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| Kim Jong-un 'Acting as Proxy for Kim Jong-il' |
| 2009-06-23 |
| North Korean heir apparent Kim Jong-un works as acting chairman of the National Defense Commission to support his ailing father Kim Jong-il, the Mainichi Shimbun said Saturday. Quoting sources close to the North Korean regime, the Japanese daily said the leader's youngest son (26) is assisting his father although the position is not an official title. The paper quoted an official close to the North Korean leadership as saying this means Kim junior would immediately assume the commission chairmanship, effectively the most powerful post in the land, if Kim dies, although he has a position neither in the Workers Party nor at the Ministry of People's Armed Forces. Early this year, the General Political Department of the People's Army distributed an internal document saying Kim junior had been chosen as the heir apparent. The Ministry of People's Armed Forces and the Ministry of Public Security then led the efforts to establish the succession, and a new term "under the system of Kim Jong-un's leadership" is currently in use, the daily added. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 Based on birth order, he's Mike. Fredo's hangin' in China with Johnny Ola. |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-06-23 12:01 |
| #3 So is he Fredo, Sonny, or Mike? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-06-23 10:50 |
| #2 I had to laugh at the irony. Kim Jong Il. is ill, Kim Jong Un, is his young'un. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-06-23 08:15 |
| #1 Kim Jong-un 'Acting as Proxy for Kim Jong-il'..... ....and Barry, who are three Proxy's for Communist China and Russia. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-06-23 04:50 |