Article: A leader in waiting

Article: Kim Jong Un: North Korea's next ...
The Christian Science Monitor;  June 2, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... the word that North Korea's ailing leader, Kim Jong Il, has settled ... demonstrate Kim Jong Il's power ... physical weakness. North Korea this week is ... numerous studies on North Korea, but, he asks ... we have?" Kim Jong Un is not at ...

Transcript: Who Comes After North Korea's Kim ...
NPR All Things Considered;  September 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... 2008 Who Comes After North Korea's Kim Jong Il? Host: MICHELE NORRIS ... and worldwide headlines. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's Dear Leader, missed ... MICHAEL BREEN (Biographer of Kim Jong Il): North Korea has not announced anything ...

Article: INSIDE THE MIND OF KIM JONG-IL North ...
The Sunday Herald;  July 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... this new twist in North Korea's political philosophy ... underpins the reason for Kim Jong-il's decision ... The KFA, set up by North Korea's Committee for ... hero-worships Kim Jong-il, denies that North Korea operates brutal concentration ...

Article: NORTH KOREA: ONCE BELITTLED, KIM JONG ...
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  September 3, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... the reins of power four years ago, North Korea's then 'Dear Leader', Kim Jong- Il, was dismissed as a "puppet ... the 50th founding anniversary of North Korea. Under Kim Jong-Il, North Korea remains poorer than it ever was under ...

Article: Kim Jong Ill or Kim Jong Well? ...
The Economist (US);  September 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... THIS week rumours swirled that Kim Jong Il, North Korea's dictator, was gravely ... marking the 60th anniversary of North Korea's founding. They included ... for which America will drop North Korea from its blacklist of state ...

Article: Calling Kim Jong Il's bluff; Banyan.(Banyan: ...
The Economist (US);  April 25, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Even if North Korea refuses to rejoin six-party talks ... NUCLEAR blackmail is an old trick of Kim Jong Il, North Korea's 68-year-old dictator, learnt ... 5th, and the launching of what North Korea said was a satellite but the rest ...

Article: More mysteries from North Korea. (Sung Hae Rim, ...
The Economist (US);  February 17, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... ANOTHER bad week for Kim Jong Il, North Korea's puffy-cheeked ... unlikely event that North Korea lasts that long ... official line is that Kim Jong Il succeeded his ... Not because North Korea is a communist ... actress to whom Kim Jong Il took a ...