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Report: Kim's son hints no decision on successor
AP - 1 hour 4 minutes ago
SEOUL, South Korea - The eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il indicated his father has not yet named a successor, a news report said Saturday.
Kim Jong Nam's comments about his father came amid conflicting media speculation over who will inherit power from Kim Jong Il, and a day after the North's leader met a senior Chinese envoy in an apparent bid to show he is fit despite reportedly suffering a stroke last August.
"No one can say for sure and only father will decide," the leader's son told reporters upon arrival in Beijing for a personal visit, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.
Kim Jong Il, who turns 67 next month, disappeared from public view last year, sparking concerns about his health when he missed a key North Korean anniversary in September. South Korean and U.S. officials said Kim suffered a stroke but was recovering.
His health is of keen interest because he rules the nation of 23 million with absolute authority, allowing no opposition, and has not publicly named a successor. Kim inherited leadership of the Stalinist nation when his father, North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, died in 1994 in the communist world's first hereditary power succession.
Citing an unidentified intelligence source, Yonhap reported last week that Kim Jong Il will hand leadership over to his third son, Swiss-educated Kim Jong Un, who is in his mid-20s.
Kim Jong Nam, 38, had long been considered the favorite to succeed his father _ until he was caught trying to enter Japan on a fake passport in 2001, reportedly telling Japanese officials he wanted to visit Tokyo Disneyland.
Meanwhile, Japan's Yomiuri newspaper reported last week that Kim Jong Nam was expected to serve as a nominal head of state, citing unnamed U.S. intelligence sources.
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