Is North Korea's Leader Kim Jong-un Erratic?

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The Guardian: From childhood to nuclear tests, insiders say Kim Jong-un has always been 'erratic'

Sources inside the country say criticism of the leader by party cadres has increased in recent months. Daily NK reports.

Kim Jong-un’s decision to carry out a fourth nuclear test regardless of international sanctions has drawn criticism from colleagues in the ruling party, sources inside the country claim.

Speaking under the condition of anonymity from Pyongyang, a source said party cadres had described the nuclear test as a sign of the leader’s “irresponsible and immature personality”.

High-ranking personnel in the North Korean regime have been talking about about Kim’s “aggressive personality” since he was a child, the source added, although the claim are impossible to independently verify.

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Update: Cadres look to Kim's past to explain his present (Daily NK)

WNU Editor: Korean society has always had a structure where the senior citizens of the country  were always the head of the family/community/country. Have a 30 something leader who has lived a  life of privilege now running the place .... it would not surprise me at all if some of these 50 to 60  year old party cadres are unhappy following the dictates of someone who is half their age.