Wednesday, September 8, 2010

North Korean Delegates Gather To Apppoint Kim Jong-il's Successor



North Korea, in Secret, Moves Toward Anointing a New Kim -- Time Magazine

Only in North Korea — the world's most opaque, secretive state — could the country's most important political conclave in 30 years appear to be imminent and yet entirely shrouded in mystery. It was rumored this week that delegates from all over the country are streaming to Pyongyang for the first congress of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 1980. But no one in authority has said publicly when the event would start, how many days it would run or what the agenda and purpose of the meeting might be.

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More News On North Korea

North Korean Delegates Gather to Anoint Kim Jong Un His Father's Heir -- ABC News
Rare N. Korean gathering might set up handover of power -- CNN
NKorea capital preps for important convention -- AP
Search on for clues at N Korean congress -- Financial Times
China Says N.Korean Succession Is Internal Matter -- Chosun Ilbo
North Korea blows off the cobwebs -- Andrei Lankov, Asia Times
Power transfer will shake North Korea -- Robert Kaplan and Abraham Denmark, Financial Times opinion

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