Kim Jong Un
North Korea’s embassy in London has shut its doors to the public so nobody knows how the people inside are reacting to the death of Kim Jong-Il. These Korean diplomats haven’t been trapped inside a Communist regime like millions of peasants who are starving to death, they know what freedom feels like. There have been a few people arriving in Mercedes who enter the Embassy through a rear entrance but that’s about it, hardly newsworthy.
The bored and half-frozen press were waiting patiently for something to happen and then someone rang the bell. Within half an hour, two police officers turned up to tell the press that the embassy was definitely not impressed and to keep away. No surprises there.
But what happens now that the power passes to his youngest son Kim Jong Un? Not much is known about him except that he was educated in Switzerland, he speaks English and German and bears a striking resemblance to his grandfather, their founder Kim Il Sung.
Last year his father made him a four-star general and gave him a prominent political post and his sister and her husband have also been promoted to top positions which has created a powerful family dynasty.
China prefers the status quo and worry that if the South takes over the North, the South would bring its U.S. military ally to the Chinese border. Oh yes, you can bet on it.
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