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Kim Jong-il's oldest son against North Korea dynastic succession(plot thickens)
Telegraph ^
| 10/12/10
| Peter Foster
Posted on 10/12/2010 6:43:38 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Kim Jong-il's oldest son against North Korea dynastic succession
The eldest son of Kim Jong-il who was passed over in favour of his younger brother in the race to succeed his father as leader of North Korea, has said that he opposes the idea of a dynastic succession in the secretive Stalinist state.
By Peter Foster in Beijing
Published: 9:20AM BST 12 Oct 2010
Kim Jong-nam, 39, who lives in the gambling hub of Macao and was once said to be too "wayward" for the leadership, said he did not approve of the hereditary principle that saw his 27-year-old half-brother Kim Jong-un being groomed as the North's next leader last month.
"Personally I am opposed to the hereditary transfer to a third generation of the family," Jong-nam told Japan's Asahi TV Network in an interview conducted in Beijing on Saturday.
He was speaking before Kim Jong-un made his first major public appearance as leader-in-waiting, standing next to his ailing father while reviewing a massive military parade in Pyongyang on Sunday.
Although disapproving of the hereditary principle, Jong-nam, the son of an actress who died in 2002, said he would continue to support his brother from afar, hinting that he had no plans to return home after his brother took power.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: kimjongeun; kimjongil; kimjongnam; macao; nkorea; powerstruggle; pyongyang; succession
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This is a very interesting development. It is a risky thing to do. Is there somebody powerful enough to cover his back?
To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; nw_arizona_granny; ...
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posted on
10/12/2010 6:44:28 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: TigerLikesRooster
When the old man dies, it’s going to get real interesting.
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posted on
10/12/2010 6:45:36 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Texas Rangers - AL West Champions)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Jong-nam is clearly planning to spend even less time in NK.
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posted on
10/12/2010 6:48:18 AM PDT
by
Genoa
(Put the kettle on!)
To: dfwgator
TREACHERY AND OLD AGE WILL BEAT YOUTH AND INEXPERIENCE EVERY TIME..............
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posted on
10/12/2010 6:48:24 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No, Obama's not the Antichrist. But he does have him in his MY FAVES.............)
To: TigerLikesRooster
All it would take to get the north korean army to back you is to promise two cabbages a month as opposed to one and rice once every two days as opposed to there.
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posted on
10/12/2010 6:48:30 AM PDT
by
utherdoul
To: TigerLikesRooster
Kim Jong Nam, eldest son of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il, arrives in Beijing.
BEIJING The flamboyant eldest son of North Korea's reclusive leader arrived in China's capital Sunday from the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau.
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posted on
10/12/2010 6:48:44 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: TigerLikesRooster
“No plans to return home” Smart move.
To: TigerLikesRooster
” hinting that he had no plans to return home after his brother took power.”
Probably would not be healthy.
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posted on
10/12/2010 6:49:43 AM PDT
by
patton
(Obama has replaced "Res Publica" with "Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.")
To: TigerLikesRooster
The kim-chee’s hitting the fan in the Hermit Kingdom.
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posted on
10/12/2010 6:51:08 AM PDT
by
AU72
To: TigerLikesRooster
Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-un
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posted on
10/12/2010 6:52:30 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I don’t think he is going to be going back to N Korea any time soon. lol.
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posted on
10/12/2010 6:55:36 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
To: patton
That family are likely the only fatties in North Korea.
just saying as a fat guy myself.
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posted on
10/12/2010 6:57:08 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I know it was you Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart!
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posted on
10/12/2010 7:00:42 AM PDT
by
dblshot
(Insanity - electing the same people over and over and expecting different results.)
To: GeronL
Odd, that - conspicuus consumption amongst a nation of starving people.
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posted on
10/12/2010 7:01:48 AM PDT
by
patton
(Obama has replaced "Res Publica" with "Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.")
To: JoeProBono
Funny, but the entire country of North Korea is starving and both sons are fat.
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posted on
10/12/2010 7:05:16 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Dead....Man....Walking.
Poor guy. Fat slob that he is, poor guy.
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posted on
10/12/2010 7:06:35 AM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Worldwide Press Spin, Nov. 3rd? "America is RACIST(sic)". Take that to the bank. Ink already ready.)
To: patton
Just like Cuba where Fidel is a billionaire as his nation gets poorer and poorer. The AP calls that “egalitarian”.
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posted on
10/12/2010 7:07:53 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
To: GeronL
...and like Michelle’s trip to France...
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posted on
10/12/2010 7:10:15 AM PDT
by
patton
(Obama has replaced "Res Publica" with "Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.")
To: patton
Michelle reminds me of Mugabe’s wife. Has Michelle attacked a reporter yet?
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posted on
10/12/2010 7:12:20 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
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