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 Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 3:39 am Post subject: Pyongyong Meeting |
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http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2925881
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Pyongyang mum on rare meeting
September 11, 2010
Secretive North Korea kept the world guessing yesterday on when it will launch a rare top-level Workers� Party meeting expected to pave the way for eventual leadership succession.
The nation�s most important political gathering in 30 years might have even begun already, South Korea�s Yonhap news agency said, noting that Pyongyang�s official media sometimes report such events only when they conclude.
In an announcement in June of the planned delegates� conference, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said only that it would meet early in September to elect the party�s �highest leading body.�
No date has been announced, although a senior official of a pro-Pyongyang association in Japan was quoted as saying Wednesday that the event is �just around the corner.�
The meeting is widely expected to prepare for an eventual power transfer from ailing 68-year-old leader Kim Jong-Il to his youngest son Jong-un.
Analysts said the conference would likely place prominent supporters of the son, such as Kim Jong-Il�s brother-in-law Jang Song-thaek, in top party positions.
But Jong-un was thought unlikely at this stage to emerge from the shadows and might not be given a top party post.
It seemed to be business as usual Friday for leader Kim. The KCNA said he sent a message of greetings to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on his 45th birthday. Like Kim, Assad succeeded his own father.
The agency also said Kim enjoyed a concert by the Unhasu Orchestra to mark the 62nd anniversary of North Korea�s founding.
Little is known about the Swiss-educated Jong-un, believed to be 27 years old. No photo of him as an adult has been seen outside the North.
The North�s propaganda organs have been hinting of his status as successor by spreading songs and poems, without directly naming the son.
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