Member, NDC Il Chol Kim of Korea, North
In June 2006, Kim was videotaped attending an Eric Clapton concert (of whom Kim is supposedly a big fan) in Germany, and possibly attending the FIFA World Cup.
Fuji TV said Kim was in Germany for an Eric Clapton concert.
Kim is much more intelligent than Dr.
If Whee Gook Kim has any contrary evidence, he should produce it for critical scrutiny.
Indications are that Whee Gook Kim is not familiar with latest American and South Korean policy pronouncements.
The North has denied Kim was ever ill, releasing a spate of reports and photos portraying him as active and healthy.
Kim has named his second eldest son to a major post, making him the top candidate to eventually take over as head of the reclusive state, a Japanese newspaper reported on Saturday.
The elder Kim remains the countrys eternal president.
The elder Kim was clever in his gradual construction of a myth about himself to the people.
But theres no denying the obvious: Kim is 64 two years older than his father Kim Il Sung was in 1974 when he designated his son as his successor to lead this communist nation.
The younger Kim was elevated to a key post in the politburo, and his photograph started appearing side-by-side with his fathers.
said last week Kim was probably in hospital but still capable of making decisions about his hardline communist state.
A topic Kim is rumored to have forbidden discussion of, despite not having named a successor, at least that is known outside elite circles in Pyongyang.
This would of course depend on who gets elected in 2012, what the progress of OPCON transfer is, and even if Kim is still alive, but it’s a possibility I thought I should bring up for discussion.
Many analysts say the succession is one of the North's biggest secrets, and some say leader Kim has yet to decide.
Kim was accompanied by Yon Hyong Suk, vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission, KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and Ri Yong Chol, member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and first vice department director of its Central Committee.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Rim Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae, Pak Jae Gyong and Member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and First Vice Department Director of the Party Central Committee Ri Yong Chol.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su and Hyon Chol Hae, and Ri Yong Chol, member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and first vice department director of its Central Committee.
Kim was accompanied by Kim Yong Chun, member of the NDC of DPRK and chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, Yon Hyong Muk, vice-chairman of the NDC of the DPRK, and other senior officials of the Party and army, senior officials of power, administrative and economic institutions and in the fields of science, education, culture and arts, public health and the press and servicepersons.
Kim was accompanied by Vice Marshal Kim Yong Chun, chief of the KPA General Staff and member of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, and KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and First Vice Department Director of the WPK Central Committee Ri Yong Chol.
Kim was accompanied by Ri Yong Chol, member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and first vice department director of its Central Committee.
Kim was accompanied by Chief of KPA General Staff Kim Yong Chun who is member of the DPRK National Defence Commission, Pak Pong Ju, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, Yon Hyong Muk, vice-chairman of the NDC of the DPRK, and Kang Sok Ju, first vice-minister of Foreign Affairs.
Kim met with Hu Jintao in Beijing on April 19.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Vice Marshal Kim Yong Chun, member of the NDC of the DPRK and chief of the KPA General Staff, KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and Ri Yong Chol, member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and first vice department director of its Central Committee.
Kim was accompanied by First Vice Department Director Ju Kyu Chang and Vice Department Director Mun Myong On of the Central Committee of the WPK.
Kim was accompanied by Pak Pong Ju, premier of the Cabinet, Kim Yong Chun, chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, Kim Il Chol, minister of the People's Armed Forces, Pak Nam Gi, Ju Kyu Chang, KPA Generals Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and Kim Phyong Hae, chief secretary of the North Phyongan Provincial Committee of the WPK.
Kim was accompanied by Choe Thae Bok, Kim Kuk Thae, Jong Ha Chol and Kim Ki Nam, secretaries of the Central Committee of the WPK, and senior officials of the Party and the army and officials concerned.
Kim was joined by Vice-Marshal of the KPA Kim Yong Chun, member of the NDC of the DPRK and chief of the KPA General Staff, and KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Vice Marshal Kim Yong Chun, member of the NDC of the DPRK and chief of the KPA general staff, and KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong.
Kim was accompanied by Vice-Marshal of the KPA Kim Yong Chun, member of the NDC of the DPRK and chief of the General Staff of the KPA, and KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong.
Kim was accompanied by Chief of the General Staff of the KPA Kim Yong Chun and KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong.
Kim was accompanied by Yon Hyong Muk, vice-chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission, KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and First Vice Department Directors of the WPK Central Committee Ri Yong Chol, Ri Je Gang and Ri Jae Il.
Kim was joined by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and Ri Yong Chol, member of the WPK Central Military Commission and first vice department director of the WPK Central Committee.
Kim was accompanied by Premier of the Cabinet Pak Pong Ju, Vice-Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK Yon Hyong Muk and others.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Vice Marshal Kim Yong Chum, member of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and chief of the General Staff of the KPA, and KPA Generals Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong.
Kim was accompanied by Pak Pong Ju, premier of the Cabinet, KPA Vice Marshal Kim Yong Chun, member of the NDC of the DPRK and chief of the General Staff of the KPA, KPA Vice Marshal Kim Il Chol, member of the NDC of the DPRK and minister of the People's Armed Forces, Kim Kuk Thae, Kim Ki Nam and Pak Nam Gi, Ri Yong Chol, member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and first vice department director of its Central Committee, and KPA Generals Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and Ri Yong Chol, member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and first vice department director of its Central Committee.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and Member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and First Vice Department Director of the WPK Central Committee Ri Yong Chol.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Vice Marshal Kim Yong Chun, member of the DPRK National Defence Commission and chief of the KPA General Staff, and KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su and Hyon Chol Hae and Secretaries of the Central Committee of the WPK Kim Kuk Thae and Kim Ki Nam.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su and Hyon Chol Hae.
Kim was joined by Secretaries of the WPK Central Committee Kim Kuk Thae, Kim Ki Nam and Pak Nam Gi and First Vice Department Director of the WPK Central Committee Ju Kyu Chang.
Kim was joined by Hong Sok Hyong, chief secretary of the North Hamgyong Provincial Committee of the WPK, and Kim Ki Nam, secretary of the WPK Central Committee.
Kim was accompanied by Pak Pong Ju, premier of the Cabinet of the DPRK, Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the C.
Kim was accompanied by Choe Thae Bok, Kim Kuk Thae, Kim Ki Nam, Kim Yong Chun, Kim Il Chol and others.
Kim is expected to travel to Beijing.
During his tour, Kim was joined by Members of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Jia Qinglin, Zeng Qinghong, Huang Ju, Wu Guanzheng, Li Changchun and Luo Gan, as well as DPRK Premier Pak Bong Ju, and senior officials with the DPRK's foreign ministry, the financial planning department and the science and education department of the WPK Central Committee and the DPRK cabinet.
Kim was accompanied by Premier of the Cabinet Pak Pong Ju, First Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Sok Ju, Department Directors of the WPK Central Committee Pak Nam Gi and Ri Kwang Ho and Vice-Premier of the Cabinet Ro Tu Chol.
During the visit, Kim met with Hu Jintao and attended a banquet.
Kim was accompanied by Kim Ki Nam, secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, and Ri Yong Chol and Jang Song Thaek, first vice department directors of the C.
NOTE: To the best of my recollection, this is the first time Kim has paid a public visit to a bank.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Vice Marshal Kim Il Chol, member of the NDC of the DPRK and minister of the People's Armed Forces, KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong, Secretary of the C.
Kim was greeted at the theatre by Valerii Khalilov, chief of the Military Orchestral Service and its chief conductor of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and Andrei Karlov, Russian ambassador to the DPRK.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and Hwang Pyong So, vice department director of the C.
Kim was accompanied by Ri Jae Il and Kim Tong UN, first vice department directors of the C.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and First Vice Department Director Ri Jae Il and Vice Department Director Hwang Pyong So of the WPK Central Committee.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong, First Vice Department Director of the WPK Central Committee Ri Jae Il and Vice Department Director of the C.
Kim was accompanied by First Vice Department Director Ri Jae Il and Vice Department Director Hwang Pyong So of the WPK Central Committee.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Vice Marshal Kim Yong Chun, member of the DPRK National Defence Commission and chief of the KPA General Staff, staff members of the KPA Supreme Command and KPA generals.
Kim was accompanied by Vice Department Director of the WPK Central Committee Hwang Pyong So.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong, First Vice Department Director of the WPK Central Committee Ri Jae Il and Vice Department Director of the same committee Hwang Pyong So.
Kim was accompanied by Pak Pong Ju, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, and Ri Yong Chol and Ri Jae Il, first vice department directors of the WPK Central Committee.
Kim was accompanied by First Vice Department Directors of the WPK Central Committee Ri Yong Chol and Ri Jae Il and its Vice Department Director Hwang Pyong So.
Kim met with Aleksandra Permyakova, head of the chorus, and Andrei Karlov, Russian Ambassador to the DPRK.
Kim was accompanied by Hwang Pyong So, vice department director of the WPK Central Committee.
Kim was accompanied by Hwang Pyong So, vice department director of the Central Committee of the WPK.
Kim was accompanied by Ri Yong Chol, member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and first vice department director of the C.
Kim was greeted at the theatre by Head of the Company Elena Scherbakova and its Chief Director Lev Golobanov.
Kim was met by the Head of the Company Elena Scherbakova and Charge d'Affaires A.
Kim was accompanied by KPA general officers including KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong, first vice department directors of the WPK Central Committee Ri Je Gang and Ri Jae Il and other senior officials of the WPK Central Committee.
Kim was accompanied by Kim Ki Nam, secretary of the WPK Central Committee, and Ri Jae Il, first vice department director of the WPK Central Committee.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and Ri Je Gang and Ri Jae Il, first vice department directors of the C.
Kim was accompanied by Ri Yong Chol and Ri Jae Il, first vice department directors of the Central Committee of the WPK.
Kim was accompanied by Korean People's Army Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong.
Kim was joined by Secretary of the WPK Central Committee Kim Ki Nam, First Vice Department Directors of the WPK Central Committee Ri Yong Chol, Jang Song Thaek, Ri Je Gang and Ri Jae Il, KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and other general officers of the KPA.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and Hwang Pyong So, vice department director of the Central Committee of the WPK.
Kim was accompanied by Ri Jae Il, first vice department director of the C.
Kim was accompanied by Kim Ki Nam, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Pak Nam Gi, department director of the WPK Central Committee, and Jang Song Thaek and Ri Jae Il, first vice department directors of the same.
Kim was accompanied by Hong Song Nam, chief secretary of the South Hamgyong Provincial Committee of the WPK, Kim Phung Gi, chairman of the South Hamgyong Provincial People's Committee, Kim Ki Nam, secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, Pak Nam Gi, department director of the C.
Kim met with Jon Ok Gyong, company political instructor, whom he got acquainted with a few years ago on his way of field inspection.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and Vice Department Director of the C.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and Vice Department Director of the WPK Central Committee Hwang Pyong So.
Such changes in the secretive state's official treatment of Kim was unusual and possibly significant, and raised speculation in the absence of hard information.
Kim has not been seen in public for several weeks and was conspicuously absent from a major event celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of North Korea.
It should be noted that previous rumors include Chinese intelligence "confirming" Kim had been assassinated two months ago.
Kim was later reported to be unable to walk more than 30 steps without assistance, but he appeared healthy during the October 2007 inter-Korean summit, where he denied rumors of his poor health.
Similarly, if Kim was ill but still functioning, he could ensure that any potential rivals were kept at bay until his successor had gained sufficient influence on his own.
He is eccentric, certainly, and his government is extremely secretive and brutal to dissidents, but experts say Kim is bright, clear-headed, politically astute, and as sane as any leader with unchecked power.
Kim is a moviemaker himself, the credited producer of Pulgasari, a 1985 Godzilla-esque story based on a 14th-century Korean legend about a monster who helps peasants overthrow their dictatorial king.
person in North Korea after his father.
Kim lived there with his parents and three older sisters for 20 years.