Facing North Korea's Future
How much disarray there is in Pyongyang to naming Kim Jong-il's youngest son Kim Jong-un as North Korea's new leader remains to be seen. In early October, Jong-un's elder brother Kim Jong-nam, sensing that he was on the wrong side of North Korean court politics by staying abroad for several years, openly expressed opposition to the emergence of Jong-un,…
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