This undated picture released by Korean Central News Agency on November 2008 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (R) inspecting the Rakwon Machine Complex at Pyonganpukdo province in North Korea. Kim is alive and in control of his country despite reports that he is ailing, the commander of the US Pacific command, Admiral Timothy Keating, said Thursday. (AFP/KCNA/File)Yahoo News/AFP:
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is alive and in control of his country despite reports that he is ailing, the commander of the US Pacific command, Admiral Timothy Keating, said Thursday.
"He's alive and he remains in control of the North Korean government," Keating told a press conference, adding he had no particular details about the 66-year-old North Korean leader's medical condition.
"I think he's relatively in control of his faculties," Keating said.
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