Lee Ki Taek of the National Unification Advisory Council says that he believes Kim Jong Il\u2019s first son, Kim Jong Nam, is bearing the possibility of North Korea\u2019s collapse very much in mind. <\/p>\n
Yonhap News reported today some comments Lee made yesterday at an event in Berlin. In them, Lee explained that he heard Kim Jong Nam\u2019s thoughts on North Korea from a person closely related to Kim last month while he was in Macau, Kim Jong Nam\u2019s home until very recently.<\/p>\n
According to Lee, when Kim was asked if he would go to Pyongyang to receive power in the advent of his father\u2019s sickness, he answered, \u201cWhy would I go? I don\u2019t even want the baton. It\u2019s collapsing. Will it last for long?\u201d <\/p>\n
In a lengthy interview given to Japanese broadcaster TV Asahi on the 9th, Kim Jong Nam told the world, \u201cPersonally, I am opposed to the third generation succession,\u201d adding of his younger half-brother\u2019s succession, \u201cThere is nothing to regret,\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t care about it at all,\u201d and, \u201cI hope my brother will do his best for the good life of North Korea and for the North Korean people.\u201d <\/p>\n
This led some to question Kim\u2019s future safety. Notably, at a debate, \u201cKim Jong Nam vs. Kim Jong Eun,\u201d held by Open Radio for North Korea yesterday in Seoul, Kim Jong Il\u2019s former private chef, Kenji Fujimoto, said, \u201cKim Jong Nam’s statement could put his life in danger. I was very surprised by it.\u201d<\/p>\n
“North Korea always uses the expression \u2018Republic\u2019 or \u2018Democratic People’s Republic of Korea\u2019. Kim Jong Il particularly detests the term ‘North Korea’; this appears to have been a statement through which to show determination. It did not come out by accident in the process of speaking,” Fujimoto added.<\/p>\n
Therefore, Fujimoto concluded ominously, “Since the recent actions and statements of Kim Jong Nam are jeopardizing North Korea, there is a possibility that North Korea will assassinate him.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lee Ki Taek of the National Unification Advisory Council says that he believes Kim Jong Il\u2019s first son, Kim Jong Nam, is bearing the possibility of North Korea\u2019s collapse very much in mind. Yonhap News reported today some comments Lee made yesterday at an event in Berlin. In them, Lee explained that he heard Kim […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":13547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n