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| Norks say upcoming party meeting will be historic |
| 2010-07-15 |
| SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korea stressed on Tuesday the historical importance of its upcoming meeting of core ruling party delegates, urging the younger generation of party members to be as loyal to the leadership as their predecessors. In September, the communist state will hold its first meeting of senior Workers' Party delegates in 44 years, a move that observers say may be aimed at paving the ground for leader Kim Jong-il to transfer his power to his third son, Jong-un. Kim, 68, made his first public appearance in a 1980 convention, considered to be more authoritative, and sealed himself as the successor to his father, Kim Il-sung, who founded the North and died in 1994. In an editorial seen here on Tuesday, the Rodong Sinmun, the party's daily, heaped praise on party members who died loyal to the founder and called on new members to "follow suit." The paper, considered to be Pyongyang's main mouthpiece, also described the September meeting as one that will "shine as a notable event in the history of the holy Workers' Party." Late last month, the paper said that the party will expand its role and function through the meeting, stressing the importance of the central party organ that had once served as a venue for Kim Jong-il to rise up the power ladder when he was young. Kim is believed to be quickening his power transfer after suffering a stroke two years ago. Earlier this year, North Korea promoted Kim's brother-in-law as a vice head of the National Defense Commission, the highest seat of power. Jang Song-thaek is believed to be the central figure behind the succession process. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 Targeting coordinates? |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-07-15 11:06 |
| #5 "hysteric?" |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-07-15 11:00 |
| #4 Yes, a historic wank session and a great opportunity to talk big in front of a fawning, obsequious, international press. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-07-15 04:36 |
| #3 ION FREEREPUBLIC > RUSSIA HOLDING MIL EXERCISES OFF JAPAN'S COASTS [Etorofu = Russ-controlled Kuriles]. * SAME > JAPAN SNATCHES YONAGUNI AIR DEFENSE ZONE. * DRUDGEREPORT > YONHAP NEWS > NORTH KOREA PROPOSES MILITARY TALKS WID US ON SHIP SINKING + NORTH KOREA SHOULD PUBISH THOSE WHOM ATTACKED SOUTH KOREAN SHIP: NINISTER [ROK = SOKOR Vice MINister Ung Jong-Sik]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-07-15 03:11 |
| #2 "In September, the communist state will hold its first meeting of senior Workers' Party delegates in 44 years, a move that observers say may be aimed at paving the ground for leader Kim Jong-il to transfer his power to his third son, Jong-un." This may indeed be the case. However, there may be more than one aspect to this. 2010-44= 1966. 1966 was the beginning of a campaign of raids by North Korea into the DMZ and S. Korea proper, the so-called Second Korean War. One of the barriers Kim Jong Il had to overcome was his lack of military experience, in marked contrast to his father Kim Il Sung. A successful military campaign would do much to cement Kim Jong-Un. The Christian Science Monitor published a story in May speculating that Kim Jong Un was involved in the Cheonan operation. The party is the very army, and the army is the very party. |
| Posted by: Pstanley 2010-07-15 01:13 |
| #1 Party m |
| Posted by: Amadeus Mo Fart 2010-07-15 00:37 |