Let's Play 'Diagnose Kim Jong Il's Illness'! 4.22K Adrian Chen 09/15/10 07:02PM Filed to: North Korea North Korea Kim Jong Il Geopolitics Nuclear Weapons Illness Sick North Korea has postponed a major political convention—is it because Kim Jong Il's sick? Some have seen signs of kidney failure; some say it's pancreatic cancer. Let's hope he doesn't pass out on a nuclear missile's "launch" button.