Delegates gather for North Korea leadership conference
Delegates to North Korea’s biggest political meeting in decades were gathering in the country’s capital today amid speculation that leader Kim Jong Il is to appoint one of his sons and other family members to key positions as part of a succession plan.
The official Korean Central News Agency announced last week that the ruling Workers’ Party would hold a conference tomorrow to select its “supreme leadership body” after having initially said in June that the event would be held in early September. KCNA gave no explanation for the delay.
