An South Korean official says Kim Jong Il is in China , according to report . North Korea has been under a U.N. sanctions since 2006 for its nuclear and missile programs. South Koreans play close attention to the leadership 's movement in North Korea . `` Kim Jong Il wants to get something from South Korea or the U.S. or China -- economic aid or security assurances -- but at the moment he is not getting anything and China is preventing North Korea from further provocations , '' said Choi Jin-wook of Seoul 's Korea Institute of National Unification . It 's hard to obtain reliable information from and about North Korea .
An South Korean official says Kim Jong Il is in China , according to report . North Korea has been under a U.N. sanctions since 2006 for its nuclear and missile programs. South Koreans play close attention to the leadership 's movement in North Korea . It 's hard to obtain reliable information from and about North Korea .