According to Mr Shigemura's unnamed sources, Jong Il was a diabetic and in 2000 the illness confined him to a wheelchair for approximately three years before his alleged death in 2003.The practice of leaders having multiple doubles is a familiar one since it was revealed Iraq's Saddam Hussein used them when he was alive.
I wouldn't be surprised. I don't know if this is true, but I bet many things don't seem like reality either in NK. FUBAR