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Kim to name successor? | |
2005-10-05 | |
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il could soon name his successor to head the hard-line communist nation, a Russian news agency reported Tuesday. The ruling Korean Workers' Party celebrates its 60th anniversary on Monday, and an announcement of the North's next leader could be timed around that event, an unidentified diplomatic official in Pyongyang told the ITAR-Tass news agency, which has a correspondent in the North Korean capital. One option for Kim, 63, is to carry communism's first and only dynasty into the next generation of his family, which founded the Stalinist regime in 1948. Another option is to hand over the government â and its possible nuclear arsenal â to someone outside the family, such as a figure from the hard-line Korea People's Army.
In August 2004, Cheong Seong-chang, a North Korea expert at the independent Sejong Institute research center just outside Seoul, claimed Kim was likely within the next few years to anoint his son, Jong Chul, 22, as his successor. | |
Posted by:Jackal |
#11 I'd just like to hear Kim say "successor" lol |
Posted by: Frank G 2005-10-05 21:35 |
#10 It's ronery at the top. |
Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2005-10-05 21:22 |
#9 Love the jingle, Ogeretla2005. > The ruling Korean Workers' Party celebrates its 60th anniversary on Monday, and an announcement of the North's next leader could be timed around that event ... Will Alec Baldwin be MC? |
Posted by: Mizzou Mafia 2005-10-05 13:27 |
#8 Penguin : Dunno about his liver transplant, but there are rumors about advanced brain desease... |
Posted by: BigEd 2005-10-05 13:15 |
#7 Sung to : "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" Oh who will replace a-little old me, The Commie tyrant by the sea, Who can I trust - who will it be, Before they bury me under that tree. I have to search both near and far, So I sing the tune about a twinklin' star, Don't laugh at me - don't say, "Har-Har", Or I'll dip you in that red hot tar! This job is tough I'm so alone, I work my fingers down to the bone. There's no one to call up on the phone, And if I don't pick my son he'll moan. |
Posted by: Ogeretla2005 2005-10-05 13:07 |
#6 Weren't there rumors that he has advanced liver disease and needs a transplant? |
Posted by: Penguin 2005-10-05 11:22 |
#5 Clearly the Norks need money and they need to choose a successor. What is needed is the first ever Pay-Per-View âCelebrity Death Match: Korean Leader Editionâ. Al the North Korean princes or chosen ones are locked into a cage until one is left breathing and is declared âNew Dictatorâ. At $59.99 a pop on a worldwide scale and we are talking some money here folks. They could probably make enough to order take out from China. If you are out there Dear Leader (and I know you are) I am ready to be the promoter for this. |
Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-10-05 10:44 |
#4 I will call him "Mini Mini-me". |
Posted by: eLarson 2005-10-05 08:58 |
#3 Well, whatever you do when you become the official successor, don't say "I'm going to Disneyland!" |
Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-10-05 07:45 |
#2 I hear Sean Penn's in the running. |
Posted by: Jake-the-Peg 2005-10-05 05:48 |
#1 Lettame guess. Is it no-dong III? |
Posted by: Captain America 2005-10-05 02:13 |