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[N. Korea]Czech Republic has no info on threats against Kim Jong-un's uncle: report
Yonhap News ^
| 2017/02/28
Posted on 02/27/2017 7:51:58 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Czech Republic has no info on threats against Kim Jong-un's uncle: report
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- The Czech government has no information on threats to the safety of Kim Pyong-il, both North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's uncle and the reclusive nation's ambassador in Prague, a U.S. news report said Tuesday.
It has not taken any additional measures to toughen the security of the North Korean Embassy in Prague where Kim Pyong-il works, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA).
The report came amid rumors that the 63-year-old North Korean ambassador could face the threat of assassination in the wake of the murder earlier this month of the leader's half brother Kim Jong-nam. South Korea said that it is highly likely that North Korea is behind the death of Kim Jong-nam.
Iveta Martinkova, spokeswoman of the Czech Interior Ministry, was quoted by Russian state-run news agency Sputnik as saying that it "has no information regarding any threat to the life of Kim Pyong-il," RFA reported.
Kim Pyong-il, a younger half brother of late former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and Kim Han-sol, the son of Kim Jong-nam, are seen by experts as possible targets of North Korea, as its leader may want to remove any remaining threats to his rule.
Born in 1954, Kim Pyong-il graduated from Kim Il-sung University, the North's top university, before bring appointed as the North's top envoy to Hungary in 1988. He served as its top envoy to Poland for 17 years until 2014 and assumed the current position in January 2015.
This combined photo shows North Korea's founder Kim Il-sung (L) and his son and the North's top envoy to the Czech Republic Kim Pyong-il. (Yonhap)
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kimjongnam; kimpyongil; nkorea
He is another loose end Kim Jong-un may want to tie up. If Kim Jong-un is toppled and a good figurehead is needed, he can fill that role nicely. After all, N. Korea is a dynastic country. If a king is ousted, they need another prince to occupy the throne.
However, China may not be interested in him because he has never been under China's control. He spent most of his adult life as a N. Korean diplomat in Eastern European countries.
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posted on
02/27/2017 7:52:40 PM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I think w3e are going to nuke this baby faced fat faggot preemptively.
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posted on
02/27/2017 7:54:37 PM PST
by
WENDLE
(Watch this on John McCain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO0mHEJyC3Y)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Kim Jong-nam when he was 19 yeard old
The picture was taken in 1990 while he was out on a hunting. It was provided to VOA News by Kim Jong-nam's aunt who defected in late 90's. I am sure that, at the time, he would have never imagined what fate would befall him later.
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posted on
02/27/2017 8:00:55 PM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Sounds like work place violence to me.
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posted on
02/27/2017 8:07:58 PM PST
by
Jim from C-Town
(The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
What’s up with that hairdo style? Must run in the family or something.
To: Patriot Babe
His dad was a fashion leader while alive.:-)
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posted on
02/27/2017 10:09:18 PM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
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