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WikiLeaks Exposes Kim Jong-Il's Son as Gaming Geek

by Terrence O'Brien on December 11, 2010 at 11:00 AM

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There have been a few bizarre tidbits in the WikiLeaks data dump, particularly about China hacking Google and how Iran's neighbors have been quietly pushing the U.S. to take military action against the country. Then there is this little gossipy morsel about the middle son of the world's most unpredictable leader, Kim Jong-Il. A 2008 cable discussing possible successors to Il surmised that Kim Jong-chol was not in the running to become the next iron-fisted oppressor of North Korea because he "is more interested in video games than governing."

A video game obsession seems like a perfectly logical generational step for Choi to take, considering Il's widely reported film fanaticism (in 2003 he was said to have had a collection of over 20,000 films). Oddly, we would have thought that spending hours a day playing 'StarCraft' would have made Choi a rather attractive choice. If he can handle the Zerg, the U.S. should pose no problem.

Tags: gaming, kim jong-choi, kim jong-il, KimJong-choi, KimJong-il, north korea, NorthKorea, politics, top, wikileaks

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