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In April the prime minister was replaced by Kim Yong Il, who analysts suspect may be more hardline.
ECONOMIST: The state the North Korean regime is in
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Even after North Korea announced its intention to launch a satellite, China entertained a visit in March by North Korea's prime minister, Kim Yong Il, with all the usual honour-guard pomp.
ECONOMIST: North Korea's rocket
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"Respected Comrade Kim Jong-un is our party, military and country's supreme leader who inherits great comrade Kim Jong-il's ideology, leadership, character, virtues, grit and courage, " Kim Yong-nam told the massive crowd gathered in Kim Il-sung square.
BBC: North Korea hails Kim Jong-un as leader