SKorea army on alert after North's military threat

Dantheman62 · 01-19-2009, 03:26 AM

NKorea's Kim nominates third son as successor: report

Time is GMT + 8 hours
Posted: 15-Jan-2009 16:41 hrs

A Korean Central News Agency picture shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (centre) inspecting a tractor plant. The North Korean leader has nominated his third son as successor and informed the ruling communist party leadership of his choice, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported

The North suffered a full-scale famine in the 1990s which killed hundreds of thousands of people, and severe food shortages persist despite foreign aid.
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Seoul's state-run Korea Rural Economic Institute said Thursday the North would run short of one million tonnes of food this year. — AFP

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Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Re: SKorea army on alert after North's military threat NKorea's Kim nominates third son as successor: reportTime is GMT + 8 hours Posted: 15-Jan-2009 16:41 hrsA Korean Central News Agency picture shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (centre) inspecting a tractor plant. The North Korean leader has nominated his third son as successor and informed the ruling communist party leadership of his choice, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported The North suffered a full-scale famine in the 1990s which killed hundreds of thousands of people, and severe food shortages persist despite foreign aid. . Seoul's state-run Korea Rural Economic Institute said Thursday the North would run short of one million tonnes of food this year. — AFP