[AmericanInTokyo]

TLR, One of the reports I heard was that he died nearly two weeks ago--read that on Monday or Tuesday. Which means the Chia Pet "On The Spot Guidance" at the DPRK sole Supermarket would have been staged by a double, or old footage, correct? In which case, it may well have been a shooting or poisoning? Who would gain by such a move? "Fishlips" and his wife, "Black Eyes?" If this is what happened, the Boy was in on it? Or just being used as a chess piece?

Very interesting.

[af_vet_rr]

I could imagine plenty of folks plotting against his son. If his son has total power, his son might replace the older folks running the show with this friends.

[jhpigott]

If he did die a couple weeks back (granted - a big IF) then it’s plausible his death was not “natural” and it took that long for the North’s power brokers to sort things out.

Assuming all that’s true (again - another BIG assumption) we may have on our hands a true succession crisis of sorts that will likely be played out over the next weeks and months.