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Heirs to the Kingdom.

Authors :
Wehrfritz, George
Takayama, Hideko
Lee, B.J.
Source :
Newsweek (Pacific Edition); 3/10/2003 (Pacific Edition), Vol. 141 Issue 10, p32, 2p, 3 Color Photographs, 2 Black and White Photographs
Publication Year :
2003

Abstract

Discusses the succession struggle between the brothers Kim Jong Nam and Kim Jong Chol, the sons of the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il. Consideration of the nuclear arms program in North Korea; Status of a military document from North Korea in which a woman called Omonim, the respected mother, praises Kim Jong Il; How Kim Jong Nam was detained while trying to enter Japan in 2001; Suggestion that the respected mother directive is an attempt to name John Chol as his father's successor.

Subjects

Subjects :
DICTATORS
NUCLEAR weapons

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01637061
Volume :
141
Issue :
10
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Newsweek (Pacific Edition)
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
9243495