North Korean dictator needs heart surgery

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Kim Jong-il

LONDON – A surveillance team from Britain's MI5 intelligence service has learned North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is to undergo surgery for a life-threatening heart condition.

The discovery emerged after what the Security Service calls "routine surveillance of certain nations." North Korea has a small embassy in the north of London, housed in a red brick building where its staff work and live.

News of the 65-year-old dictator's condition reveals he has cardiomyopathy, a serious heart disease that would usually require open-heart surgery.

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But Kim's physical condition is further complicated because he is massively overweight and only able to walk a few steps without becoming "alarmingly breathless," the London embassy has been told.

Last month, six heart specialists from the German Heart Institute in Berlin flew to Pyongyang to conduct a series of clinical tests on Kim.

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