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.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

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

VOA: standard.2009.06.14

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

VOA: standard.2009.06.22

Mr. Iijima was a top adviser to former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, and was deeply involved in organizing his visit to North Korea for talks with then-leader Kim Jong Il in the early 2000s, which led to the release of several Japanese abductees.

WSJ: Trip to Pyongyang Irks Tokyo's Allies

Senior South Korean officials, who met with Secretary of State John Kerry in Seoul on Friday, said their government also was willing to resume humanitarian assistance to the North following weeks of escalating threats by North Korean leader Kim Jong Eun to attack American and allied targets in North Asia and the Pacific.

WSJ: U.S., South Korea Offer North Talks, and a Warning

South Korean PM Kim Jong Pil (No. 35 last year) was crucial in getting President Kim Dae Jung, this year's co-No. 1, into office.

CNN: THE SPOTLIGHT PASSES ON