If Kim Jong Un is dying or dead as some rumors say, who is likely to be the successor?
Most analysts have pointed to his younger sister, Kim Yo Jong – but usually with the caveat that the dynastic Kim regime is highly male-chauvinistic and it would be a stretch for her to become more than ruler in name.
There is another name that’s mentioned by Chinese – who tend to be closer to the Kim regime than officials of other countries.
Kim Pyong Il is a younger half-brother of Kim Jong Un’s late father, Kim Jong Il, the dynasty’s second supreme ruler. Read More…