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North Korean leader spotted using left hand.
Text of report in English by South Korean newspaper Choson Ilbo website on 31 December
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il [Kim Cho'ng-il] has been spotted using his left hand fairly adeptly, suggesting that he is recovering from paralysis following a massive stroke in 2008. Some observers believe North Korean media deliberately showed footage of Kim using the hand to quash rumours that his days are numbered.
In a documentary broadcast Wednesday by the North's state-run Korean Central Television, Kim repeatedly uses both hands to open and close a closet door in a newly-built apartment for artists on the banks of the Daedong River in Pyongyang. The footage was purportedly …
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