicking off in north korea? Ring any bells with anyone? Remember the number station thing, something to do with radio broadcast left over from the Cold War wasn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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