Based on Interfax report
YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin expressed his doubt that
North Korean domestic polices may change with the change of
power in the country, however, he did not rule out that Pyohgyang
foreign polices may become more open.
I doubt that some democratisation may be possible there
at all. They have a stable totalitarian regime. And there
is no crisis of this regime there, Mitrokhin told to Interfax
on Monday.
He also noted that despite of the fact that the new North
Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been educated in the West, he
is unlikely to cultivate Western values in the North Korea.
The values of the ruling clan where he was brought up are
most probably more important for him than Western values.
He is unlikely to abolish the undivided power, Mitrokhin
said.
He also did not rule out that with a new leader coming into
power in the North Korea the country may transfer to more
open foreign policies and may choose a Chinese model.
There may be changes towards greater openness in foreign
polices as the economy of the country has been in deplorable
condition. I do not rule out [their] flowing the Chinese way,
Mitrokhin said.
Kim Jong-Il, aged 69, died from an extensive infarction on
December 17. He was the head of the Korean Peoples Democratic
Republic, Secretary General of the Workers' Party of Korea,
the supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, Chairman
of the National Defence Commission of North Korea. It was
announced that his successor will be his third son Kim Jong-un
aged, according to different sources, between 27- 29.
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