One of Kim Jong-un’s top aides has died in a auto crash, according to state-run media.
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Kim Yang Gon’s death has prompted concern over future relations between the Koreas.
Another analyst told CNN that a “suspicious” number of high-ranking North Korean officials have met their end in vehicle accidents.
Kim and Hwang Pyong So, the reclusive regime’s leader’s deputy and political director of North Korea’s army, attended high-level talks inside the Demilitarized Zone.
Only a small number of North Korean officials have had extensive dealings with the South. The two highest-ranking officials with recent such experience are Choe Ryong Hae and Hwang Pyong So, both of whom are Party men with military ties.
Analysts said his departure could prompt a deterioration in the relations of North Korea with its neighbour. His title was the head of the United Front Department and took care of North Korean matters regarding South Korea.
And Kim had his powerful uncle Jang Song-thaek executed in December 2012 on charges of treason and corruption, allowing Choe to emerge as his right-hand man.
KCNA used very different language for Kim Yang Gon on Wednesday, characterizing him as a “closest comrade-in-arms and steadfast revolutionary comrade”.
KCNA said Kim died at 6.15am on Tuesday in an automobile accident at the age of 73. Kim Yang-gon was a secretary of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea and a member of the party’s Central Committee Politbureau.
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“If Kim manages to travel to Beijing and hold a summit, Pyongyang could agree to a freeze in nuclear provocations and restart the stalled six-party talks, yet even in that case it is unlikely to accept a full-scale denuclearization process”. The late Kim Jong-il passed away in late 2011. The surprise move led to a worsening of ties with North Korea’s allies in Beijing, ratcheting up tensions on the Korean Peninsula and raising questions about the stability of the regime. “Most die either because they are machine-gunned, or they die in vehicle crashes”.
