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Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, waves after an interview with South Korean media in the Chinese territory of Macau in June 2010.
Kim Jong Nam, the wayward eldest son of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, has been kicked out of his luxury lodgings in the gambling mecca of Macau after failing to pay $15,000 in arrears, according to a report Friday by the Russian news website Arguments and Facts.
Jong Nam, 41, was bypassed by his father as the next leader of North Korea. Kim Jung Un, a half-brother to Jong Nam who is thought to be about 28, was instead anointed to head the isolated Communist nation upon his father’s death in December.
Jong Nam has been living in comfortable virtual exile for about a decade -- gaining a reputation for drinking and gambling while staying mainly in the Chinese territory of Macau.
Arguments and Facts, a mass circulation news weekly and website, reported that he was renting at least one place at Macau’s five-star Grand Lapa Hotel, which is run by the Mandarin Oriental Group, but quoted a source at the hotel as saying that he was expelled from the 17th floor room because his credit card had been canceled.
Jong-Nam’s luxury apartment was paid for by Beijing, according to an unnamed Macau administration official cited by the Russian site, while his spending money came mainly from Pyongyang.
The report speculated that Pyongyang had cut Kim’s cash, and that Beijing followed suit, after he said unflattering things about the secretive regime.
In January, Tokyo Shimbun quoted Kim Jong Nam expressing his opposition to hereditary leadership in North Korea and openly doubting that the regime could survive. The reporter, Yoji Gomi, interviewed Jong Nam extensively for a recently published book, "My father Kim Jong Il and Me."
The Macau official also said that the local administration was nervous about Kim Jong Nam’s presence in Macau, fearing that he might become a target of the Pyongyang regime, according to the report.
"Who knows what might happen to him," the official told Arguments and Facts. "What if there is an assassination attempt against him, a blast or a contract killing? We do not need problems."
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I thought to myself, "He should've kept his stupid mouth shut," but then I realized the reason he's in Macao and not North Korea, nor the leader of North Korea, is because he is stupid. Oh well.
The reporter, Yoji Gomi, interviewed Jong Nam extensively for a recently published book, "My father Kim Jong Il and Me.
Wow! It looks as it may be the Korean version of "Mommy Dearest"...
What if instead of "stupid" he simply has the balls to tell the truth and the consequences be damned!
Well if he wants a fast $250 grand..the CIA will give it to him for a interview.
One thing for sure--He sure is the UGLY one!
Are we certain he is the son of IL? He looks as though he may be the love child of Pee Wee Herman and Chaz Bono.
Far from being the stupid one, he seems like the most lovable of all those endearing Kims. He speaks English, likes poker, got into trouble only because he wanted to visit Disneyland, speaks his mind about the world's most screwed up nation, and he gives China's leaders heartburn. C'mon...if this guy got into power, he would probably bring down communist dictatorships all over Asia.
Where did Nam obtain the money to live quite well?
Was it from his father's communist scheme?
"My father Kim Jong Il and Me"
This made me chuckle. Like it was written by a ten year old. Haha. :D
25 Walker, read the article, it tells you how he has been supported...through the N. Korean and Chinese governments.
This is SO funny to me as I read Jong-Nam’s comments about DPNK not lasting another 5 years. I thought that seems like a strange thing to say for someone who relies entirely on money from NK. Now a few weeks later we read this. No wonder he was skipped over as the next dear leader, he's stupid.
Either that or he's smart enough to think ahead that Pyongyang is going to cut his money off anyway and made the decision to keep himself in the open by releasing a book.
Wait until his checks get cut off sooner or later, or act now to denounce the regime and claiming royalties and profits from the sales of his book.
Yeh..He's so stupid he's not living in nk. He's the only SMART one.
5 years? If he has any connections in NK and knows a good way to make that happen,Im sure there are people in Langly that will pay his rent. If not,then hes pretty much screwed and should have kept his mouth shut,barbecue now hes on his own and his crazy brother is probably not to happy.
Yeah, talk about biting the hand that feeds you!
Billy Carter part 2?
ROTFLMAO.. thats just what I was thinking as I scrolled down.
Close, but no it's GODFATHER Pt 2. "You take care of me?!?!?!? I'm the older brother Mikey and you're gonna take care of me???? I was passed over! I'm smart. I can do stuff. Not dumb like people say. I want respect! You're my brother Fredo and I love you, but don't ever take sides against the family again..."
But if the people of NK decide they've had enough of repressive totalitarian rule we could have them decide on a more cheerful Prince to carry on the dynasty. I'd love to see a family coup.
Just dreaming. I'm sure China would have something to say about it. They always have except around 900CE.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahaha........
All I can say is the dude looks a lot happier than any of the pictures of his father or his brother.
this guy will be the first to fight for democracy in their territory ; it'll be out of spite , but still emerge victoriously.
Its possible,but who knows. If he wants to be a dictator then its out of the question. Replacing one dictator with another is out of the question. When the north falls,the best solution will be reunification. f he just wants to tear it down out of spite,and has any credibility with the people though,he might be useful.
Oh my god they found the lost Korean half brother of Dom DeLuise!
Man, that's what I thought at first too.
...or he's trying real hard at playing Rerun from "That's My Momma."
To me he looks like a real party kind of guy and I'll bet as ugly as you think he looks he more than likely had more pretty girls and wild times that you , I and ordinary men only dreamed of.
I'll bet if he took over North Korea from his half brother and turned it into a Gambling and Party Mecca there would be no more international problems.
He looks like a scummy weed dealer.
Would that be because you deal with "scummy" weed dealers? Or because YOU are a "scummy" weed dealer?
Hey upside down Armando don't you be talking down about my Doctor like that !!!!! I think she looks very pretty by the way.
George: I went to high school with a guy who kinda looked like Kim who became a weed dealer.
He died of a drug overdose not six months after graduation.
B. Todd #2.2: As opposed to....?
WTF? I want my 2 minutes back.
Critical times hard to deal with will be here.
B. Todd#1.4: As opposed to....?
Declined.
Now that's embarrassing when your dad, a communist dictator, doesn't even leave you with billions of dollars and your credit card starts bouncing and junk. Meanwhile, I want to know what's going on with the middle brother. I still think he's chained up in a basement somewhere.
This is a cool dude and maybe the smartest of the bunch.
Well, at least he's eating well. While many north koreans are starving.
Life is a power game....there is no freedom in North Korea or in the US for that matter, unless you are in the ruling clique or are favored by them. If you voice opposition in public (and are somewhat visible)...all sorts of things can happen to you...over there and here too.
Did anybody stop to think that this guy couldn't stand his dad??!!! Maybe he has gone against everything his dad believed in, and that's why he is in this position. Yeah, he may not be the prettiest of the bunch, but he sure does look happier than any of the people in those pictures I'v seen of the North Koreans. If your dad was Kim Jong Il would you want to live in North Korea???
Sure he's happy, he has been living a life of sloth and gambling while living on credit cards paid for by the N. Korean government and his hotel bill has been paid by the Chinese government. Nice work if you can get it!
This reminds me of 'Billy Beer' back in the day...I think he should have been selected by his father to lead his country instead of his fatass brother...perhaps we could reason with him with a couple of hookers and some gambling credits...and yet their people starve...
The boy is retarded. It's too bad, but it's a fact.
I'm afraid they will make him disappear.
Simply put, he's Kim Jong Un's elder brother Kim Jong Dumb.
Macau would be loads more fun than Pyongyang. Never been to either place and don't propose to go there soon but at least Macau plays with a full deck.
Unless you are at the gambling tables there.....
Dee plane boss, dee plane!