Kim Jong Un inherits 'worst legacy' of Cold War, says Guardian
(NEWSER) - Diplomatically isolated and economically broken, with massive political prisons and perhaps the worst human rights record in the world—oh, and nuclear weapons—that's the North Korean legacy that Kim Jong Il has left for son Kim Jong Un , reports the Guardian . Born on the revered Mt. Baekdu, accompanied by brilliant shooting stars—well, unless you believe unofficial stories that he was born in a small village in the USSR—Dear Leader Kim was educated and came of age during North Korea's golden years in the 1960s and '70s, when the North was flourishing economically and rapidly industrializing. Kim spent his early career in the party's propaganda department, and in 1974, he was officially named his father's successor, the first hereditary succession in any communist country. More»
