Kim Jong Il Mystery Deepens

This morning’s London Times offers more speculation on the condition of North Korea’s Kim Jong Il. A Japanese television crew found Dear Leader’s son in Paris, “apparently eliciting the emergency services of a top brain surgeon.” Then: “Two days later, an unnamed French doctor was filmed arriving at Charles De Gaulle airport in a car owned by the North Korean mission to Unesco, seemingly bound for Beijing. When asked, the doctor did not deny that Pyongyang was his ultimate destination.” Kim, who is 66, missed military events earlier this year, fueling speculation about his health.