North Korean Leader Kim Jong-il Is Dead According To State Television

North Korean state television announced Sunday that Kim Jong-Il, the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, otherwise known as North Korea has died.

Fox News’ Harris Faulkner reported the news during Geraldo at Large with additional reporting from Geraldo Rivera and foreign correspondent Greg Palkot who were both live from Kuwait.

Jong-il had been the leader of the country since 1994 when his father Kim il-Sung had died of a heart attack at age 82. According to South Korean media, Jong-Il died of “fatigue while on a train ride.”

Palkot announced that Jong-il’s son was preparing to take over the leadership of the country. “Because of the real problems that Jong-il had with his health, he was getting his son ready,” Palkot explained. “We thought it was going to be years in the grooming process for his son. It could still be….It is a significant move. They have to see it as a possibility either for more problems, more chaos, more pulling back by the military that pulls all of the levers there or perhaps some kind of opportunity for a new start with North Korea which the Obama Administration has been struggling with right now,”

Watch Geraldo Rivera announce the breaking news on Fox News below:

Watch North Korean News ‘Anchor’ In Tears Announcing The Death Of Kim Jong-il To North Korea:

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