How a Kim Jong Un demise could spark unrest, require US, South Korean military response

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How a Kim Jong Un demise could spark unrest, require US, South Korean military response
Howard Altman


A Kim Jong Un demise could destabalize the region, create a massive refugee flow and force the U.S., South Korea and possibly other regional allies to react to the upheaval.

That’s how experts contacted by Military Times see a Kim-less future possibly unfolding in the nuclear-armed Hermit Kingdom.

The questions about what would happen should Kim die or be incapacitated were sparked by a CNN report that the North Korean despot was in “grave danger” following a surgery. However, the Yonhap News Agency, a South Korean-government funded organization, later tweeted out that there were “no unusual signs” of Kim’s health.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/04/21/how-a-kim-jong-un-demise-could-spark-unrest-require-us-south-korean-military-response/

[PeteS in CA]

Kim Il Sung was succeeded by Kim Jong Il without increased instability. Kim Jong Il was succeeded by Kim Jong Un without increased instability. Why the expectation that the death of Kim Jong Un would be without a new strongman replacing him?