Chosun Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on the morning of the 19th that North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il died on his private train due to overwork on the 17th at 8:30 a.m.
In a short dispatch, KCA stated, "Chariman Kim passed away in the train on December 17th, 2011 at 8:30am due to physical overwork."
He took the helm of the communist state upon the death of his father and
national founder Kim Il-sung in 1994. His successor, Kim Jong-il has announced that
20 year-old son, Kim Jong Un.
According to press in South Korea, North Korea test-fires missile after
Kim Jong-il had died. South Korea's Yonhap news agency claimed, a military
official made a statement that the missile test
is linked to the death of Kim Jong-il. South Korea and Japan is on the emergency
situation.
After the death of North Korean leader, North Korea may behave aggressively
in the short term in order to sort of show weak or not exposures. But in the
long run, this aggressive attitude of North Korea will give up if the young leader
of North Korea does not become the victim of his ambitions.
It’s a surprise but nothing to get alarmed about. There is probably no need
to put the South Korean military on alert. Let’s see how this is digested in
North Korea. There might be interesting developments in North Korea in near
future.