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To: AmericanInTokyo

North Koreans rally around Kim Jong Il’s heir
AP – 9 mins ago

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea is calling Kim Jong Il’s son a “great successor” to the country’s guiding principle of self reliance, as the country rallies around heir-apparent Kim Jong Un as the next leader.

The North’s official Korean Central News Agency says the country “must faithfully revere respectable comrade Kim Jong Un.”

http://news.yahoo.com/north-koreans-rally-around-kim-jong-ils-heir-044409293.html


357 posted on 12/18/2011 10:45:02 PM PST by Enchante
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To: Enchante

This sounds like officials are getting behind the Boy at least as a figurehead??

Whether he will have real power is the question?


359 posted on 12/18/2011 10:46:05 PM PST by Enchante
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To: Enchante

I’m sure the succession was decided months ago and all is occurring according to plan. Not as if one couldn’t see this coming..


360 posted on 12/18/2011 10:48:37 PM PST by RitchieAprile
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