October 2010: Kim Jong Il eyes his heir apparent, Kim Jong Un

Vincent Yu / AP

North Korea leader Kim Jong Il, right, and his son Kim Jong Un attend a massive military parade to mark the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea on Oct. 10, 2010. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader whose iron rule and nuclear ambitions dominated world security fears for more than a decade, has died. He was 69.

By Robert Hood

Now, as we learn of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s death, one wonders more than ever what the North Korean leader was thinking about his son and preferred successor.

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Comment author avatarKZN02

Homefront, here we come!

    Reply#1 - Mon Dec 19, 2011 12:31 AM EST
    Comment author avatarbigbenalaska

    Hopefully the next leader will promote , a North Korea that focuses it's attention to it's people , and not it's armament....

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    Reply#2 - Mon Dec 19, 2011 12:37 AM EST
    Comment author avatarTanja-1966884

    Kim Jong 2 was stranger and aloof.

      Reply#3 - Mon Dec 19, 2011 1:35 PM EST
      Comment author avatarIkonas

      Baby Jong seems well fed, unlike most of his countrymen

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      Reply#4 - Mon Dec 19, 2011 3:19 PM EST
      Comment author avatarhungthe.F.over

      ooh! the sun is in his eyes!

        Reply#5 - Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:05 PM EST
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