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https://nypost.com/2020/04/21/us-has-contingency-plans-in-place-if-kim-jong-un-dies-report/
US reportedly has contingency plans in place if Kim Jong Un dies
The US government has contingency plans in place in the event North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un should die after reports that his health was in grave condition. Sources discussed the plans but urge…
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미국 정부는 북한 독재자 김정은이 건강 상태가 심각하다는 보고가 있은 후 사망할 경우에 대비한 계획을 수립하고 있다. 소식통들은 이 계획에 대해 논의했지만 김 위원장이 심혈관 수술 후 상태가 좋지 않다고 주장한 보도의 진실성에 대해 주의를 촉구했다고 폭스뉴스는 보도했다.
보고서에 따르면 이 계획들은 기근과 같은 은둔 국가 내부의 대규모 인도주의적 위기 가능성을 포함하고 있다. 한 관계자는 북한에서의 시나리오에 대해 기아에 직면한 수백만의 사람들과 탈북자들이 중국으로 대거 이주하는 것을 포함시킬 수 있다고 설명했다.
정보 소식통은 폭스뉴스에게 이 계획의 일부는 중국이 개입해 지구 반 바퀴에서 인도주의적 지원을 하는 과정에서 미국이 직면하게 될 물류상의 도전으로 인해 북한의 상황을 관리하는 데 도움을 주는 것이라고 말했다. 탈북자들이 주로 운영하는 서울지역 온라인 시사주간지 데일리NK는 단독 취재 결과 김 씨(36)가 지난 4월 12일 동해안의 한 휴양지 별장에서 수술을 받고 회복 중이라고 보도했다.
CNN은 또 김 위원장이 흡연과 비만, 과로 등으로 건강이 좋지 않은 것으로 보도됐다.
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로버트 오브라이언 국가안보보좌관은 22일 백악관에서 기자들과 만나 "행정부는 보고서를 면밀히 주시하고 있다"고 말했다. 오브라이언은 "우리는 이러한 보도를 매우 면밀하게 감시하고 있으며, 아시다시피 북한은 매우 폐쇄적인 사회고, 자유 언론도 없고, 김정은의 건강 등 많은 것에 대해 제공하는 정보를 인색하게 다루고 있다"면서 "미국 정보계와 국방부가 상황을 주시하고 있다"고 말했다..
김 씨가 건강상의 문제로 소외되거나 사망할 경우 어떤 일이 벌어질지는 미지수다.
북한이 김 위원장의 뒤를 누가 이을지 명확히 밝히지 않고 있는 가운데 일부 전문가들은 김 위원장의 여동생 김여정이 명목상의 지도자로 나설 것으로 보고 있다. 다른 이들은 폭스에게 북한은 조셉 스탈린의 철권통치 이후 소련과 비슷한 당 엘리트 집단지도부의 지배를 받을 수 있다고 말했다.
The US government has contingency plans in place in the event North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un should die after reports that his health was in grave condition.
Sources discussed the plans but urged caution about the veracity of the reports, which claimed Kim is in bad shape after a cardiovascular procedure, Fox News reported.
Those plans include the possibility of a mass-scale humanitarian crisis inside the hermit nation such as a famine, according to the report.
One official described a scenario in North Korea that could include millions of people facing starvation and a mass exodus of North Korean refugees into China.
Intelligence sources told Fox that part of the plan would be to rely on neighboring China to step in and help manage the situation in North Korea due to logistical challenges the US would face in providing humanitarian assistance from halfway around the globe.
The Daily NK, a Seoul-based online news periodical run mostly by North Korean defectors, reported that Kim, 36, was recovering from his April 12 surgery at a resort country villa on the east coast in a report based on a lone source.
CNN also reported on his purported poor health, saying Kim has been in bad health because of heavy smoking, obesity and overwork.
But South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said Tuesday the South’s government has seen no unusual signs suggesting North Korean leader Kim was ill.
Presidential spokesman Kang Min-seok said nothing unusual had been observed in the North.
“No unusual signs have been identified inside North Korea,” Kang said. “There is nothing we can confirm with regard to Chairman Kim’s alleged health problem.”
A senior presidential official said Kim was staying in a provincial region together with close aides.
“No unusual signs have been found that can back up the alleged health problem,” the official said.
“North Korea’s Workers’ Party, the military, the cabinet are not showing any special moves, such as an emergency alert.”
The official also said Kim appeared to be acting “normally.”
Speculation about Kim grew since he skipped an annual visit to the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun for the 108th birthday of his late grandfather, state founder Kim Il-sung, last Wednesday.
Talks between President Trump and Kim over North Korea’s nuclear program have been stalled since the pair met in June 2019 in the DMZ separating the two Koreas.
On Tuesday, national security adviser Robert O’Brien told reporters at the White House that the administration was “watching reports closely.”
“We are monitoring these reports very closely and as you know, North Korea is a very closed society, there is not a free press there, they are parsimonious with the information they provide on many things, including the health of Kim Jong Un,” O’Brien said, adding that the US intelligence community and Defense Department were watching the situation.
It’s unclear what would happen if Kim is sidelined by health problems or dies.
While North Korea has not made clear who would potentially succeed Kim, some experts believe his sister, Kim Yo Jong, would step in as nominal leader.
Others told Fox that North Korea could be ruled by the collective leadership of party elites, similar to the Soviet Union after the iron rule of Joseph Stalin.
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