The source added that the military, which is trying to develop a nuclear arsenal, has pledged allegiance to the untested Kim Jong-un, who takes over the family dynasty that has ruled North Korea since it was founded after World War Two.
The source declined to be identified but has correctly predicted events in the past, telling Reuters about the North's first nuclear test in 2006 before it took place.
The comments are the first signal that North Korea is following a course that many analysts have anticipated -- it will be governed by a group of people for the first time since it was founded in 1948.
Just bear this in mind: dictatorships have a very difficult time surviving the free flow of information. With information accessible in the free world as never before, the information available to North Koreans, though far behind what is available to us, is increasing exponentially. The generals, who no doubt follow world events quite closely, are not about to stake their survival on some amateur. They want a hand if they are to take a back seat. Otherwise the entire charade will collapse and they will be hanging from lampposts with their mistresses. On the same hand, this is exactly why this charade will not last.
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