Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, October 6, 1994 TAG: 9410060033
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-10 EDITION: STATE
SOURCE:
DATELINE: UNITED NATIONS LENGTH: Short
Kim Jong II, 52, is ``another great leader ... standing at the head of our people,'' Deputy Foreign Minister Choi Su Hon announced in a speech before the U.N. General Assembly. Using the distinctively formalized discourse of North Korea's government, Choi said the younger Kim ``enjoys infinite respect and the absolute trust of our people, who have entirely entrusted him with their destiny and future.''
Kim II Sung, who wielded absolute control over North Korea's closed communist system for four decades, died July 8 at age 82. Although it was expected that Kim Jong Il take over, there had been no formal announcement that he would assume all his father's powers.
- Associated Press
by CNB