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Fresh Report: Sonny Boy Visited China
Kim Jong-un, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's third son and heir apparent, visited Beijing as a special envoy of Kim senior in June, NHK last Friday reported. It said Jang Song-taek, Kim senior's brother-in-law and a high-up in the North Korean Workers' Party, visited Beijing on June 10, where he met Chinese President Hu Jintao, and was accompanied by Kim junior.

The Japanese broadcaster quoted diplomatic sources in Beijing as saying Jang introduced Kim Jong-un to Hu.
"Mr. Hu, this here's gonna be the new boss."
"Stand up, young man, so that I may see you. Oh, you are standing up."
A similar report was also carried by the Japanese daily Asahi Shimbun in June. Following this report, the daily carried another report on June 18 that Kim Jong-nam, Kim senior's eldest son, was also present at the meeting between Kim Jong-un and Hu.

At the time, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang officially denied the reports, saying, "The situation reported by the relevant media does not exist at all... I note that recent reports by the relevant media read like a 007 novel."

The Chinese government has not responded to the latest NHK report.
Posted by: Steve White 2009-12-07
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