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...wasn't the most auspicious coming-out party. The 29-year-old mystery man who tried to slip into Japan on a fake Dominican Republic passport last week turned out to be none other than the eldest son of North Korea's Dear Leader Kim Jong Il. Outside of North Korea, no one has seen much of Kim Jong Nam or even knows much about him, so his surprising arrival caused quite a stir. But for a man whose family and homeland provoke considerable gossip, speculation and fear, he came, he said, for the most prosaic of reasons: he wanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Was That Stranger? | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

...That's when the public got its first good look at Kim, as dozens of reporters and photographers staked out Narita airport for a glimpse of the seldom-seen son of the Dear Leader. As he trudged across the tarmac, Kim turned out to be a pudgy man in glasses, brown vest, Rolex watch and gold rings?bearing a striking, if somewhat more modern, resemblance to Kim Jong Il. In South Korea, some suggested he looked like his grandfather Kim Il Sung...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Was That Stranger? | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

...have worked for North Korea's military intelligence agency and is thought to have a keen interest in computers. North Koreans in Japan who support the Kim regime say they were told last month during a visit to Pyongyang that Kim Jong Nam has in fact been designated the Dear Leader's successor. That is no guarantee he will inherit the leadership, however. It took three years for Kim Jong Il to establish his own power base after his father, the Great Leader Kim Il Sung, died. "If anything happened to Kim Jong Il, it is very unlikely that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Was That Stranger? | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

...front of someone's house with a pair of binoculars and peeping through the windows, even though the owner is a supposed friend. The U.S. says it has the right because the road is a public road and also because it has the capability to back up its demands. Dear America, where is your sense of right and wrong? CHEW TEK ANN Nilai, Malaysia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 14, 2001 | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

...year behemoth evolved to meet the threats of the last century, but the war it was built to fight ended in 1991. Since then, the challenge has been to redefine its strategic mission and rebuild its capabilities accordingly - a process that will inevitably involve some painful cutting of projects dear to the hearts of generals, politicians and defense industry lobbyists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Donald Rumsfeld | 5/10/2001 | See Source »

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