Posts Tagged ‘North Korea’

What Is Office 39?


US Aims To Close North Korea’s Shady ‘Office 39′ — AOL News

When it comes to sanctioning rogue entities in the North Korean government, the question arises: Does one go after “Office 99,” which oversees the regime’s illicit arms smuggling?

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Leadership Change To Be Announced In North Korea?


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North Korea’s Kim Jong-il May Go Public With Dynastic Rule — Christian Science Monitor

Speculation is rampant that North Korea’s Kim Jong-il will go public with plans to name his son his heir at a rare political conference.

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-il is expected to convene the first high-level conference of the ruling Workers’ Party in about 40 years amid widespread speculation that the world will finally get the answer to one great question:

Will Kim’s third son, Kim Jong-un, be confirmed as heir to power?

If so, he would be the third in a line that began when Kim Jong-il’s father, the late “Great Leader” Kim Il-sung, took over at the time of the founding of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 1948.

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More News On Leadership Changes In North Korea (Maybe)

North Korea Signals Succession Plans Under Way — NPR
North Korea Preps ‘Dear’ Leader’s Mystery 20-Something Son for Rule — J.J. Gould, The Atlantic
Kim Jong Un ‘rubber-stamping dictator’? — UPI
North Korean Congress May Discuss Kim’s Successor — Bloomberg
Pyongyang’s New Leader for the Old Guard — Andrei Lankov, Wall Street Journal
Amid succession fears, Kim Jong-un rising to power — Korea Times

North Korea’s Leader Appears To Be Heading Back Home


Kim Jong-un, the son of the ruler of North Korea. Or so we think.
Photograph: Yonhap/AFP/Getty Images

Kim Jong Il Appears To Head Home After Latest Hush-Hush Trip To Beijing — L.A.

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North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il Goes To China, Former President Carter Arrives In North Korea


Did North Korea’s Kim Jong-il Take Heir-Apparent Son On Surprise China Visit?

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