What is Kim Jong Il up to?

With international pressure growing, what is Kim Jong Il up to? His country has been in the news for some time now as it is refusing to stop developing nuclear weapons. Some foreign intelligence agencies believe North Korea already has some nuclear weapons. Last month North Korea announced that they will be testing their new nuclear toys in the near future. Is this another one of their extortion tactics to get more financial support from the West? Only Kim Jong Il has the answers…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il rallied hundreds of top military commanders as world powers pressed the United Nations to censure his government amid mounting concern the isolated communist regime was preparing its first nuclear test.

Japan’s vice foreign minister said the test could come as early as this weekend, the anniversary of Kim’s appointment as head of the Korean Workers’ Party in 1997. Japan said it was stepping up monitoring of North Korea.

With tensions rising, North Korea’s Kim met his top brass and urged them to bolster the nation’s defenses, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said. Officers greeted him with rousing cheers of “Fight at the cost of our lives!”

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