Yesterday it was reported that North Korean despot Kim Jong-il was on a rare trip out of the country having entered China via armored train. Today he has gone missing:

The whereabouts of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il remained unclear Thursday, with a Hong Kong-based television network speculating he may be headed for the south Chinese city of Guangzhou, while other reports put him in Beijing or Russia.

Wouldn’t it be something if China finally tired of their southern neighbor’s antics and just disappeared him?

Update: Some of the speculation around this disappearance is hilarious.

Some wondered whether Kim had only travelled through China on his way to Russia – a scenario ‘almost ruled out’ by one South Korean diplomat, given the fact that a direct rail connection exists between the North Korean capital Pyongyang and Moscow.

South Korean news agency Yonhap said it learned that the despotic North Korean leader had overcome his deep-rooted fear of flying and had flown to Shanghai, without explaining why his personal train would be travelling across China without him.

‘He’s not in Beijing at any rate,’ the diplomat said confidently.