Kim Jong-il ‘Has Not Appointed a Successor’

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is well and has not appointed a successor, the North’s no. 2 official claimed Thursday. Kim Yong-nam, president of the Presidium of North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly told Japan’s Kyodo news agency Monday, “The matter of inheriting the revolutionary traditions is important. But this has nothing to do with the successor issue.” “There has been no talk of succession at this moment,” he added. ● More from: The Chosun Ilbo

North Korea’s Succession Campaign May Be on Hold

The murky process of hereditary succession in North Korea appears to have been suspended, at least for now, and the rise to power of Kim Jong Il’s third son may be on hold, according to South Korean analysts and three organizations with informants inside the secretive state. ● More from: washingtonpost.com

Has the question been answered?

Official documents have confirmed that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s third son, Kim Jong Un, will succeed his father as the nation’s next leader.

According to several internal documents of the North Korean authorities that the Mainichi has obtained, Pyongyang is hastily preparing the way for Kim Jong Un to take over. The documents also state that Kim Jong Un played an important role in what the North described as a satellite launch in April. ● More from: The Mainichi Daily News