What would happen to North Korea if KimJongUn died
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has not been seen in public for more than two weeks, missing commemorations for a key political anniversary, and reports he underwent a cardiovascular procedure have spiralled into speculation he could be incapacitated or even dead.
On past precedent, the first indication will be an announcement of a special broadcast on state television. If the camera cuts to a woman in a black dress, Kim is dead. But she wore black to reveal the deaths of both Kim Jong Il in 2011 and his father and predecessor, the North's founder Kim Il Sung in 1994.The North is officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea but has been ruled by members of the same family since its foundation in 1948.
"North Korean generals and top politicians will not start fighting for power or it will be a limited fight for power and they will accept a new leader who is likely to be somebody of the Kim family," said Andrei Lankov of Korea Risk Group.Kim is said to have three children -- only the gender of the second one, a girl, is known -- but they are far too young to take over.
Kim's eldest half-brother Kim Jong Nam -- who could traditionally have expected to inherit -- was brazenly assassinated in 2017, smeared with a deadly nerve agent at Kuala Lumpur's international airport in a killing most analysts say could only have come from Pyongyang.
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