(Click Image to Enlarge)North Korea's Kim Jong-il May Go Public With Dynastic Rule -- Christian Science Monitor
Speculation is rampant that North Korea's Kim Jong-il will go public with plans to name his son his heir at a rare political conference.
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-il is expected to convene the first high-level conference of the ruling Workers’ Party in about 40 years amid widespread speculation that the world will finally get the answer to one great question:
Will Kim's third son, Kim Jong-un, be confirmed as heir to power?
If so, he would be the third in a line that began when Kim Jong-il’s father, the late "Great Leader" Kim Il-sung, took over at the time of the founding of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 1948.
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More News On Leadership Changes In North Korea (Maybe)
North Korea Signals Succession Plans Under Way -- NPR
North Korea Preps 'Dear' Leader's Mystery 20-Something Son for Rule -- J.J. Gould, The Atlantic
Kim Jong Un 'rubber-stamping dictator'? -- UPI
North Korean Congress May Discuss Kim's Successor -- Bloomberg
Pyongyang's New Leader for the Old Guard -- Andrei Lankov, Wall Street Journal
Amid succession fears, Kim Jong-un rising to power -- Korea Times