Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Sabotage In North Korea?

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, fourth from left in front row, and his youngest son and heir Kim Jong-un, second from the left, pose with military officials during a banquet Friday, to celebrate the 19th anniversary of leader Kim’s inauguration as the military’s supreme commander, in this image taken from a North Korean television broadcast. Their attendance at the event was seen as a bid to uphold military unity amid high tensions on the Korean Peninsula. / Yonhap

Sabotage? Train With Gifts For Kim's Heir Derails -- MSNBC/Reuters

Report: Televisions, watches were bound for N. Korea's leader-in-waiting.

SEOUL, South Korea — A train packed with birthday gifts for North Korea's leader-in-waiting Kim Jong Un derailed this month in a possible act of sabotage, a Seoul-based radio station which broadcasts across the border reported on Monday.

Open Radio for North Korea, a non-profit station which often cites sources in the reclusive, impoverished North, said the train laden with gifts including televisions and watches came off the rails on Dec. 11 near North Korea's border with China.

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More News On North Korea's Train Derailment

Birthday ruined? Train packed with gifts for North Korean ruler-in-waiting Kim Jung Un derailed -- New York Daily News
Jong-un’s birthday gift train derailed: Report -- Joong Ang Daily
Train carrying gifts for N.Korea's heir derails -- AFP
Sabotage suspected in derailing of NKorean birthday train -- Toronto Star

My Comment: There is a fascinating new video on North Korea's "leader in waiting". The link to it is here.

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