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| Kimmie, Sonny-Boy attend anniversary banquet |
| 2010-12-26 |
| SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and his heir apparent Kim Jong-un attended a military banquet Friday, an unusual activity that observers in Seoul said was apparently aimed at promoting unity in the face of sharp military tensions with South Korea. The military banquet was held to mark the 19th anniversary of leader Kim's inauguration as supreme commander of the country's military, the (North) Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Pyongyang's official media, said Saturday. Kim "warmly waved back to the enthusiastically cheering participants and heartily congratulated them for devoting themselves to the defense of the country and the prosperity of the socialist country, upholding the Songun revolutionary leadership of the party," the KCNA said. North Korea experts here took note of their participation in the banquet and the news report on it. "Amid heightened military tension on the Korean Peninsula, it is very meaningful that Chairman Kim attended the banquet to show off the North Korean military's internal cohesion and his firm footing as commander-in-chief," said Kim Yong-hyun, professor at Dongguk University in Seoul, referring to Kim's official title, chairman of the National Defense Commission. It also appears aimed at boosting loyalty among military officials to Kim and his son, he added. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 "What he [SKor president Lee Myung-bak] uttered was the worst provocation to the DPRK (North Korea) and agitation of confrontation and war baffling human imagination," the newspaper published by the powerful Workers' Party said in a Saturday commentary. Feh. That ain't nuthin'. I'll bet every regular here on the 'Burg could come up with something in less than 10 seconds that would put your entire inbred family into a coma, including your pa. Enjoy the hair in your soup, $hit-4-brains. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-12-26 00:42 |