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04-10-2009, 12:20 PM
North Korea's Kim at first major event since suspected stroke
******* / April 10, 2009
SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il appeared at his first major event since he was suspected of suffering a stroke last year when parliament reelected him the country's supreme military leader yesterday.
The move by the new rubber-stamp Supreme People's Assembly - while unanimous and totally expected - marked Kim's return to center stage as the reclusive communist state celebrates what it calls a triumphant satellite launch on the weekend.
North Korean TV broadcast footage that showed Kim looking thinner than he did before his suspected stroke in August. As he walked onto the stage at the newly elected assembly followed by other officials, delegates broke into thunderous applause.
Kim, 67, who typically does not speak when he attends the annual parliament sessions, did not appear to address the delegates.Article continued at http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2009/04/10/north_koreas_kim_at_first_major_event_since_suspected_stroke/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Today%27s+paper+A+to+Z
******* / April 10, 2009
SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il appeared at his first major event since he was suspected of suffering a stroke last year when parliament reelected him the country's supreme military leader yesterday.
The move by the new rubber-stamp Supreme People's Assembly - while unanimous and totally expected - marked Kim's return to center stage as the reclusive communist state celebrates what it calls a triumphant satellite launch on the weekend.
North Korean TV broadcast footage that showed Kim looking thinner than he did before his suspected stroke in August. As he walked onto the stage at the newly elected assembly followed by other officials, delegates broke into thunderous applause.
Kim, 67, who typically does not speak when he attends the annual parliament sessions, did not appear to address the delegates.Article continued at http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2009/04/10/north_koreas_kim_at_first_major_event_since_suspected_stroke/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Today%27s+paper+A+to+Z