[Scotty]

Linky.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean television announces in a "special broadcast" that its leader Kim Jong Il has died in Pyongyang. He was 69.

That's actually the whole article as of right this minute, but it's big news regardless.  How likely is NK to elect/appoint another bat**** insane dictator, or instead find someone slightly more... not bat**** insane?

[Mongoose]

This could get...interesting.

[peterc10]

So very... lonely...

[Bobboau]

are you all still gonna tell me it's not ok to celebrate the death of someone?

though actually I am going to miss his Dr. Doom supervillian routine.

[BloodEagle]

I'm not sure which of the two I find more disturbing.

#1. The fact that I just looked up the Kim Jong / Team America song because of this (here)

#2. EVERYONE ELSE DID, TOO

[Nuke]

god damn it, now im going to have to re-write my plans for nuclear war

[LordMelvin]

are you all still gonna tell me it's not ok to celibate the death of someone?

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Either that, or you're one disturbed corpse******.

[Bobboau]

oh, I missed an 'r' there, didn't I

[JCDNWarrior]

It'll be interesting to see if a new leader will be able to actually change things in NK, however, the way people are treated in NK and how things go there, it'll be much more likely to find some super-disciplined ice cold general-type being appointed, with the usual torture and domination flavors.

We'll see what comes of it.

[zookeeper]

The new leader is very likely Kim Jong-un.

[Grizzly]

Slightly unrelated... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38YWB8iX7OY

[NGTM-1R]

Kim Jong Un announced as new leader.

Business as usual, apparently.

[Sheridan_37]

As the Who said in their song won't get fooled again "meet the new boss- same as the old boss"

It's kinda odd that this relic of the cold war gets headlines in the news, the new guy in charge will still concentrate on developing the bomb at the expense of his people who are uneducated and malnourished!! He's the king in the glorious peoples republic of Korea, but to the rest of the world their just a throwback of another time..... does this mean another Team America movie???

[NGTM-1R]

As the Who said in their song won't get fooled again "meet the new boss- same as the old boss"

This gets much less funny if you've seen pictures of the man. They're painfully similar in looks.

[Sheridan_37]

Now the question is will his son be able to rule the country with the support of the army or will they think he is weak!!? could there be a coup or power vacuum if he is as untested as the media say he is, if so there could potentially be trouble ahead!!

[Bobboau]

I hear rumors that he really really wants to attack SK.

[karajorma]

Shortest presidency evar.....! 

[Black Wolf]

You almost kind of want them to attak - almost. The South Koreans (with international backing) would roll them inside a week, and with the "Glorious leader" dead, and the new one yet to cement his cult of personality, there's probably never been a better time to break the brainwashing of the masses up there.

If it weren't for the artillery that's supposed to be pointed at Seoul, that is.

[redsniper]

While I'm sure all the "good guys" could band together and stomp NK in the long run, wouldn't it be a rather drawn out and messy affair? As I understand it, they're pretty damn well entrenched up there. The whole country is practically a fortress.

[Bobboau]

yeah