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U.S. official expects N. Korean leader to live three more years: sources
SEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's aging leader Kim Jong-il appears to have three years left to live, a senior U.S. official was quoted Wednesday as saying, as the health of the reclusive 68-year-old remains a focus of international attention.
, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, made the remark on Feb. 3 when he met with a group of South Korean lawmakers and North Korean defectors at the U.S. embassy in Seoul, according to multiple participants. | | Kurt Campbell (Data picture) |
The diplomat was quoted as saying the judgement is based on a collection of medical analyses.
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