New signs in N. Korea

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KoreaTimes.co.kr
07-29-2012 17:20

Kim Jong-un

It’s official now: North Korea is changing, or at least is trying to change. That is, if the report by the National Intelligence Service submitted to the National Assembly Thursday is any guide. The spy agency’s intelligence capability has often been in doubt, but we hope the NIS is right this time around.

The latest proof Kim Jong-un wants to alter the communist state is the disclosure of his wife, ``Comrade Ri Sol-ju,” as the North’s propaganda machine calls her. It may be too early of course if one associates her to Raisa Gorbachev, but Kim’s desire to appear as a leader seeking more openness, and probably restructuring, seems all too apparent.

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