Ageing leader North Korean Kim Jong-Il is widely believed to be preparing to hand over power to his youngest son Jong-Un, but little is known about his heir. South Korea's national news agency Yonhap has published what it said were photographs of Jong-Un during his time at school in Switzerland.
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File photo shows pedestrians passing in front of propaganda in Central Pyongyang. A university professor has warned of a possible power struggle if Kim Jong-Il dies before his son is in place, since some elites may question the legitimacy of another hereditary succession. (AFP/File/Yoshikatsu Tsuno)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (C) visits the Taedonggang Combined Fruit Farm in Pyongyang. The US State Department was Monday perplexed by changes in the North Korean power structure, after Pyongyang's parliament promoted the powerful brother-in-law of leader Kim Jong-Il. (AFP/KCNA via KNS)