The Long Goodbye
Tags: KOREA (North) -- Politics & government -- 1994-2011; KOREA (North) -- History -- 1994-; KIM Jong-il, 1941-2011; KIM Chong-un, 1984-; COMMUNISM; DICTATORSHIP
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- MEET KIM JONG UN. Powell, Bill; Adams, William Lee; Kim, Stephen; Mahr, Krista; Newton-Small, Jay // Time International (South Pacific Edition);2/27/2012, Vol. 179 Issue 8, p16
The article profiles Kim Jong Un, the Supreme Leader of North Korea and son of late Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il, who died in December 2011. The repressive, autocratic regime in North Korea is described. Topics discussed include the U.S. State Department's hopes to include North Korea in talks...
- MEET KIM JONG UN. Powell, Bill; Adams, William Lee; Kim, Stephen; Mahr, Krista; Newton-Small, Jay // Time International (Atlantic Edition);2/27/2012, Vol. 179 Issue 8, p16
The article profiles Kim Jong Un, the Supreme Leader of North Korea and son of late Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il, who died in December 2011. The repressive, autocratic regime in North Korea is described. Topics discussed include the U.S. State Department's hopes to include North Korea in talks...
- MEET KIM JONG UN. Powell, Bill; Adams, William Lee; Kim, Stephen; Mahr, Krista; Newton-Small, Jay // Time;2/27/2012, Vol. 179 Issue 8, p28
The article profiles Kim Jong Un, the Supreme Leader of North Korea and son of late Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il, who died in December 2011. The repressive, autocratic regime in North Korea is described. Topics discussed include the U.S. State Department's hopes to include North Korea in talks...
- Daddy Dearest. Kurlantzick, Joshua // New Republic;7/1/2009, Vol. 240 Issue 11, p5
In this article the author discusses Kim Jong Un, the youngest son of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il, thought in some quarters to be his father's successor. The article focuses on a number of issues including the similarities between father and son and the role of the North Korean military...
- LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON IN N. KOREA. Guo, Jerry // Newsweek;4/5/2010, Vol. 155 Issue 14, p10
This article suggests that the execution of the North Korean finance official Pak Nam Gi by the North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il in March, 2010 was intended to redirect the blame for the failed revaluation of the North Korean currency from Kim Jong Un, the likely successor to Kim Jong Il.
- The Art of the Reasonable in North Korea Farley, Robert // World Politics Review (19446284);12/21/2011, p2
The article discusses the limitations on what should reasonably work for North Korea under a leader. It mentions the death of Kim Jong Il, the new leadership of Kim Jung Un who might show the same degree of tough military leadership and the actions of the international community in facing...
- Kim Jong Un Promoted, But Collective Rule Likely. // Asia Monitor: China & North East Asia Monitor;Nov2010, Vol. 17 Issue 11, p12
The article reports on the outlook for the promotion of Kim Jong Un to the rank of general in 2010 in North Korea. It notes that it is uncertain whether Kim Jong Un's appointment will lead to his attainment of supreme power when his father Kim Jong II dies. It predicts that when Kim Jong Un...
- Succession Questions Persist in Wake of Kim Jong-il's Death. Chaffin, Greg // Foreign Policy in Focus;12/19/2011, p2
The article focuses on the issue of succession in wake of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's death. It mentions that the succession of Kim Jong-il's heir, who is Kim Jung-un, casts immediate doubt because he was only in his mid-twenties and a political novice unlike Jong-il. Meanwhile, the...
- U.S., South Korea closely monitoring 'instability situation' in North. // Geo-Strategy Direct;10/20/2010, p20
The article reports on the U.S. intelligence officials' monitoring on the promoted North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il's third son, Kim Jong-Un, with the belief that the transition might trigger new outbreaks of North Korean military attacks. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates forecasts that the...
