Kim Jong-Un: The Next Ruler of North Korea

Now it is becoming clear that there is going to be a regime change in North Korea. It is likely that Kim Jong-Il has chosen his third son Kim Jong-Un as the next ruler of North Korea. Though, monarchy is always criticized by Communism, but not in this communist country. The way, this family is ruling the North and the manner in which rulers are changed; there is no doubt that it is monarchy which is there in the North.

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Kim Jong-Un is still in his 20s. It is believed that he is 26. Like his father he is also said to be shrewd and media shy. There is no photograph of him outside the North Korea except one taken by a formal royal chef which is a passport photo of 11 year old third son of present ruler.

The question arises, when this change in the governance is going on then why the North Korea has done what they have done recently. They have directly challenged the world order by conducting a nuclear test and successfully testing nuclear capable missiles. Analysts say that these tests were done to make the next ruler more mature. Some even suggests that these tests were done by direct order of the next ruler as his current capacity of chief of National Defense Commission.

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It is believed that under the rule of Kim Jong-Un, nothing is going to change as far as foreign policy of the North Korea is concerned. It will be seen how the world order will engage him. At present, the North Korea is the most isolated country of the world.