New sun rising in North Korea?
With the principle of "The king died, long live the king", the authorities of North Korea will hand the throne of the country to the late Kim Chen In's son, Kim Chen In on December 29.
"Will the inexperienced inheritor be able to govern a country with a nuclear weapon and a single party, a country where dissidence has been extirpated?" "Izvestia" raises the rhetoric question.
Expert of the Far East Korea Institute at the National Academy of Sciences of the Russian Federation Konstantin Asmolov told "Izvestia"that he hoped Kim Chen In's European education "would lead to something". He also mentioned that after living abroad for many years, the new leader of North Korea would more or less understand what the West and Western life are about.
On the other hand, the expert believes even though the inheritor doesn't have his father's experience, his father's circle of people, including In's uncle, Chan Son Tkheka and his aunt, Kim Gen Khi, whom Western presses have called "cinereous cardinals", can fill in the gap.
