Kim Jong-Il's sons Kim Jong-Nam (left) and the younger brother, Kim Jong-un Photo: AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Posted on 10/12/2010 6:43:38 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Kim Jong-il's oldest son against North Korea dynastic succession
The eldest son of Kim Jong-il who was passed over in favour of his younger brother in the race to succeed his father as leader of North Korea, has said that he opposes the idea of a dynastic succession in the secretive Stalinist state.
By Peter Foster in Beijing
Published: 9:20AM BST 12 Oct 2010
Kim Jong-nam, 39, who lives in the gambling hub of Macao and was once said to be too "wayward" for the leadership, said he did not approve of the hereditary principle that saw his 27-year-old half-brother Kim Jong-un being groomed as the North's next leader last month.
"Personally I am opposed to the hereditary transfer to a third generation of the family," Jong-nam told Japan's Asahi TV Network in an interview conducted in Beijing on Saturday.
He was speaking before Kim Jong-un made his first major public appearance as leader-in-waiting, standing next to his ailing father while reviewing a massive military parade in Pyongyang on Sunday.
Although disapproving of the hereditary principle, Jong-nam, the son of an actress who died in 2002, said he would continue to support his brother from afar, hinting that he had no plans to return home after his brother took power.
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Kim Jong-Il's sons Kim Jong-Nam (left) and the younger brother, Kim Jong-un Photo: AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Age and treachery will overcome youth and skill....
I wonder what North Korean Family feud would look like... it will be interesting to see the result after the Dear Leader assumes room temperature.
just saying as a fat guy myself.,
Have you tried the tree bark diet? North Korean tree bark soup is a wonderful, low calorie treat.
If its thin enough, it could be a tea.
heh
Obviously Kim Jong-un hasn’t missed many meals!
I think the generals are going to make quick work of both ‘heirs’ and run NK like the Chinese run China. There is no way that the regime as it stands will survive the end of Kim Jong Il. Dear Leader is too wily for them, but his sons are too pampered and raised away from the intrigue that Dear Leader lives with daily. This is a fatal flaw in the personalities of his sons. The Generals are experienced in dealing with this maniac daily and have managed to survive. The generals are not stupid people.
“Okay Kiddo, here’s the country. Don’t break it!”
OMG I predict it LOL!
I predict going turn into Korean version of Lion in the winter the movie with mixture of Kill Bill Vol 1
That too somebody mention here on FR going turn into Godfather 2 with Lion in winter mix in LOL!
bttt
I kinda predict this turn into Lion in winter or Godfather 2 LOL!
Gee, ya think?
...passed over in favour of his younger brother... lives in the gambling hub of Macao and was once said to be too "wayward" for the leadership, said he did not approve of the hereditary principle that saw his 27-year-old half-brother Kim Jong-un being groomed as the North's next leader last month. "Personally I am opposed to the hereditary transfer to a third generation of the family," Jong-nam told Japan's Asahi TV Network in an interview conducted in Beijing on Saturday.
Jong Nam has been out of the domestic political loop so long it hardly matters what he says anymore (within reason, of course). He seems to realize that too, however, so perhaps these are (mostly) his honest views. I wonder what he will do when the regime finally falls apart - spill his guts about Daddy Dearest, or disappear like #2 son Jong Cheol?
Wayward Leader against the Gay Leader? Interrrrrestink!
I’d take living high in Macao (those Russian hookers, man!) over Pyongyang any day. But that’s just me.
Nothing like insuring there are poison-tipped bullets with your name on them.
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