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Sabotage? Derailed Train Carried Gifts for Kim Jong Un

Seoul radio cites suspicion of foul play

(Newser) - A train full of birthday presents en route to North Korea’s heir derailed this month—but was it a simple accident, or sabotage? A South Korean radio station that often cites Northern sources reports that a train departing from Sinuiju and headed for Pyongyang derailed on Dec. 11, creating...

N. Korea Warns of More Strikes
 N. Korea Warns of More Strikes 
Nov 25, 2010 12:03 AM CST

N. Korea Warns of More Strikes

North says US to blame for attack on South

(Newser) - North Korea has warned it will attack the South again if it carries out any "reckless military provocations." The statement from a North Korean military delegation—which promised "second and third strong physical retaliations without hesitation"—didn't specifically mention the US-South Korea joint military exercises set...

Kim Jong-il Tours Soy Sauce Factory
 Kim Jong Il Tours 
 Soy Sauce Factory 
What Crisis?
Nov 23, 2010 2:20 PM CST

Kim Jong Il Tours Soy Sauce Factory

US, meanwhile, says it isn't planning any military response

(Newser) - With North Korea and South Korea teetering on the edge of war , what did Kim Jong Il and his heir apparent, Kim Jong Un, spend the day doing? They visited a soy sauce factory, reports Aol News , via a dispatch from the state news agency. The father-son duo also visited...

Why North Korea Attacked the South: Was it to Force Negotiations?

 Why North Korea 
 Attacked the South 

early reactions
Nov 23, 2010 8:26 AM CST

Why North Korea Attacked the South

Many believe it is an attempt to force negotiations

(Newser) - Following North Korea's artillery attack on South Korea, the Los Angeles Times , reporting from Seoul, and Reuters gather early theories for what is behind the attack:
  • Forcing negotiations: A former negotiator and South Korean lawmaker calls it a "berserk" and "last-ditch" attempt "to engage Washington and Seoul"
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Kim Jong Il's Other Son Down on Succession

But will support his brother from afar

(Newser) - Kim Jong Nam, the wayward eldest son of Kim Jong Il, isn't keen on half-brother Kim Jong Un becoming North Korea’s next ruler. But not because of why you'd think: “Personally, I am opposed to the hereditary transfer to a third generation of the family,” the elder...

Korea Fetes Heir With Massive Parade

Kims in attendance at huge celebration of Workers' Party

(Newser) - With its Dear Leader and Dear Leader-apparent in attendance, North Korea celebrated the 65th anniversary of its ruling Workers Party with a huge military parade today, broadcasting the event live and even letting foreign media in to give the country and the world the first public look at Kim Jong...

Kim Jong Un Confirmed as North Korean Leader

Kim Jong Il's youngest son will succeed him

(Newser) - A top North Korean official confirmed today that Kim Jong Il's youngest son will succeed him as the next leader of the reclusive communist nation. In the first public confirmation of the succession plan, Yang Hyong Sop, a top official in North Korea's ruling party, referred to Kim Jong Un...

Kim Jong Un May Have Had Surgery to Look Like Gramps

In older images, he looked skinny, had different chin

(Newser) - Did Kim Jong Un, the son and anointed successor of Kim Jong Il, have plastic surgery to look like his grandfather? That’s what South Korean newspapers are speculating after North Korea released the first official shots of Kim Jong Un last week. In them, he looked like the spitting...

Kim Jong Il's Sister Is 'Evil'

The wacko family gets wackier

(Newser) - North Korea's crazy dictator Kim Jong Il and mysterious-and-chubby heir Kim Jong Un aren't quite the Brady Bunch, so why shouldn't the elder Kim's sister turn out to be a raging alcoholic who orchestrated a fatal car accident to bump off a rival and drove her own daughter to suicide?...

N. Korea Prints Photos of Chubby Heir Apparent

Kim Jong Un gets a close up

(Newser) - North Korea introduced its chubby-faced heir apparent to the world today by way of official photos released by the country's state media. An unsmiling Kim Jong Un sports combed-back hair cut high on the sides and a communist-style black suit in the still and video images, which show the twentysomething...

Kim Jong-Il Promotes Son to Apparent Next-in-Line

Leader makes sister, youngest son 4-star generals as party meets

(Newser) - North Korea-watchers say Kim Jong Il has sent his clearest signal yet that he intends for his youngest son to lead the country after his death. State media announced the promotion of Kim Jong Un to four-star general today as the country's biggest political summit in 30 years began, the...

N. Korean Army Gives Kim's Son Tentative Nod

Succession plans progress with his election as delegate

(Newser) - The North Korean military has given Kim Jong-Un its tacit blessing to take over for his father as the country’s dictator. The military elected the younger Kim to serve as a delegate at today’s ruling party meeting, essentially giving him their backing, sources tell the Daily Telegraph . The...

Kim Jong Il's Transfer of Power May Be Near

Big party gathering in the works; youngest son in line

(Newser) - North Korea is planning a huge political summit amid rumors that Kim Jong Il will designate his youngest son as successor, Bloomberg reports. Soldiers and tanks have been dispatched to the capital for military parades, and Kim's Workers' Party of Korea has prepared pledges of loyalty for the summit, expected...

S. Korea to North: Time for Reunification?

Seoul broaches the idea of reunification tax

(Newser) - Given North Korea's penchant of late for threatening nuclear destruction and seizing fishing boats, the South had a strange message today: Let's get together. In a speech marking the Koreas' liberation from Japan, President Lee Myung-bak today called for a special tax that would pave the way for Seoul to...

Kim Jong Il Hints at Successor with Flower

Birthday begonia likely means son Kim Jong-Un has been chosen

(Newser) - North Korea will use tens of thousands of flowers to celebrate Kim Jong Il’s birthday today, including one that’s got everyone talking: a new breed of begonia that could symbolize a coming passing of power. It was delivered on the Jan. 8 birthday of his youngest son, Kim...

Kim Jong Il's 3 Sons: Are Any Fit for Power?

Experts question grit of trio, fans of Van Damme and Eric Clapton

(Newser) - Kim Jong Il has presided over North Korea’s closed, crooked government with an iron fist for decades. But as the Dear Leader’s health fades, anxious observers are analyzing his three heirs apparent—none of whom seem fit for the job, Evan Thomas and Suzanne Smalley write in Newsweek....

Kim Jong-Il's Son 'Visits China as Heir'

Ailing leader's youngest son meets with Chinese leaders to request aid

(Newser) - The youngest son of Kim Jong-Il is believed to have visited China last week as the heir apparent to North Korea's leadership, Reuters reports. Kim Jong-Un was sent as his father's envoy on the secret visit, according to Japanese media, and met with top Chinese leaders to request emergency energy...

Korean Chef Offers Glimpse of 'Lil' Kim'

Jong-Il's heir unlikely to have dad's clout

(Newser) - Little is known about the young man expected to succeed Kim Jong-Il as leader of North Korea, and what analysts do know has been gleaned from a book by the ruler’s former chef, the New York Times reports. Kim Jong-Un is the youngest of three sons and most like...

N. Korean Successor Likes Michael Jordan

(Newser) - News that Kim Jong Il has settled on his youngest son as eventual successor begs the question, what's the new guy like? Details are predictably scarce, but from his days at a Swiss boarding school, where he befriended the kids of US diplomats, we know that 26-year-old Kim Jong Un...

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