North Korea Watchers Looking For Signs Of Succession

[LaurenG]

There's something big going on in North Korea today, but even the experts aren't sure exactly what it is.

Party functionaries from all over the country were summoned to a major conference in the capital Pyongyang. Reports say military units were deployed in the capital, possibly to pass in review in the kind of boot-stomping military parade so beloved by autocratic leaders.

Korea watchers are hoping this conference will give them more clues to who will succeed the ailing "Dear Leader," Kim Jong Il. It's thought that he's maneuvering to pass the mantle to his youngest son, Kim Jong Un.


If so, don't expect an official press release North Korea is not called "the Hermit Kingdom" for nothing. It's the most secretive society in the world.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/09/08/129731084/north-korea-watchers-looking-for-signs-of-succession