[Enchante]

WOW that sounds very serious, potentially. One would think that if the son’s succession were firm they would have been announcing it promptly to avoid uncertainty and unrest.

Especially considering that they may have had 48 hours to get their act together (plus more time if insiders were aware of Kim’s imminent demise?).....

Can you say power struggle?

[AmericanInTokyo]

The plan of succession has been made. Whether it will be carried out is the big question now. The general Korean Workers Party leadership's consensus is the Boy is just not ready yet, so there will be a Royal Chamberlain of sorts to mentor the kid and be the true head of DPRK, with Kim Jong Eun as titular head. However, there is where the coup detat could come in. You can see why they are edgy about any foreign observers in DPRK right now, and I suspect any Western or Chinese tour groups in there have either been sent packing or will have their tours cut short by today or tomorrow and kicked out of the country. They want to hermetically seal it. It will be very very hard to know exactly what is going on. We can only try our best through our various assets.