Sunday, August 9, 2009

After Former President Clinton's Visit To North Korea, Kim Jong-Il Appears to Be Completely In Control

Kim Jong Il (right) poses with Bill Clinton

N.Korea Using Clinton Visit 'To Promote Kim's Son' -- Breitbart/AFP

North Korea has been using Bill Clinton's visit to Pyongyang last week to promote leader Kim Jong-Il's son as the communist nation's next head of state, a news report said Sunday.

Former US president Clinton traveled to Pyongyang last week to take home two journalists jailed for having illegally entered North Korea.

Seoul's Yonhap news agency, quoting an unnamed source, said Pyongyang's National Security Agency was praising Kim Jong-Un, third son and heir apparent to Kim Jong-Il, 67, for having engineered the episode.

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Update: Kim Jong Il in 'Full Control' of North Korea, National Security Chief Says -- FOX News

My Comment: Kim Jong-il appears to be in control. It also appears that he is preparing his son to take over in the event that he should retire (which I doubt that he will do) or pass away.

Either way .... the message to the world is now clear .... Kim Jong-Il is in charge.

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