Beijing: There were no slogans, portraits
or publicity pictures linked to Kim Jong Un, the recently
tapped North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's successor, tourists
said after a weeklong trip to Pyongyang and Kaesong.
The tourists said yesterday that they saw many North
Korean citizens looking closely at a photo of Kim Jong Un, Kim
Jong Il's third son, and other leading officials of the
Workers' Party of Korea that was carried on the front page
of the Thursday issue of the party's Rodong Sinmun newspaper.
They said state-run television kept Visitors see no
slogans, portraits for Kim Jong Un in N Korea
Beijing: There were no slogans, portraits
or publicity pictures linked to Kim Jong Un, the recently
tapped North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's successor, tourists
said after a weeklong trip to Pyongyang and Kaesong.t playing
programs featuring Tuesday's conference of party delegates
where the 27-year-old Jong Un was named a vice chairman of the
party's Central Military Commission.
The appointment made it certain that the younger Kim is
in line to become the country's next leader.
The tourists quoted North Korean officials as saying that
citizens were primarily celebrating Kim Jong Il's re-election
as the party's general secretary at the delegates' conference,
and that they were rehearsing for events celebrating the 65th
anniversary of the party's founding on Oct10.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, October 03, 2010, 13:58