Parade of Nkorean Worker-Peasant Red Guards (Photo: AFP)U.S. Sees Power Rifts in North Korea -- Wall Street Journal
SEOUL -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. and Asian nations are increasingly concerned that a power struggle inside North Korea's leadership is undermining international efforts to disarm the reclusive Stalinist state.
Washington's chief diplomat and other senior U.S. officials said there are growing signs that a succession process inside Pyongyang may already have begun, contributing to North Korea's hardening position.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il isn't believed to have completely recovered from a suspected August stroke, and his power is seen gradually shifting to Pyongyang's military, the Korean People's Army, according to North Korea analysts and U.S. officials.
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Clinton Addresses N. Korea Succession -- New York Times
Clinton Suggests Kim Jong Il May Step Down Soon -- Los Angeles Times
Clinton Anxious of Power Vacuum in N. Korea -- The Times
Clinton opens North Korean can of worms -- Sydney morning Herald
Clinton Sends Warning over Future of N. Korea -- Daily Telegraph
Clinton Urges N. Korean Dialogue -- BBC News
S. Korea warns North on Yellow Sea attack -- UPI
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il isn't believed to have completely recovered from a suspected August stroke, and his power is seen gradually shifting to Pyongyang's military, the Korean People's Army, according to North Korea analysts and U.S. officials.
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Clinton Addresses N. Korea Succession -- New York Times
Clinton Suggests Kim Jong Il May Step Down Soon -- Los Angeles Times
Clinton Anxious of Power Vacuum in N. Korea -- The Times
Clinton opens North Korean can of worms -- Sydney morning Herald
Clinton Sends Warning over Future of N. Korea -- Daily Telegraph
Clinton Urges N. Korean Dialogue -- BBC News
S. Korea warns North on Yellow Sea attack -- UPI
Clinton Suggests Kim Jong Il May Step Down Soon -- Los Angeles Times
Clinton Anxious of Power Vacuum in N. Korea -- The Times
Clinton opens North Korean can of worms -- Sydney morning Herald
Clinton Sends Warning over Future of N. Korea -- Daily Telegraph
Clinton Urges N. Korean Dialogue -- BBC News
S. Korea warns North on Yellow Sea attack -- UPI
Kim Jong II anoints 'youngest son' North Korea's next leader -- Times Of India
Kim Jong Il anoints next leader of North Korea - his youngest son -- Times Online
NKorea's Kim picks hawk for top military post -- AFP
N. Korea ended state-sponsored drug smuggling in 2002: U.N. drug czar -- Kyodo News
FACTBOX: A look at North Korean leader Kim Jong-il -- FOX News
Clinton Anxious of Power Vacuum in N. Korea -- The Times
Clinton opens North Korean can of worms -- Sydney morning Herald
Clinton Sends Warning over Future of N. Korea -- Daily Telegraph
Clinton Urges N. Korean Dialogue -- BBC News
S. Korea warns North on Yellow Sea attack -- UPI
Kim Jong II anoints 'youngest son' North Korea's next leader -- Times Of India
Kim Jong Il anoints next leader of North Korea - his youngest son -- Times Online
NKorea's Kim picks hawk for top military post -- AFP
N. Korea ended state-sponsored drug smuggling in 2002: U.N. drug czar -- Kyodo News
FACTBOX: A look at North Korean leader Kim Jong-il -- FOX News