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July 16th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
A second strategy that Pyongyang has apparently set in motion is the
introduction of an unnamed woman attending public events alongside Kim
Jong-un.
The mystery woman was on Saturday shown on state television visiting a
kindergarten in the North
Korean capital with Kim. This is the third time that the
attractive, short-haired woman has been shown with Kim and sources in the
South Korean government told Yonhap news that the woman is “highly likely”
to be his wife.
The introduction of the “Young General’s” partner is seen as an effort to play
down any concerns at home that Kim – at 29 the youngest national leader in
the world – is too immature and inexperienced to lead a nuclear-armed state.
As well as making him appear more grown-up, having an attractive young wife
would give Kim more charisma, experts believe.
The firing of Ri, however, appears to have caught intelligence agencies by
surprise.
Ri was promoted to chief of the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army in
2009 and was seen as a close confidant of Kim, who became the leader of the
reclusive state at the age of 28 when his father died suddenly in December.
Ri walked alongside the black limousine of Kim Jong-il’s funeral cortege and
was regarded by analysts as acting as a mentor to the young and
inexperienced leader.
In recent weeks, he had been pictured on state television accompanying Kim
Jong-un on inspection tours of military facilities across North Korea and
his position appeared to be secure.
On Monday, the official KCNA news agency announced that a meeting of senior
officials from the ruling party had been convened the previous day and it
was decided that Ri should be relived of all his positions.
“A meeting of the political bureau of the central committee of the workers’
party decided to relieve Ri Yong-ho of all his posts for his illness,” the
report said.
Ri will also no longer serve as vice-chairman of the central military
commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea, it added.
But Daniel Pinkston, senior analyst at the International Crisis Group, told
The Daily Telegraph from Seoul that Ri’s fate may have been sealed as far
back as April, when the fourth Party Conference failed to confer any
promotions on him while others received a range of new titles.
“Being passed over like that indicates he was being reigned in,” he said.
Ri previously paid a state visit to Cuba during which he made bombastic
statements that North Korea would fight alongside Cuban troops to defeat the
American “imperialists” and there was apparently concern back in Pyongyang
that he was overstepping his bounds.
“A dictator has to put mechanisms in place to prevent coups and challenges to
his power,” said Pinkston. “This will not only have been aimed at this
individual but it will also serve as a signal to others.”
An alternative suggestion is that Ri may have actively been plotting against
Kim’s fledgling regime, although that is difficult to prove from outside the
borders of the reclusive state.
“In these sort of dictatorships, purges are used as a policy instrument and
designed to send the chilling message that the regime is willing to take
action,” said Pinkston. “And that is even more chilling when the person is
one of the most senior members of the inner circle.”
If Ri does not resist his demotion, he is likely to be able to take an
“honourable retirement,” but if he opposes the decision he is likely to be
imprisoned in North Korea’s infamous gulag system.
“And if he was actively plotting against Kim, then he and his family will face
serious retribution,” Pinkston said.
Ri’s fall from grace sends the signal that Kim is “in full control” in
Pyongyang, he added, and that no one is in a position to challenge his
authority.
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