Early morning of June 14, the North Korean leader Kim Chong Il suffered a severe stroke and his health rapidly deteriorated, leaving him incapacitated. Hours later, his son and assumed successor, Kim Jong Un, declared over state-controlled media that the DPRK is in a state of emergency and he has taken temporary control of the country. This news is immediately rebroadcast worldwide.
Late that evening, the US and its allies intercepted communications between [North] Korean Peoples Army leadership suggesting the military is plotting a coup against Kim Jong Un. This information was leaked to the international press and appeared online in all major news sources by the earliest hours of June 15.
Intelligence reports indicate DPRK security forces are in disarray and split between loyalists to the Dear Leader and those now with his son, the Brilliant Comrade.
Many states are concerned that the consequences of this split could quickly reignite tensions on the Korean Peninsula and pull in regional neighbors. Though the Korean War has been over for sixty years, its wounds still are fresh. The welfare of millions of oppressed and starved North Koreans are likely at stake and of critical concern is the security of the state's nuclear arsenal.
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