Michelle Malkin » North Korea names new “Brilliant Comrade”

North Korea names new “Brilliant Comrade”

By Michelle Malkin • June 12, 2009 01:01 PM

The youngest son of North Korea’s authoritarian leader has been given the title of “Brilliant Comrade,” a newspaper reported Friday, a sign the communist regime is preparing to name him as successor to the ailing Kim Jong Il.

The report came shortly before the U.N. Security Council approved tough new sanctions Friday against North Korea for its recent nuclear test.

U.S. and South Korean intelligence authorities disclosed during a meeting this week that 26-year-old Kim Jong Un is now being referred to in the secretive regime as “Yongmyong-han Dongji,” which translates roughly as “Brilliant Comrade,” South Korea’s mass-circulation JoongAng Ilbo newspaper reported.

Because “Special Master” was already taken.

And yes, this will make you chuckle:

Grandiose titles are part of a tradition to stimulate public support in a nation where the media is tightly controlled and little information about the inner workings of the government is available. The leader is given credit for most national projects. The state media carry endless flattering reports about Kim, repeatedly referring to him with his various titles of which “Dear Leader” is the most prominent.

Posted in: North Korea

Printer Friendly

comments (97)

trackbacks (5)

See what others have said

Note from Michelle: This section is for comments from michellemalkin.com's community of registered readers. Please don't assume that I agree with or endorse any particular comment just because I let it stand. A reminder: Anyone who fails to comply with my terms of use may lose his or her posting privilege.

Trackbacks

Trackback URL

Comments

« Older Comments

#101

On June 14th, 2009 at 5:03 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

On June 14th, 2009 at 11:33 am, Bogtrotter said:

“… as long as they don’t declare Martial Law.”

To hang on to power, don’t think that they won’t.

Very possible… which is why I ended with that caveat.

If they do declare Martial Law, that very well could trigger a
second American revolution to free “We the People” from a
tyrannical government.
#102

On June 14th, 2009 at 6:23 pm, LOBOMAN said:

On June 12th, 2009 at 1:05 pm, b-cat said:
Grandiose titles are part of a tradition to stimulate public support in a nation where the media is tightly controlled and little information about the inner workings of the government is available. The leader is given credit for most national projects. The state media carry endless flattering reports about Kim, repeatedly referring to him with his various titles of which “Dear Leader” is the most prominent.

Sounds familiar.
Beat me to it! Maybe he is getting one of his kids ready to take over his throne….