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Kim recently took his father’s title, but that’s only going to weaken his rule
Trashing Kim Jong Il s legacy will only serve to undermine the very bloodline Kim Jong Un draws his legitimacy from
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The following article is a column by Andrei Lankov, a professor at Kookmin University and a director at Korea Risk Group, which oversees NK News and NK Pro. Views expressed in opinion articles and columns are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.
By stealing his father’s “eternal” position as General Secretary of North Korea’s ruling party, it seems Kim Jong Un is indirectly admitting he has little respect for what Kim Jong Il achieved during his rule.