The oldest son was dismissed as "too much of a playboy," the middle son as "more interested in video games" than governing. Kim Jong-un, they said, was too young and inexperienced.

他们认为，金的长子“更像个花花公子”，次子“对电子游戏的兴趣多过治理国家”，而三儿子，他们认为，还太年轻，也缺乏经验。

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The oldest son was dismissed as “too much of a playboy, ” the middle son as “more interested in video games” than governing. Kim Jong-un, they said, was too young and inexperienced.

他们认为，金的长子"更像个花花公子"，次子"对电子游戏的兴趣多过治理国家"，而三儿子，他们认为，还太年轻，也缺乏经验。

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However,the country's leader,Kim Jong Il, reportedly told China's premier in October that depending on how talks with Bosworth go,he might reconsider.

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The vice president professed bafflement on what President Kim Jong Il hopes to achieve in the latest standoff with the international community.

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Hyun says social instability has increased in North Korea, so leader Kim Jong-il needs to continue to reinforce his domestic power base.

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As South Korea's president, he traveled to Pyongyang in 2000 to meet Kim Jong Il in a historic meeting.

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