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Another Dynastic Power Transfer in North Korea? |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / SPECIAL REPORT--FINALLY ENDING THE KOREAN WAR |
| Author: Jong-Heon Lee |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2005 |
| Size: 1,044 Words, 6,533 Characters |
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The death during the summer of North Korea's "respected mother" Ko Yong Hi, wife of Kim Jong-il, has posed a question: Will there be another dynastic succession of power in the hermit kingdom? Speculation is rife that Kim, the first ruler in communist history to succeed his father as head of state after a decades-long dynastic power inheritance program, has prepared to hand over his power to one of his three sons.
It has also been rumored that a power struggle exists among the candidates for the leadership of the impoverished communist country. "There seemed to be internal strife in the North over who would be the next leader after the death of Ko Yong-hi," said a South Korean businessman who has rare access to Pyongyang. "Ko's death may intensify the power struggle," he said.
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...ther-to-son power inheritance program has helped Kim retain his grip on power despite turbulent economic changes and the demise of the communist ideology globally. Kim has succeeded his father's power in communism's first hereditary power transfer. Kim's father died at age 82 in 1994 after ruling for half a century with an intensive personality cult.
© 2004 United Press International
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