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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100928/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_succession" .
How embarrassing!
How embarrassing!
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mugaliens said:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100928/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_succession" .
How embarrassing!
alt said:Did you see the news reports, the video footage. Chilling stuff - straight out of Orwell's 1984. What a place !
airborne18 said:You have to watch the documentary "Welcome to North Korea". Really is an eye opener
waht said:I bet the 46 South Korean sailors died so that the young general could prove himself.
airborne18 said:You have to watch the documentary "Welcome to North Korea". Really is an eye opener
nismaratwork said:Not surprising, but maybe not bad either. Kim Jong Il is crazier than most... maybe Un will just be messianic and monomaniacal, but slightly more predictable. Here's to hoping.
alt said:One possible 'hope' is that Un has been educated it the West, and having being thus subjected to Western 'decadence', might find it preferable to the alternative extant in his country.
nismaratwork said:I don't think it's ignorance of the west that drives Kim Jong Il... just his people. After all, he enjoys liquor and movies... presumably he wanted to share the same stuff with his kid. It's the NK people who are in the dark.
russ_watters said:I have always believed that dictators pick a belief system primarily as a governing strategy and that it doesn't necessarily have anything to do with their actual beliefs.
Edit...for that matter, don't all politicians do that?
nismaratwork said:I don't think it's ignorance of the west that drives Kim Jong Il... just his people. After all, he enjoys liquor and movies... presumably he wanted to share the same stuff with his kid. It's the NK people who are in the dark.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/12/kim-jong-il-son-opposes-dynastyKim Jong-il son speaks out against North Korean successionKim Jong-nam says he opposes hereditary transfer of leadership after younger half-brother tipped to become next ruler
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11520566North Korea leader's eldest son 'opposes dynasty' Kim Jong-nam has said in the past that he has "no interest" in succeeding his father The eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il says he opposes a dynastic succession that would see his younger half-brother take power.
Apparently he didn't want it. He'd prefer to hang out in Macao.G037H3 said:Of course he's opposed, if his brother is being chosen ahead of him.
nismaratwork said:Maybe he doesn't have the stomach to play the role he'd need to. It's one thing to benefit from the setup in another country... it's another to play "the great ruler" at home. I'm kind of baffled that anyone would want to run a country when they can have money and freedom as an alternative.
He said he hoped Kim Jong-un would "do his best to bring abundance to the lives of North Koreans" and that he was ready to help from abroad.
lisab said:From Astro's Guardian link:
Lol...
The significance of this event is that it solidified Kim Jong Un's position as the heir apparent to his father, Kim Jong Il, as the leader of North Korea. It also demonstrated the level of power and control that the Kim family has over the military in North Korea.
Kim Jong Un's father, Kim Jong Il, handpicked him as his successor and began grooming him for leadership from a young age. This included giving him high-ranking military positions, such as the 4-star general status, despite his lack of military experience.
In North Korea, being a 4-star general signifies the highest level of military leadership and control. It also grants significant political power and influence within the country.
No, Kim Jong Un is the first and only person in North Korea to be given 4-star general status at such a young age. This further solidifies his status as the chosen successor to his father.
Kim Jong Un's 4-star general status further strengthens the Kim family's hold on power in North Korea and solidifies their control over the military. It also raises concerns about the potential for a young and inexperienced leader to have such a high level of influence and control over a country's military and political affairs.