What kind of scenario do you expect for the North Korea after the death of Kim Jong-il? More repressions, some liberalization of the regime, playing the nuclear card even more?
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It seems he will.
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US Secretary of State said: “This will not be and cannot be business as usual. There must be an international, not just a regional, but an international response.”
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Is it possible to stop the “Dear Leader” Kim Jong-il?
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There is a report Kim Jong Il’s former secretary Kim Ok is now key player in the North Korea politics. See here.
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It was announced the summit between the South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun an North Korea’s Kim Jong-il will take place in Pyongyang. The new summit comes seven years after the first one, when Kim Jong-il met then-South Korean President Kim Dae-jung.
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