Leadership speculation mounts in North Korea
North Korea has said it will hold a rare Workers’ Party conference early this month to elect new party leaders, sparking speculation that the event would be linked to Kim’s moves to groom his third and youngest son – Kim Jong Un – as his successor. No exact date for the meeting has been provided.
The North’s main Rodong Sinmun daily paper said local delegates were gathering in Pyongyang for a meeting that it said would “mark a meaningful chapter in the history of our party”.
