Detail Grief and Gear; Succession in North Korea   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 401 no. 8765 (Dec. 2011), page 15-17. Topik: Dictators; Successors; Culture; North Korea Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.69 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel If North Korea were not so tragic and dangerous, the scenes broadcast to the world after the funeral of Kim Jong Il would have been comic. Waves of mourners outdid each other in grief. Men, women and children tore at their clothes in homage to a man who for 17 years kept his people in a state of isolation, poverty and indoctrination unparalleled in the modern world. According to the state news agency, "even the sky seemed to writhe in grief" at the demise of the "great saint born of Heaven". There was pathetic gratitude when tin mugs of warm milk were put into trembling hands--proof, it was reported, of the solicitousness of Kim Jong Un, third son of the "Dear Leader" and heir to his murderous regime. The dead Kim has left a failing, nuclear-armed, totalitarian state in the hands of a youth who has rarely if ever made a public utterance, and who is so unknown outside his small circle of advisers that it is not clear whether he is 27 or 28. He may have got the job in part because his elder brother, Kim Jong Nam, was caught trying to enter Japan to go to Tokyo Disneyland in 2001; he subsequently moved to, and gambled in, Macau. Just 15 months after he was named as heir-apparent, Kim Jong Un was officially dubbed the "Great Successor" on December 19th, when state media finally reported his father's death. The Kim dynasty's biggest achievement is that, despite its fearsome cruelty, its leaders have twice died of natural causes and have even been mourned by their subjects. But even those who think the young Mr Kim will have a grip on power for some time doubt that they can keep it up. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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