North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) inspects the 814 air force unit at an undisclosed place in North Korea, in this undated picture released by North Korea's official news agency KCNA May 22, 2009. REUTERS/KCNA
Posted on 06/01/2009 6:26:59 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has asked his country's overseas missions to pledge loyalty to his youngest son, signaling he has been anointed as next leader of the communist dynasty, a newspaper report said on Tuesday.
Kim, 67, is thought to have suffered a stroke in August. Analysts have said the North's recent military actions, including a nuclear test last week, may be aimed at helping him solidify power so that he can name a successor.
"It has been confirmed through various channels that North Korea sent emails to legations overseas, asking them to pledge their loyalty to (youngest son) Kim Jong-un," the South Korean daily Dong-A Ilbo reported an "informed source" as saying.
Analysts have said succession is one of the most closely guarded secrets in the highly secretive North, with Kim's plans only known to his small inner circle.
The paper quoted another informed source as saying: "North Korean leadership is educating senior officials at major security authorities with an emphasis on the justification of father-to-son succession over three generations."
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Ping.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) inspects the 814 air force unit at an undisclosed place in North Korea, in this undated picture released by North Korea's official news agency KCNA May 22, 2009. REUTERS/KCNA
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South Korean Army soldiers in full gear ride on a truck and (R) march during their military drill near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, about 45 km (28 miles) north of Seoul, June 1, 2009. North Korea could this month test-fire a long-range missile designed to strike U.S. territory and may also be gearing up for skirmishes with the South around their disputed sea border, South Korean news reports said on Monday. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA POLITICS MILITARY)
eff that
Kim won’t die quietly, he’s going to take millions with him as a legacy.
Funny how that happens in socialism.
Think Kennedy, Dodd, Bayh, Patterson, Clinton, Jackson, or any of another 50 arrogant low-life leftist criminal dynasties in the democrat party.
And consider how CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ad nauseum "educate" the public.
I was kind of wondering if something like this might be in the works.
I look at those photos and remember that those ROK soldiers are some of the DAMN hardest men I EVER saw.
God bless them.
“It has been confirmed through various channels that North Korea sent emails to legations overseas, asking them to pledge their loyalty to (youngest son) Kim Jong-un”
E-mails?
Well, I guess that works if the sender wants to leak it to the world.
Ceausescu had the same idea about one of his sons, called Nicu. In about 2 years his regime and himself with his wife together became history. His son Nicu ended up in jail, then released later, because of terminal illness.
It wasn’t Barack Obama?
“Analysts have said the North’s recent military actions, including a nuclear test last week, may be aimed at helping him solidify power so that he can name a successor.”
No...they always say this crap. The fact is Kim was simply waiting for Obama to leave office. I suspect that he waited several years - knowing that he would get a free ride of the Dems took over.
I just get sick of the power struggle stuff.
Obama Jong Il
What is a pledge by an atheist to another atheist worth?
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