Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Still no word from N. Korea about conference delay, but much speculation

The Washington Post issued the report linked below, repeating speculation that it is due to Kim Jong-il's poor health that the delegates to the Worker's Party Congress have been cooling their heels in Pyongyang this past week with no Congress having opened.

I am more inclined to think that this is really about resistance to the installation of Kim Jong-un as hereditary successor. This could be a time of significant court intrigue at the Presidential palace. It is very unlikely to be indicative of anything good going on. If Kim Jong-il does die one could not assume it is necessarily due to natural causes for example.

The delay in opening this Congress is a very worrying development in my judgment.

Still no word from N. Korea about conference delay, but much speculation

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