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North Korea’s Kim Jong Il dead

Succession by son uncertain; nuclear stability a concern

By David E. Sanger and Choe Sang-Hun

 |  New York Times  

  December 19, 2011

Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69.

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