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05.25.09 -- 3:30PM

This article just out from the Times suggests that motive behind North Korea's increasingly aggressive stance is jockeying over who will succeed Kim Jong-il, who reportedly suffered a stroke last August.

Kim Jong-un, Kim's youngest son, is reportedly most likely to succeed him.

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