North Korea Reshuffles Leadership
NPR reports that North Korea has made changes to its leadership to prepare for Kim Jong-Il's succession:
North Korea made some changes at the top of the government on Monday. Robert Siegel talks to NPR's Mike Shuster, who says there appears to be confirmation that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's youngest son will eventually succeed him. The changes came during a session of North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament. Kim was in attendance, but no close-ups of the ailing leader were seen on North Korean television.
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