What do the leaders of North Korea live like?”
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has fired a rocket, “elected” Kim Jong-Il as its leader and entered what it says is a new era of leadership. But it still leaves the rest of the world thinking, “What is it that the North Korean leadership wants?” Being one of the world’s most secretive countries, it’s a question very few outside of North Korea can answer. So we have to do what most North Korean analysts and watchers do, base theories on clues taken from what the North does and says. While the rest of the world may debate whether the rocket launch was a success or not, there is no doubt in North Korea. “This historic event is a manifestation of the unshakable will of leader Kim Jong Il to open the gate to a great, prosperous and powerful nation without fail,” says a Workers’ Party official, according to the North Korean state media. And there’s more. “The successful launching of the satellite is not a mere fruition of wisdom and talent but a fierce confrontation with those who disliked
