First reaction: suspicion. It's not like North Korean media is a reliable source. But I don't seen why they'd fake his death. If anything, they'd be apt to put out propoganda that he's immortal. After all, he was purported to not use the bathroom because he was superhuman and produced no waste. Also he supposedly made like eleven holes-in-one in the first time he ever played golf because he's a supreme being.
Second reaction: what does this change? Reminds me of the announcement of Osama Bin Laden's death. Dang, a lot happened this year in this world, amiright? Seal team 6 seals the deal, they capture Whitey, and now the ruler of the hermit kingdom is no more. Dang. But anyway, I'm disinclined to celebrate; he took over ruling North Korea from his father, and now his son looks like the most likely candidate to fill in the small but powerful shoes left behind.
Third reaction: be the one to tell my parents, who have actual opinions on this matter, having been born and raised in South Korea.
Fourth reaction: embarassing, but I'll admit it-- I wonder if this'll seep into the sixth season of 30 Rock. The fifth season of this NBC comedy ended with (spoiler alert!) Avery Jessup (played by Elizabeth Banks, who'll be busy for the next few years with a big role in the Hunger Games movies) taken hostage by North Korea, forced to be a "journalist" there, and maybe married to an officer. The sixth season is currently in production, and I wonder if/how the writers will incorporate this news into her plotline. But more importantly, I wonder if they're bring Margaret Cho back to give another devastating impersonation of le deceased
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