Posted on 02/26/2009 1:53:06 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
NKorean leader may be succeeded by his son: SKorea
Wed Feb 25, 8:27 am ET
SEOUL (AFP) – South Korea's intelligence chief Wednesday raised the possibility of another father-to-son succession for the North Korean leadership, a lawmaker said.
Won Sei-Hoon, head of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), told a closed parliamentary hearing that a "three-generation succession appears to be possible" in the communist state, an opposition MP told Yonhap news agency.
The legislator also quoted the intelligence chief as saying 67-year-old leader Kim Jong-Il was in charge but had "not fully recovered" following a reported illness.
The NIS declined to confirm the report, which came amid increasing speculation about the future leadership after Kim reportedly suffered a stroke last August.
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That intersting kinda confirmed now that Little Kim appoint his son to head NK
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