DPRK is 60 years old - world rejoices.

The Dear Leader Kim Jong Il was not present yesterday at the 60th Birthday Bash - his putative dad Kim Il Sung (The Great Leader) looks increasingly younger as the years roll by. Kim Yong Nam took over as keynote speaker at the birthday gig and sent us this nice pic of the party.

Much fevered speculation in the diplomatic community as the diminutive stack heeled 66-year-old with a taste for blonde teen Swedes, dachsunds and making pornographic fillums featuring both of them, is said by our man in the CIA ,to have been taken ill late last month and that he was still too ill to appear in public.

Mr Kim, as his friends and obedient gauleiters call him, is said to suffer from diabetes and has a chronic heart condition, as well as thinning hair. Who knows, this may herald the end of this extraordinary family business.

UPDATE : BBC Radio 4 News reports Kim has had a stroke. BBC Online reports that DPRK denies Kim is unwell.

UPDATE Thursday Sept 11th 2008 BBC Online reveal that Western intelligence agencies have known for years of a new(er) missile launch site at Tongch'ang-dong site which Jane's discovered from commercial satellite imagery (Talent-keyhole.com) earlier this year.

No date like 9/11 to announce jigaboos and worldwide, global, intergalactic nuclear tipped missiles raining on the innocents of the West.

Oceania may just have declared war on Eastasia or Westasia on Uncle Sam or .....