North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presides over a meeting of top officials heandling national security and foreign affairs.
Absence Of N.K. Leader's Uncle Sparks Speculation Over Internal Power Game -- Yonhap News Agency
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- The absence of Jang Song-thaek, uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at a key national security meeting may be a sign of a renewed power game inside the reclusive communist nation's leadership, a U.S. expert said Sunday.
Jang, vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, did not attend the meeting of top North Korean officials handling security and foreign affairs, in which Kim ordered "substantial and high-profile important state measures," according to Pyongyang's official media.
Kim recently convened the meeting, viewed as North Korea's equivalent of the U.S. National Security Council, to discuss the impact of new U.N. sanctions imposed on his regime for the Dec. 12 rocket launch and Pyongyang's response. The North's media stopped short of specifying the date and venue for the meeting.
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My Comment: Something is happening .... a top leader in North Korea just does not show up for a critical national security meeting unless there is a very good reason.