She looks like a barrel full of laughs
Posted on 09/16/2010 9:18:46 AM PDT by mojito
North Korea’s communist regime is, by most accounts, set to complete its second dynastic transfer of power, this time from Kim Jong-il, who has ruled since 1994, to his youngest son, Kim Jong-eun. The general assembly of North Korea’s Workers’ Party, now under way for the first time in 44 years, is the clearest sign yet that “Dear Leader” Kim, who is seriously ill, is passing the crown in the hermit kingdom founded by his father, Kim Il-sung.
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Moreover, Kim Jong-il, like his father, has consistently appointed members of his family to positions of power. Indeed, Kim Jong-eun, the third son of Kim Jong-il and his late consort Ko Young-hee, was mooted as his father’s successor almost a year ago.
North Korean propagandists proclaim Kim Jong-eun “the Young General,” but whether he will exercise the same absolutist authority as his father is an open question. Not only is he young and inexperienced, but his aunt, Kim Kyong-hui, Kim Jong-il’s sister and the wife of the second-ranking figure in North Korea’s hierarchy, Chang Song-taek, may balk at power slipping through her fingers.
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Kim Kyong-hui’s intent to exercise power after her brother’s passing is supported by rumors that she helped arrange a traffic accident in June that killed Ri Je-gang, a senior party official and perceived guardian of Kim Jong-eun who reportedly attempted to oust Kim Kyong-hui and her close allies from power. Whether true or not, such rumors indicate the magnitude of her influence.
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Seems weird.
ping
Grammar — that’s so 20th Century.
“Ruthless Sister” — another good name for Ben Jr.’s garage band (But sounds a bit too much like Twisted Sister)
heh—it *does* make it easier to understand what’s being written.
That’s great. If worrying about a demented, murdering, egomaniacal 3rd world tinpot dictator with nuclear weapons isn’t bad enough, we may have to worry soon about one that may be going through menopause.
After the transition the announcement to the N Korean people can read like this:
Good news, people! Things are going to change around here. Under the Dear Leader, you were starved and then beaten. From now on, you will be beaten and then starved.
Either way, it sounds like she ain’t gonna take it, anymore.
And maybe then, shot.
Kim Kyong-hui has been appearing in public in Kim Jong-eun’s inspection tours. This seems more a signal that succession has been agreed upon.
The coming months should be rather interesting for NK
She looks like a barrel full of laughs
Is she hot?
nope.
If they meant she is at risk from becoming North Korea next ruler. It is not easy being a ruthless dictator.
What a breathlessly idiotic waste of land, resources and potential is North Korea. South Korea is a wonder of the world - by far the most advanced in wireless technologies and an innovation and technology powerhouse.
Yet, this administration (obama) is rushing headlong to be like North Korea.
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