One year after killing his uncle, Kim Jong-Un finds his vital ties with China are at risk

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By Lee Jong-Heon, EastAsiaIntel.com

SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has strengthened his power base at home since the dramatic purge of his uncle Jang Song-Thaek a year ago, officials here say.

Happier times: Jang Song Thaek, right, at an inauguration ceremony for North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un as first secretary of the Worker's Party of Korea in July 2013.     Kyodo

Happier times: Jang Song Thaek, right, at an inauguration ceremony for North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un as first secretary of the Worker’s Party of Korea in July 2013. Kyodo

But Kim has yet to have his first meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping who has instead met several times with the president of South Korea in a bitter slap at Pyongyang.

By ordering Jang’s execution, Kim has placed his country’s critical relations with China at risk, the sources said.

“The (South Korean) government judges Kim’s power to have been strengthened over the past one year (since Jang’s execution),” a senior South Korean government official said.

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