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Friday 30 December 2011 - 16:54

New N Korea leadership vows old ways

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New N Korea leadership vows old ways
In its first communication with the outside world since the recent death of Kim Jong-il, North Korea said on Friday that South Korea and other countries should not expect any policy change on the part of the new leadership in Pyongyang.

“We declare solemnly and confidently that the foolish politicians around the world, including the puppet group in South Korea, should not expect any change from us,” North Korea's powerful National Defense Commission said in a statement.

“We will never deal with the traitor group of Lee Myung-bak,” the statement noted, referring to the South's president and his administration.

The North Korean commission also said the 'evil misdeeds' of the Lee administration had reached a peak, when it prevented South Koreans from visiting North Korea's capital to pay tribute to late Kim.

“The world shall clearly see how the millions of our soldiers and people, who united firmly round great comrade Kim Jong-un (the late ruler's son and his successor) to transform sorrow into courage and tears into strength, will achieve the final victory," the statement read.

Kim Jong-il, who was in power after taking over from his father Kim Il-sung in 1994, died of heart failure earlier in December.

In September 2010, he had announced that Kim Jong-un, his third son, was to succeed him at the same time as giving the young man, believed to be in his late 20s, several high-ranking posts required to qualify him as ruler.

Kim Jong-il's younger sister, Kim Kyong Hui, and her husband, Jang Song Thaek, are expected to serve as mentors to North Korea's young ruler.

The statement came a day after Kim Jong-un was declared North Korea's new ruler as huge crowds, including high-ranking government officials and military officers, filled Pyongyang's main square at a massive public memorial meant for paying last respects to the former ruler.
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