Attempt to kill Jong-un took place in 2012: Source

If true it would both indicate some fairly high crack within the regime and at least a temporary breakdown in the security services that would allow a conspiracy to take place (if it took place at all). However, again, if true, the outcome shows that the security services remained loyal and the regime is ultimately able to continue suppressing dissent. 

On the other hand, we have seen the reports of leadership changes, promotions and demotions, but if this did happen there would be punishments far worse than demotion for those who (at least temporarily) failed the regime. 

Here is an assessment of the alleged current regime plan:

Their analysis is that Kim is siding with military hard-liners to solidify his regime and seek internal unity.  

To this end, they say, the North Korean leader has a three-stage scenario to bring about fear of a nuclear war in both the North and South Korea, the source said.  

The first stage is issuing war threats against the South and spreading the idea that a war is imminent, the source said.  

The second stage is reportedly forcing foreigners in the North to leave the country, warning that their personal safety cannot be guaranteed in time of war. The North would also inform foreign diplomatic missions in Pyongyang to pull out their citizens.  

The third step will be a terrorist attack on a public installation in the South such as an airport, or an armed attack like the sinking of the Cheonan, the source said. 

V/R

Dave

Attempt to kill Jong-un took place in 2012: Source

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Kim may be rallying people with war scare
작년 평양서 김정은 제거 시도 있었다  

Mar 14,2013

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un faced an assassination attempt in Pyongyang last year during a power struggle in a military bureau, a Seoul-based intelligence source told the JoongAng Ilbo Tuesday.

“The authorities are paying special attention because the attempt was made in downtown Pyongyang, not during one of Kim’s regional trips outside the capital city,” said the source, who is well-informed about North Korean affairs. 

Although the source did not reveal the exact timing of the incident or who was behind the attack, he said the move appeared to be related to the recent fall and rise of a general.

“It appeared that disgruntled people inside the North moved before the time of the demotion of Kim Yong-chol, director of the Reconnaissance General Bureau, in November,” the source said. 

Known as one of the closest associates of the young North Korean leader, General Kim was an aggressive commander who was responsible for the sinking of the Cheonan warship in March 2010, which Pyongyang denies being behind, and the shelling of Yeonpyeong Island in November that year. 

Kim Yong-chol was promoted to four-star general in February 2012 but was demoted to two-star lieutenant general in November. It was revealed that he had bounced back when he appeared in a photo wearing four stars while accompanying Kim Jong-un to a choir performance on Feb. 26. 

He appeared on television last week to say that Pyongyang could “cancel the 1953 armistice agreement” that halted the fighting in the Korean War.

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