Sunday, October 09, 2005

Kim Jong Chol

Credit to EastAsiaIntel
Perhaps I spoke too soon when I said no picture exists. Any information regarding him seems second hand, at best. It seems to me the North Korean leadership has been grooming him as the leader, while playing up Kim Jong Nam. The shroud of secrecy they have surrounded this guy with, seems to have paid off. Kinda pointless taking out the leader, when some kid hidden by his government, would take over(with unknown consequences).

It's not "official" yet, but it has to be a plan that was years in the making, as the timing is not a coincidence.


This is the best one I have read to date...

The Australian. October 10, 2005
TOKYO: A defiant affirmation of North Korea's dynastic dictatorship is to unfold after days of parades through Pyongyang to celebrate its confrontation with the US and cement the power of hardliners set on keeping their nuclear weapons. Reports in Moscow and Tokyo suggest that the nation's leader Kim Jong-il, is preparing to anoint his second son, Kim Jong-chol, 24, as heir to the clan that has ruled North Korea since 1948...Read the rest

1 Comments:

Blogger KnightofGoodMrIronMan said...

"And if they are so great, why did he have to go to Geneva to get his education?"

For the same excuse that North Korean always has... Hypocracy.
Let the common person live "common" so that only North Korea's elite get a taste of western lifestyle...

"Let's hope the family infighting steps up a notch."
Let's face it, Iraq taught us all a valuable lesson. It is not ever one man or one family in charge of tyranny...

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