Hoeryŏng ([hø.ɾjʌŋ]) is a city in North Hamgyŏng Province, North Korea. Kim Jong-il (, [kim.dzʌŋ.il] or [kim] [tsʌŋ.il] 16 February 1941/1942 - 17 December 2011) was the supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly referred to as North Korea, from 1994 to 2011. Following Kim's failure to appear at important public events in 2008, foreign observers assumed that Kim had either fallen seriously ill or died. Kim Jong-il (김종일, born 11 September 1962), sometimes transliterated Kim Yong-il, is a South Korean retired long jumper, best known for winning two gold medals at the Asian Games. Original Masters of TaeKwonDo is a group of twelve South Korean martial art masters assembled by the Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA) in the early 1960s to promote the newly established art of taekwondo.
Kim Jong-il is alive.
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Claim: Kim Jong-il is alive.

Evidence: Hoeryŏng ([hø.ɾjʌŋ]) is a city in North Hamgyŏng Province, North Korea. Kim Jong-il (, [kim.dzʌŋ.il] or [kim] [tsʌŋ.il] 16 February 1941/1942 - 17 December 2011) was the supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly referred to as North Korea, from 1994 to 2011. Following Kim's failure to appear at important public events in 2008, foreign observers assumed that Kim had either fallen seriously ill or died. Kim Jong-il (김종일, born 11 September 1962), sometimes transliterated Kim Yong-il, is a South Korean retired long jumper, best known for winning two gold medals at the Asian Games. Original Masters of TaeKwonDo is a group of twelve South Korean martial art masters assembled by the Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA) in the early 1960s to promote the newly established art of taekwondo.

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Claim: Kim Jong-il is alive.

Evidence: Hoeryŏng ([hø.ɾjʌŋ]) is a city in North Hamgyŏng Province, North Korea. Kim Jong-il (, [kim.dzʌŋ.il] or [kim] [tsʌŋ.il] 16 February 1941/1942 - 17 December 2011) was the supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly referred to as North Korea, from 1994 to 2011. Following Kim's failure to appear at important public events in 2008, foreign observers assumed that Kim had either fallen seriously ill or died. Kim Jong-il (김종일, born 11 September 1962), sometimes transliterated Kim Yong-il, is a South Korean retired long jumper, best known for winning two gold medals at the Asian Games. Original Masters of TaeKwonDo is a group of twelve South Korean martial art masters assembled by the Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA) in the early 1960s to promote the newly established art of taekwondo.

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