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...state that responds to neither the carrots nor the sticks of conventional international relations, he appears as powerless as those who have preceded him. Yes, a new Security Council resolution may tighten sanctions on the North. But if anyone thinks that will persuade the regime of Kim Jong Il to give up its nuclear ambitions, I have a dish of cold kimchi for them...
...scoring opportunities. The North Korean spectators were uniformed in a sea of red shirts and caps, many banging drums in disciplined, choreographed rhythm. The cameras in the stadium, wielded by the North Korean authorities, didn't reveal whether the nation's Dear Leader and known football enthusiast, Kim Jong Il, was in attendance. Advertising billboards arrayed around the pitch for the benefit of the television audience touted companies like Epson and Minolta and Emirates airlines - "Fly Emirates," read banners inside a stadium where few fans can board an airplane or will ever be permitted to leave the country...
...analyst adds that "that's just speculation, of course." As is pretty much everything when it comes to Kim Jong Il's favorite son, the "chip off the old block" apparently destined to pay the price of inheritance if he becomes leader of one of the world's most impoverished, insular and repressive regimes...
...pictures of the rise of Kim Jong Il...
...International School of Berne, in Switzerland, using a pseudonym to hide his identity as a member of North Korea's ruling family. But several North Korea watchers in Seoul dispute that, and believe Jong Un has never been outside North Korea. From 2002 to 2007 he attended the Kim Il Sung military academy in Pyongyang. He's said to be about 5 ft. 9 in. (175 cm) tall, is overweight (nearly 200 lb., or 90 kg) and may suffer from diabetes, according to South Korean press reports...