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| Kim Jong-Il consolidates power |
| 2010-06-08 |
| North Korea named a brother-in-law of leader Kim Jong-il to a powerful military post on Monday and sacked its premier in moves seen as consolidating Kim's grip on power and paving the way for his youngest son to succeed him. Kim attended a rare session of the rubberstamp parliament, the Supreme People's Assembly, to personally name Jang Song-thaek as vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, the North's KCNA news agency said. The commission, headed by the "Dear Leader" himself, represents the pinnacle of power in the hermit state. The second assembly session in two months came amid growing momentum in the international community to punish Pyongyang for the sinking of a South Korean navy corvette in March that killed 46 sailors. Jang, who had once fallen out of Kim's favor but has since returned to his inner circle, is the husband of the leader's sister, and is viewed as the key figure for ensuring a smooth transfer of power from Kim to one of his sons. "Jang would be the most trustworthy person to Kim who can establish the foundation for succession to Jong-un," said Park Young-ho of the Korea Institute for National Analysis. "This is a signal that they will be moving on existing power structures, no innovation or openness or reform." The parliament also sacked the country's premier, who is considered the top economic official, and replaced him with Choe Yong-rim, a member of the old guard and another confidant of Kim's family who has been in key economic posts. |
| Posted by:lotp |
| #5 Maybe if Kimmie is busy "consolidating power" he won't have time to make war on SKOR. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-06-08 15:04 |
| #4 I posted this article a few days ago (from the Telegraph) and it got dropped. Why? Sometimes mistakes happen, Bright Pebbles. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-06-08 12:50 |
| #3 I posted this article a few days ago (from the Telegraph) and it got dropped. Why? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-06-08 12:21 |
| #2 OOOPSIES, forgot WMF > CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION DEFENSE SECRETARY LIANG ASKED US SECDEF GATES diplomatic letter] IFF THE TRUE MISSION OF THE "USS GEORGE WASHINGTON" NIMITZ-CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN THE DPRK-ROK "CHEONAN" CRISIS WAS TO CONDUCT SATURATION AIR STRIKES AGZ NORTH KOREA IN THE YELLOW SEA [East China Sea]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-06-08 03:13 |
| #1 WMF > CHINESE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ORDERS PLA 39TH ARMY, SHENYANG MR PLAAF UNITS ON COMBAT READINESS ALERT AS PER THE DPRK-ROK CRISIS + CHEONAN INCIDENT. PLA SECOND ARTILLERY CORPS UNITS IN LIANNING TO STRIKE AT SEOUL, YOKUSUKA, + OTHER USFJ MILBASES;PLA SECOND ARTILLERY CORPS UNITS IN XICHANG TO STRIKE AT GUAM BASE + NAHA. * SAME > TWO CHINESE KILLED AS NORTH KOREA OPENS FIRE AT ALLEGED CHINESE SMUGGLING BOAT ON THE YALU RIVER. JAPAN + SOUTH KOREAN MEDIAS CLAIM YALU ATTACK ILLUSTRATES HIGH TENSION ON BORDERS BETWEEN NORTH KOREA + CHINA. HMMMMM, HMMMMM, wewell intehwesting, so IIUC KIMMIE = NORTH KOREA is now "ISRAEL" ATTACKING THE "CHINESE" TURKISH-PA [Turkey = NATO Ally] GAZA AID SHIP??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-06-08 03:08 |