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...only are strange things happening in Pyongyang, but things that should be happening are not. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's newly promoted Great Leader, has not appeared in public since his father's funeral on July 20. On that occasion he stood by, pale and puffy, as others spoke. Since then he has not said a word to his 22 million subjects. He has not met with representatives of any other country. And he has not been officially installed as President or as General Secretary of the communist Workers' Party -- positions held by Kim Il Sung at his death...
...quick to say that opening liaison offices in Washington and Pyongyang would be "conditional on an overall agreement" on North Korea's nuclear program, and the White House soft-pedaled its announcement today. While the Pongyang meeting goes on, nuclear experts from both countries will also meet in Berlin.KIM JONG'S NOT ILL? Don't believe rumors that Kim Jong Il -- the seldom-seen heir apparent to the late Kim Il Sung as North Korean head of state -- is sick or out of political favor, his stepbrother advises. South Korean newspapers, whose own government amplified the rumors, quoted younger sibling...
...North Korea agreed to resume talks over Pyongyang's nuclear program Sept. 23. At the top of the agenda: Mounting rumors, amplified by South Korea, that Kim Jong Il faces internal and external problems in succeeding the late Kim Il Sung as head of state. He hasn't been seen in public since his father's funeral on July 20. But things may settle down: Both South Korea's spy chief and its ambassador to Washington reversed course today, saying they thought the big-haired playboy was in full control...
...Jong Il, the reclusive heir apparent of Kim Il Sung, is trying to consolidate his control of North Korea
North Korea issued a highly unusual invitation to South Koreans to visit the normally isolated North for Kim Il Sung's funeral and then postponed the services for two days. As speculation rose about the succession of Kim Jong Il to power, South Korea said it would not relax its prohibitions of visits to the North. U.S. officials are expected to meet with a North Korean delegation in New York this week to discuss North Korea's nuclear program...