What was Kim Jong-Il so angry about before his death?

Agence France-Presse

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The late North Korean leader was infuriated about sloppy work at a crucial power station before he suffered a fatal heart attack, a South Korean newspaper reported

ANGRY? This official picture released by the Korean Central News Agency shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il at a military parade to celebrate the 63rd founding anniversary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Pyongyang on September 9, 2011. One year after the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il on December 17, 2011, little of substance seems to have changed in the impoverished, secretive and unpredictable country he bequeathed to his son, Kim Jong-Un. Photo by AFP.

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea’s late leader lost his temper because of sloppy work on a crucial power station before he suffered a fatal heart attack a year ago, a South Korean newspaper said on December 25.

North Korea said Kim Jong-Il had died aboard a train on December 17 from a heart attack brought on by pressure from work, but the exact cause has been veiled in mystery.

Chosun Ilbo, a conservative national newspaper, said Kim’s indignation might have caused his sudden death.

Kim was violently angry after belatedly finding out about a water leak at the hydroelectric power station in Huichon, about 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Pyongyang, it said.

“Kim Jong-Il died suddenly while trying in haste to make a field inspection” of the power station, a source was quoted as saying.

The power station was a key construction project launched by Kim to ease the electricity shortage in the capital.

He had visited the construction site 8 times since work began in 2009, but the 100-meter-high dam leaked water through cracks before his death, Chosun Ilbo said.

The regime widely publicized the project as one of Kim’s great achievements when it was completed on April 5.

The power station can generate 150,000 kilowatts of electricity, and state media said it was completed in just 3 years rather than the normal 10 thanks to the “heroic feats” of workers. – Rappler.com

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