Kim Jong Il
It was announced today that the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il died over the weekend from a heart attack. In the West Kim Jong Il is probably best known for being 'ronrey' and turning into a cockroach in Team America. In lesser cases for being a 'regular contributor and friend of the show' on Ask Rhod Gilbert. Kim Jong Il ran the 'hermit state' of N. Korea since 1997 after taking over from his father. His son Kim Jong Un was announced on state television as his replacement. Little is actually known about Kim Jong Il as his life has been kept private outside of the country. Any information that does come out is state approved. He was known to the people as 'Dear Leader' after developing the 'cult of personality'. There was also a known figure of around 200,000 political prisoners in the country. Kim Jong Ill suffered a stroke in 2008 and according to state television had a heart attack on his train on Saturday 17 December 2011, where...