Expert: Kim Jong Il’s son may take over.

　　A recent broadcast in North Korea shows that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is creating conditions for one of his sons to take over, but his plan faces some problems.

　　South Korean intelligence experts say a recent comment by North Korean radio is a sign that Kim Jong Il intends to finally hand over power to one of his sons. South Korean media said that North Korea’s commentary quoted Kim Jong Il as saying that he would help one of his sons to take over the leadership according to the instructions of his father and North Korea’s first leader, Kim Il Sung.

　　North Korea is the only country in history that pursues Stalinist communism and follows the Confucian tradition of passing power from generation to generation by family members. After decades of preparation for taking power, Kim Jong Il finally took over the top leadership after his father died in 1994.

　　Experts say the latest broadcast reproduces the situation in the 1970s, when Pyongyang began to establish a public image of Kim Jong Il. His father, Kim Il Sung, was in his sixties, similar to Kim Jong Il’s present age. Kim Jong Il has at least three sons, but none of them has been specially designated as his successor.

　　Jin Zhengzhe: the "successor" who came from behind.

　　Jin Zhengzhe, the second son of Kim Jong Il, is 27 years old, and now the relevant authorities in North Korea occupy a prominent position. It is reported that he is a successor that Kim Jong Il is carefully cultivating after Jin Zhengnan was left out in the cold because of the fake passport incident.

　　Jin Zhengzhe studied in an international school in Bern. In order to hide his eyes and ears, Jin Zhengzhe assumed the name of the driver and cleaner’s son of the North Korean Embassy. But at that time, the Swiss staff felt something was amiss and wondered why Jin Zhengzhe’s "parents" were so respectful to him. After graduation, Jin Zhengzhe worked in the propaganda department of North Korea, which is also the place where his father Kim Jong Il worked for the first time after graduating from school, which is of great significance. Jin Zhengzhe was appointed as the First Deputy Minister of the Organization and Guidance Department of the Workers’ Party of Korea in April 2004. A Korean magazine once reported that Jin Zhengzhe was crazy about American NBA basketball. He once asked his father to build a basketball court next to their country house.

　　Kim Jong-un: a "small font size" that has not been concerned by the outside world for the time being

　　Kim Jong Il’s third son, Kim Jong Un, was born in 1985 and received little attention from the outside world. Only a Japanese who claimed to be "Chef Kim Jong Il" wrote in his book: "Kim Jong-un looks like his father in every way, including his appearance and physique."

　　Experts who study North Korea believe that although Kim Jong Il has been a household name in North Korea since the 1970s, his successor status was not revealed until the Sixth Workers’ Party of Korea Congress in 1980. In view of the fact that it took more than 20 years before and after Kim Jong Il stepped onto the highest position of the leadership core step by step, it will also take a long process for him to train his successor.

Editor: Wang Yuxi