North Korea

US intelligence officials believe North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is gravely ill and possibly suffered a stroke. Kim failed to attend a military parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic. Reports that a team of elite Chinese doctors have been dispatched to North Korea to treat an unnamed official have only further fueled the speculation.

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