‘Unprepared for command’: elder Kim blasts Jong-unIn a new book about what it’s like to be the son of Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-nam, who lives in exile in China, has claimed North Korea’s new leader is unprepared and the country will collapse without reforms, reports Andrew Salmon.
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Video of the Day: Kim Jong-un’s horsey propaganda
A new Dear Leader, a new smattering of propaganda. Footage has emerged of a documentary from North Korea celebrating Kim-Jong-un, featuring the freshly minted dictator riding a horse, sitting in a tank and looking generally authoritative.
Relief and fear: the mixed emotions of North Korean refugees
Consensus among the more than 20,000 North Korean refugees situated in South Korea appears to be relief that Kim Jong-il is dead, mixed with fear about what the young and inexperienced Kim Jong-un will do, reports B. J. Lee.
Rundle in Nth Korea: Stalinist hermit kingdom meets dystopian science-fiction
Anyone who has been to North Korea will hope to Christ that some process, from the great Kim Jong-un liberalisation to a military coup against the family, will loosen the stays sufficiently so that people might be able to feed themselves.
Post-Kim Jong-il, fear will prevail in the ‘hermit kingdom’
Next year was always going to be big for north-east Asia. The death of Kim Jong-Il has merely ensured that the political manoeuvring will begin a little earlier than expected, writes Dr Danielle Chubb, a Vasey Research Fellow at the Pacific Forum CSIS.
Jong-il to Jong-un: what the South makes of its new North threat
Given Kim Jong-un’s lack of political experience, he may, at least initially, rely on the leadership of Jang Sung Taek and Kim Jyung Hee. However, the true colours of the enigmatic leader of one of the last remaining dictatorships remains to be seen.
Crikey Says: Kim Jong-il, not so funny
It’s easy to laugh at the dearly departed Dear Leader Kim Jong-il.
Kim Jong-un’s family: alcoholics, psychos and power-mongers
With young Kim Jong-un appointed to fill his father’s shoes, is there anybody else in the family who might make a grab for power? Philip Shenon explores the family tree.
Ding dong North Korea’s Dear Leader is dead
Crikey media wrap: North Korea’s “Dear Leader” Kim Jong-il — who has led one of the world’s repressive governments for the last 17 years — died yesterday, leaving his younger son as the dictator-in-waiting.
Pyongyang’s new leader — it’s all looking a bit Kim
He’s Kim Jong-un and, if yesterday’s provocative shelling attack on the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong is any guide, North Korea’s leader-in-waiting may not too far removed from his father, Kim Jong-il.
PHOTO GALLERY: Military parades of Pyongpang
No one does choreography like North Korean soldiers and dancers. Check out the colours, lines and quite terrifying spectacle of the 65th anniversary of the Workers’ Party celebrations.
Letter from...: North Korea and a cult of the Kims personality
Things in North Korea are a lot better than they have been in the very recent memories of most of its citizens, writes Colin Jacobs after a recent visit to Pyongyang.
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Meeting the silent boy emperor
North Korea welcomed Western journalists to report on last week’s ceremony starring future heir Kim Jong Un, which demonstrated a very clear dynasty succession plan. Journo J.M. was in Pyongyang for the parade.
North Korea’s next leader: Kim Jong Un
Kim Jong Il’s son Kim Jong Un has frequently been touted as the next leader of North Korea. In another sign that he is being groomed for the status of “Supreme Leader,” Un has for the first time been named in public and appointed the status of a four-star general.
The trapped world of Kim Jong-il
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il may cop a lot of flack, but he’s not an idiot. He is, however, in a difficult position, where further opening of borders will risk his (increasingly limited) political power.
North Korea’s first family
Forget the Windsors: the most entertaining dynastic family of crackpots are the Kims of North Korea. Newsweek looks at Kim Jong Il and his three potential heirs, all delightfully kooky in their own ways.
North Korea’s next Kim
Meet Kim Jong Un, Kim Jon Il’s favourite son and the likely successor to the North Korean dictator’s throne.
