Assembly: Kim Jong Il (front second right) appears with his son Kim Jong Un in black suit (front second left) at a military unit in 2010
North Korean Intelligence Official Tells Of Aborted Coups And Assassination Attempts -- The Telegraph
One of only a handful of North Korean intelligence officials ever to have escaped the country paints a dark portrait of plotting and factions in Pyongyang
A former North Korean intelligence officer who defected to the West has given an extraordinary account of the paranoia and turmoil within the secretive regime.
The official described how assassination attempts on Kim Jong-il, the country's leader until three years ago, drove the country's feared internal security apparatus to take elaborate measures against suspected plots, real or imagined - including an attempt by a rogue army unit to launch missiles against Pyongyang.
The official, who asked to be named only as "Mr K", said he had personal knowledge of two assassination attempts on Kim Jong-il, who ruled North Korea from 1994 until his death in December 2011.
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My Comment: If recent reports of purges in North Korea are true (and I believe that they are) .... and this former North Korean intelligence officer's recollections are also true .... one can then safely say that nothing has changed in North Korea. Like father .... like son.
The North Koreans are getting thin with the guys that have the full frontal medal displays.
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