The two men were portrayed as deities and images of them appeared on all public buildings. However, in , the Bush administration took North Korea off the U. The body of Kim Il Sung has been on display there since he died. Kim was succeeded as leader of North Korea by the youngest of his three sons, Kim Jong Un , then in his 20s and largely unknown to the world.
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Major General Henry C. The second - and most unusual clip - was of an unnamed Pyongyang citizen who told Central TV on Friday's main news: "Seeing [Mr Kim] become emaciated like that, we all became so sad.
Earlier footage and photographs from Workers Party meetings this month hinted that Mr Kim was losing weight. Analysis by the NK News website showed that the strap on his expensive designer watch was fastened tighter than at earlier events, suggesting that he was losing weight.
We still don't know why the video of the concerned citizen was shown. But Kwak Gil Seob, who heads One Korea Center, a website specializing in North Korea affairs, told the BBC that the Pyongyang regime "would never allow negative news around Kim Jong-un to be published" - meaning that the footage was aired "to show that Kim Jong-un is losing weight by himself".
The clip "shows that he is committed to his people", Mr Kwak said. Mr Kim's health has been a cause for concern for much of the time he has been the country's Supreme Leader. He took over from his late father Kim Jong-il in December and North Korea watchers have seen his weight steadily increase in his decade in power. Mr Kim is the third generation of Kims to run the communist state, and North Korea is seen as a hereditary system of leadership descended from what state propaganda call "the noble personages of Mount Paektu" - a sacred mountain in the north where nation founder Kim Il-sung is said to have based his guerrilla war against Imperial Japan.
Kim Jong-un has no clear successor and his death or long-term incapacity may lead to a power vacuum in the nuclear state, bringing fresh instability to East Asia. It's thought that if his sister Kim Yo-jong is deemed unsuitable, power may shift outside the Kim family for the first time. State media said he had been plotting a coup. Mr Kim is also widely believed to have ordered the murder of his exiled half-brother , Kim Jong-nam, in February at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
Not much was known of Mr Kim's personal life until television footage of an unidentified woman attending events with him surfaced. Little is known of Ms Ri, but her stylish appearance led some analysts to suggest that she was from an upper-class family. Reports have suggested that Ms Ri may have been a singer who caught Mr Kim's attention during a performance. According to South Korean intelligence, the couple have three children.
Mr Kim's sister, Kim Yo-jong, holds a senior post in the Workers' Party of Korea - and stole the limelight when she represented her brother at the Winter Olympics in the South.
It is not known whether his elder brother, Kim Jong-chol, holds an official role. In April , rumours about Kim Jong-un's health alleged he might have undergone a serious operation and there was uncertainty about his recovery. The reports were based on South Korean fringe publication Daily NK and seemed to be backed up by the fact that Mr Kim had missed the anniversary of his grandfather's birthday, the almost mythical founder of North Korea, Kim Il-sung.
Whether true or not, the intense speculation over the health of the obese year-old reveal a crucial weakness of the North Korean dynasty. The question of succession has the potential to bring the brutally enforced authoritarian structure to the brink of disintegration each time a leader passes away.
Mr Kim's children are said to be too young to be even considered for succession. In the framework of North Korea's political mythology, power is legitimised by the Mount Paektu bloodline going back to Kim Il-sung.
The further removed from the country founder a new generation is, the higher the chance a power struggle between party, army and government could escalate. North Korea crisis in words. Meet North Korea's first family. Is Kim Jong-un getting a media makeover? This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. It adamantly maintained any normalcy of relations between North Korea and the United States would come about only if North Korea changed its human rights policies, eliminated all chemical and biological weapons programs, and ended missile technology proliferation.
North Korea continually rejected the proposal. There have been many reports and claims regarding Kim Jong Il's health and physical condition. In August , a Japanese publication claimed Kim had died in and had been replaced with a stand-in for public appearances. It was also noted that Kim hadn't made a public appearance for the Olympic torch ceremony in Pyongyang in April After Kim failed to show up for a military parade celebrating North Korea's 60th anniversary, U.
During the fall of , numerous news sources gave conflicting reports on his condition. The North Korean news agency reported Kim participated in national elections in March and was unanimously elected to a seat in the Supreme People's Assembly, the North Korean parliament. The assembly will vote later to confirm him as chairman of the National Defense Commission. In the report, it was said Kim cast his ballot at the Kim Il Sung University and later toured the facility and talked to a small group of people.
Kim's health was watched closely by other countries because of his volatile nature, the country's possession of nuclear weapons, and its precarious economic condition. Kim also had no apparent successors to his regime, as did his father.
His three sons spent most of their lives outside the country and none seemed to be in the favor of the "Dear Leader" to ascend to the top spot. Many international experts believed that when Kim died, there would be mayhem because there seemed to be no apparent method for a transfer of power. But due to the North Korean government's predilection for secrecy, this was too hard to know.
In , however, news reports revealed that Kim planned to name his son, Kim Jong Un as his successor. Very little was known about Kim's heir apparent; until , only one officially confirmed photo of Jong Un existed, and not even his official birthdate had been revealed.
The twenty-something was officially confirmed in September Kim Jon-Il died December 17, , of a heart attack while traveling on a train. Media reports say the leader was on a work trip for official duties. Kim is said to be survived by three wives, three sons and three daughters. Other reports claim he has fathered 70 children, most of whom are housed in villas throughout North Korea. His son, Kim Jong Un, is reported to take up leadership, and the military pledged to support Jong Un's succession.
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