Seoul, April 6 (IANS) North Korea appears to be accelerating efforts to cast leader Kim Jong-un’s daughter Ju-ae as his successor, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers Monday, citing the recent public appearance that showed her driving a new battle tank with her father. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) made the assessment during a closed-door briefing to the parliamentary intelligence committee, according to Reps. Park Sun-won of the Democratic Party and Lee Seong-kweun of the People P…
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Seoul, Feb 27 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has used the latest party congress as an occasion for consolidating his base for a long-term grip on power, effectively declaring the start of his own era, Seoul’s unification ministry said Friday.In an assessment of North Korea’s ninth party congress that concluded its seven-day run Wednesday, the ministry said in his 15th year in office, the incumbent leader declared “the Kim Jong-un era in a full sense.”At the first party congress in five y…
Seoul, Feb 15 (IANS) Outbound traffic congestion was expected to peak on Sunday as more people head to their hometowns on the second day of the Lunar New Year holiday. The nation will mark the major holiday, known as Seol, on Tuesday, with the holiday period beginning over the weekend and running through Wednesday, reports Yonhap news agency.Traffic caused by cars on outbound routes was expected to be the heaviest between noon and 1 p.m. and ease from around 8 to 9 p.m., according to the state-r…
Seoul, Feb 15 (IANS) North Korea is expected to observe a longer Lunar New Year holiday this year, as it immediately follows the national holiday marking the birthday of the late former leader Kim Jong-il.North Korea observes a one-day Lunar New Year holiday, which falls on Tuesday this year, shorter than South Korea’s three-day holiday.This year’s Lunar New Year falls on a day after the late leader’s birthday on Monday, following Sunday, giving North Koreans a three-day holiday.Generally, North…
Seoul, Jan 8 (IANS) A North Korean party magazine stressed the importance of designating the state leader’s successor in a publication in March last year, shortly before leader Kim Jong-un’s daughter, Ju-ae, resumed public appearances following a brief hiatus.Amid speculation that Ju-ae is being groomed as Kim’s potential successor, the publication has gained attention as it may have been aimed at setting the stage for the ruling family’s third hereditary transfer of power.”Geunroja,” which mean…
Seoul, Jan 2 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s teenage daughter Ju-ae has paid tribute at the family mausoleum for the first time, accompanied by her father, the North’s state media images showed on Friday.Her first known attendance at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, where the North Korean leader’s late father and grandfather lie in state, came amid growing speculation about her presence in the North Korean communist dynasty’s potential succession.Kim, his wife and Ju-ae, as well as key p…