11.08.2011 - 08:16 [ Yonhap (Südkorea) ]

N. Korea‘s defense minister sidelined in hereditary succession process: official

„Our intelligence officials have determined that Minister Kim has been effectively sidelined in the power transition process from Kim Jong-il to Kim Jong-un, and are carefully looking into the reasons and possible impact,“ said the senior official from the Grand National Party (GNP), who declined to be named.