Why Kim Jong Un won't visit North Korea's flooded regions



Evergreen Why Kim Jong Un won’t visit North Korea’s flooded regions Security concerns keep the North Korean leadership from traveling too far from Pyongyang Donald Kirk October 7, 2016 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON KCNA Pity Kim Jong Un. He can’t visit his grandmother’s birthplace in the desolate town of Hoeryong way up in the northeastern corner of North Korea on the Tumen River border with China. That’s too bad, since the town’s most noteworthy feature, not counting one of North Korea’s infamous prison camps, is a memorial honoring Kim’s grandmother Kim Jong Suk, wife of Kim Il Sung. The woman is deified in North Korea for joining guerrillas fighting the Japanese in Manchuria, where she met Kim Il Sung. She gave birth to Kim Jong Il in 1944, caring for him for just five years © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update & Podcast Updates Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by Trending

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Why Kim Jong Un won’t visit North Korea’s flooded regions

Security concerns keep the North Korean leadership from traveling too far from Pyongyang

Donald Kirk October 7, 2016

Why Kim Jong Un won’t visit North Korea’s flooded regions

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Pity Kim Jong Un. He can’t visit his grandmother’s birthplace in the desolate town of Hoeryong way up in the northeastern corner of North Korea on the Tumen River border with China.

That’s too bad, since the town’s most noteworthy feature, not counting one of North Korea’s infamous prison camps, is a memorial honoring Kim’s grandmother Kim Jong Suk, wife of Kim Il Sung.

The woman is deified in North Korea for joining guerrillas fighting the Japanese in Manchuria, where she met Kim Il Sung. She gave birth to Kim Jong Il in 1944, caring for him for just five years

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Donald Kirk

Donald Kirk is a veteran correspondent and noted author on conflict and crisis from Southeast Asia to the Middle East to Northeast Asia. Don has covered wars from Vietnam to Iraq, focusing on political, diplomatic, economic and social as well as military issues. He is also known for his reporting on North Korea, including the nuclear crisis, human rights and payoffs from South to North Korea preceding the June 2000 inter-Korean summit. Kirk earned his Bachelors at Princeton and a Masters in International Relations from the University of Chicago. He also holds an honorary doctorate of letters from the University of Maryland College Park.

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