Kim Jong Il to keep it in the family

[Bleys]

North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Il, plans to stretch the family dynasty into a third generation, handing over power one day to one of his three sons, the South Korean media quoted North Korea's state radio as saying in a recent broadcast.

Cloaking the succession plan in the legitimacy of his charismatic father, Mr. Kim made the announcement on Thursday, three weeks before his own 63rd birthday, on Feb. 16. When his father, Kim Il Sung, was 62, North Koreans first learned that Kim Jong Il was being groomed to succeed him.

More: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/01/international/asia/01korea.html?

-josh
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[NYC]

1. Kim IL Soong to Kim Jung IL

Bush, Sr. to Bush, Jr.

(I made the Ls capitals in the subject line because it looked like II instead of IL.)

[NYC Liberal]

2. Bingo. That's exactly what I first thought.

[VegasWolf]

3. Jeb. n/t

[Bleys]

4. Let's hope not!

n/t

-josh
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