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Jul 13, 2009 4:17

Report: North Korea's Kim has pancreatic cancer

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has pancreatic cancer, a news report said on Monday.

Seoul's news channel network YTN television reported Monday that Kim, 67, was diagnosed with the cancer around the time he was felled by a stroke last summer.

The report cited unidentified intelligence officials in South Korea and China.

Comments from South Korea's spy agency were not immediately available.

Kim's health is a focus of intense media speculation due to concerns about instability and a power struggle if he were to die without naming a successor.

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