Kim Jong-il's oldest son against North Korea dynastic succession - Polidicks

[quote][b]The eldest son of Kim Jong-il who was passed over in favour of his younger brother in the race to succeed his father as leader of North Korea, has said that he opposes the idea of a dynastic succession in the secretive Stalinist state.[/b] Kim Jong-nam, 39, who lives in the gambling hub of Macao and was once said to be too "wayward" for the leadership, said he did not approve of the hereditary principle that saw his 27-year-old half-brother Kim Jong-un being groomed as the North's next leader last month. "Personally I am opposed to the hereditary transfer to a third generation of the family," Jong-nam told Japan's Asahi TV Network in an interview conducted in Beijing on Saturday. He was speaking before Kim Jong-un made his first major public appearance as leader-in-waiting, standing next to his ailing father while reviewing a massive military parade in Pyongyang on Sunday. Although disapproving of the hereditary principle, Jong-nam, the son of an actress who died in 2002, said he would continue to support his brother from afar, hinting that he had no plans to return home after his brother took power. "As a matter of course, I think it was my father who made the decision. As I have had no interest in the matter, I don't care at all," he said. He added that he also hope that his brother could improve living standards in North Korea which remains desperately poor as a result of crippling economic sanctions and a Soviet-style command-economy. "I hope my younger brother will do his best to make the lives of the North Korean people affluent. For my part, I am prepared to help my younger brother whenever necessary while I stay abroad." After two years of speculation, the issue of who would succeed Kim Jong-il appeared to have been resolved this month in favour of Kim Jong-un who was promoted to four-star general and given a host of senior political appointments at a key meeting of the North Korea's Workers' Party. During the mid-1990s the Swiss-educated Kim Jong-nam was often presumed to be the likely successor to the Dear Leader after also being made a general and head of foreign counter-intelligence in the secret police. However he fell from grace in 2001 after being caught trying to enter Japan on a false Dominican Republic passport, reportedly to visit Tokyo Disneyland with his young son, an act or irresponsibility that is said to have enraged Kim Jong-il. Since then Jong-nam has lived a relatively quiet domestic life in Macao with his wife and two children, aged 14 and 10, living on a reported $500,000 (£313,000) annual allowance that allows him to maintain a second property in Beijing and make visits to Bangkok and Moscow. [/quote] [img]http://www.northkoreablues.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Kim-Jong-nam-2.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/8058530/Kim-Jong-ils-oldest-son-against-North-Korea-dynastic-succession.html[/url]

I bet his dad ain't too happy... [editline]02:15PM[/editline] [b]his wife and two children, aged 14 and 10[/b]

Pretty cool that he tried to take his son to Disneyland, it shows not all of them are crazy.

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I think it means his kids are 14 and 10 idiot.

[QUOTE=Happyfaic;25362616]I bet his dad ain't too happy... [editline]02:15PM[/editline] [b]his wife and two children, aged 14 and 10[/b][/QUOTE] And he is 39. Aww shit didn't think about it, ignore this.

oh woops no need for the retard

[QUOTE=Happyfaic;25362616]I bet his dad ain't too happy... [editline]02:15PM[/editline] [b]his wife and two children, aged 14 and 10[/b][/QUOTE] Those are both the ages of his children. Did you think a 4 year old could give birth to a child?

I don't blame the planned economy for the poverty, China has one and is doing well, spending all the money on military is the true evil. But hey, at least they called it Stalinist, not communist.

He was schooled in Switzerland. No suprise he would oppose the dynastic succession of a lunatic.

[img]http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/8994/amerikra.png[/img] He looks like less fail than his father, thats a plus!

Why would Kim Jong Il be so upset about Kim Kong Nam taking his son to Disneyland? I find it funny for some reason. He looks a bit better than his father at any rate.

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[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;25362683]Those are both the ages of his children. Did you think a 4 year old could give birth to a child?[/QUOTE] 39 - 14.

[QUOTE=lemongrapes;25362744]I don't blame the planned economy for the poverty, China has one and is doing well, spending all the money on military is the true evil. But hey, at least they called it Stalinist, not communist.[/QUOTE] Yeah 10% of people living for less than a dollar per day, sounds like it's working pretty well.

[QUOTE=Kai365;25362839]39 - 14.[/QUOTE] Yes? As he randomly bolded that particular part, it seemed he was indicating one was the age of the mother.

So he's basicly the most sane person in North Korea?

[QUOTE=UnknownDude;25363106]So he's basicly the most sane person in North Korea?[/QUOTE]Well, the most sane person in his family. I don't think he's going to find it easy going back to North Korea.

[QUOTE=UnknownDude;25363106]So he's basicly the most sane person in North Korea?[/QUOTE] There are plenty of sane people in North Korea, they're just not allowed to speak out about it in fear. I remember reading a story where a man got drunk on his 50th birthday, and just started speaking out about how this was not how people should live, this isn't life etc. Then his son killed him with a rock to stop him talking.