Kim Jong-il suffers from pancreatic cancer: Report

Monday, July 13, 2009, 16:19 [IST]

London, Jul 13: Supreme leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-il is suffering from pancreatic cancer disease which may bring him to death, a media report said on Monday, Jul 13.

The Daily Telegragh report said, "67-year-old Kim, who looked gaunt and frail during a public appearance last Wednesday at a memorial for his father Kim Il-sung, has been diagnosed with the disease."

Report also said that Kim's health appears to have steadily declined since the end of last year when he was widely believed to have suffered a stroke. Since then, he has only made a handful of public appearances and has seemed in worse physical condition on each occasion.

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