Short Comment And Reaction on N Korean Leader Kim Jong-il

Artist Hwang Hee-cheol, one of the relatives of Hwang Jang-yop··· “It won’t be easy for veteran military to be loyal to the successor Kim Jong-un”

“North Korean society will have some internal conflicts and won’t be that quiet” and “It’s uneasy for 60 and 70-year-old veteran military to be loyal to the 20-year-old Kim Jong-un” said artist Hwang Hee-cheol who is living in San Diego, U.S. during the telephone conversation with AsiaN. He’s from Pyongyang and came South on 1·4 retreat and then emigrated to the United States. His real name is Hwang Kyung-yeop and he is related to the former North Korean Secretary Hwang Jang-yop.

Noh Gil-nam, CEO and the Managing Editor of Minjok News agency and who has visited Pyeongyang 48times

 “The handover to Kim Jong-un formation is stably taking place in politics, economy, social and every aspect in North Korea” said Noh Gil-nam, CEO and the Managing Editor of the Minjok News agency during the telephone conversation with AsiaN. Noh also said “Due to the fact that Kim Jong-il is dead, North Korean system is not going to falter. Igonorance is bliss” and “It won’t affect the South-North Korean or North Korean-U.S. relations.”

Susan Ritchie, representative of the First Steps in Canada

Susan Ritchie, representative of the First Steps said, “Regardless of Kim Jong-il’s death, North Korea won’t change for a while because party and the military powers are solid” and “besides, there is not the slightest chance of revolt.” She met North Korea’s deputy leader and the president of it’s assembly Kim Yong-nam two times in 2002 and 2004. First Steps has operated relief activities in several areas to help North Korean children by providing soybean milk to the North Korean children.

Park Ji-won, former floor leader of Democratic party

About the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, “In short, he was smart” and “Kim Dae-jung, the former president also said ‘He(Kim Jong-il) was really smart'” said Park Ji-won, the former floor leader of Democratic Party during the telephone conversation with AsiaN. Park said ” Japanese former prime minister Koizumi and the former Secretary of State Albright also evaluate that Kim Jong-il was smart.” Park met Kim Jong-il twice as a presidential envoy when he was a culture minister in 2000.