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“#North Korean defector says Kim Jong Un not leaving power anytime soon<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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September 2, 2020 |<\/span> 10:33am |<\/span> Updated September 2, 2020 | 10:42am<\/span><\/p>\n

\n North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un\u2019s grip on power inside the hermit kingdom is stronger than ever despite reports he is in ill health, a defector with contacts inside Pyongyang told The Post.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old ruler has for months been dogged by rumors that he is gravely ill and possibly in a coma \u2014 fueling speculation that his younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, could take control of the brutal regime.<\/p>\n

But in an exclusive phone interview with The Post this week, North Korean dissident Yeonmi Park, 26, said the strongman isn\u2019t going anywhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still have contacts in North Korea and people in North Korea giving me information,\u201d she said from her home in Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe can agree that Kim Yo Jong is not taking over North Korea and I don\u2019t think that is in her interest. Kim Jong Un is very much in power and he\u2019s not dying anytime soon,\u201d she continued.<\/span><\/p>\n

Park, who was lucky enough to escape the rogue regime with her mother at the age of 13, but not before she was sold by human traffickers in China, said whenever a previous ruler had been in ill health, the first thing they did was secure a successor.<\/p>\n

The fact that Kim has not executed his younger sister, unlike his uncle and half-brother, means he doesn\u2019t consider her a threat, Park, an activist and outspoken critic of the dictatorship, said.<\/p>\n

\u201cKim Il Sung prepared Kim Jong Il for decades to be his successor and made it very clear from the beginning, \u2018This is my son and he\u2019s going to lead the country\u2019 and that took more than 10 years \u2014 almost 20 years,\u201d Park said of the country\u2019s first exchange of power in 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBefore Kim Jong Il died, it wasn\u2019t like one day Kim Jong Un took over. Kim Jong Il made sure his son was known to the North Korean people and it was clear that he was the next heir. He prepared him for at least three years beforehand,\u201d she added of the Kim Jong Un\u2019s ascension to power in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure if Kim Jong Un\u2019s health is bad that he would announce his sister to be the next successor but direct from my North Korean source, that is not the case. He\u2019s not anywhere near to being replaced.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Asian media<\/a> began reporting in April that Kim had either died during a botched operation or was in a vegetative state in a coma.<\/p>\n

But he app<\/a>eared to be in fine health during a rare public appearance last week when he visited a western coastal area of North Korea hit by Typhoon Bavi.<\/p>\n

Kim Yo Jong, 32, has since vanished from public view, leading South Korean media to speculate the paranoid North Korean tyrant may have purged her.<\/p>\n

But Park said there were multiple reasons why all these reports are untrue and said Kim was hiding out to avoid becoming infected with the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

\u201cNorth Korea is a very Confucius country. We respect the elders, the hierarchy. It\u2019s not like America where anyone can step up and do things, we have our tradition,\u201d she explained of the secretive country.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cKim Yo Jong is not going to get any respect if she one day she just says, \u2018I\u2019m going to replace him.’\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Park pointed to the execution of Kim\u2019s uncle Jang Song Thaek in 2013 and his half brother\u00a0Kim Jong Nam at a Kuala Lumpur airport in 2017, saying those men posed real threats to his grip on power.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBecause there\u2019s no two powers that can coexist, Kim Jong Un had to get rid of his uncle in a brutal way. Why did he get rid of his brother? Because of the same reason,\u201d Park said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe cannot have anyone who can possibly threaten him while he\u2019s in power. The reason why Kim Yo Jong is still OK and in public because she has no chance to replace Jim Jong Un right now,\u201d she said.<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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