Rumours that Kim Jong-un, North Korea's newly anointed supreme leader, had been assassinated originated on Chinese microblogging service Weibo Friday, and spread swiftly on Twitter. Related Kim Jong-un assassination rumours flood Twitter.com.
While users on Chinese microblogging site Weibo are messaging that Kim Jong-Un, son of Kim Jong-Il and new leader of North Korea, was assassinated at the North Korean embassy in Beijing this morning.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Kim Jong Un
2/10/2012
News Staff
