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# North Korea 'planned to attack exiled son of Kim Jong-il'
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## Aides loyal to the North Korea's heir apparent, Kim Jong-un planned to
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attack the exiled eldest son of the Dear Leader Kim Jong-il last year in
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retaliation for his off-message comments about the need for reform in the
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Stalinist dictatorship, it has been reported.
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![Kim Jong-il's sons, Kim Jong-nam (left) and the younger brother, Kim Jong-
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un][1]
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Kim Jong-il's sons Kim Jong-nam (left) and the younger brother, Kim Jong-un
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Photo: AFP/GETTY IMAGES
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By Peter Foster in Beijing 12:07PM BST 13 Oct 2010
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However the attack on Kim Jong-nam, the 39-year-old brother of Kim Jong-un was
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foiled after China warned them not to attack Jong-nam on its soil, a South
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Korean official told the leading Korean newspaper the Chosun Ilbo.
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Kim Jong-un's aides tried "to do something to Jong-nam, who has a loose tongue
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abroad," the official said, but added that the plot had been firmly scotched
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by China.
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The plan to move against Jong-nam, a portly father-of-two who lives in self-
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imposed exile in Beijing and Macau, was allegedly fuelled by rumours that
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Jong-nam might be employed as a Chinese puppet ruler in the event of a regime
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collapse in Pyongyang.
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The paper added that Jong-nam has close ties with China's network of
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"princelings", the coterie of sons and daughters of senior Chinese officials
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who have powerful business interests and family political connections in
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China.
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In the 1990s Jong-nam appeared to be on track to succeed his father after
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being made head of foreign counter-intelligence, but fell spectacularly from
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grace in 2001 after he was caught trying to enter Japan on a forged passport
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for a trip to Tokyo Disneyland.
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## Related Articles
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* [Kim Jong-il's 'wayward' son objects to succession][2]
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12 Oct 2010
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* [North Korea military parade][3]
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11 Oct 2010
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* [Kim Jong-un unveiled at parade][4]
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10 Oct 2010
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* [Kim Jong-Un appears alongside his father][5]
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10 Oct 2010
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Since then Jong-nam has lead a fairly "ordinary" life with his wife and two
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children, flitting between the gambling hub of Macau and Beijing where he
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maintains a second property on a reported £500,000-a-year allowance.
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Jong-nam has periodically been happy to give interviews to the Japanese and
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South Korean media, often speaking with a frankness and informality that is
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not in step with secretive regime.
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Last weekend Jong-nam gave another television interview in Beijing in which he
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made clear that he [**had no plans to return to North Korea**][6], but was
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happy to help his younger half-brother "from abroad".
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However in the same interview, with Japan's Asahi Television, Jong-Nam also
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made critical comments, saying that he was "opposed" to the idea of hereditary
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succession in his homeland and hinting at the need for economic reforms to
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raise living standards in the bankrupt state where millions live below the
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breadline.
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However with the succession now apparently secure in the grasp of 27-year-old
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Kim Jong-un, the threat of a simmering sibling-rivalry spilling over into open
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warfare appears to have receded, analysts said.
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Kim Yong-hyun, a North Korea expert at Seoul's Dongguk University, said he
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took Jong-nam's comments as an attempt by the regime to send a signal that
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there was no internal friction over the transfer of power.
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"Jong-nam is also saying he will continue to stay abroad," said Kim, "The
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interview indicates there is no room for him to play in North Korea's current
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power structure."
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