Possibility of North Korea's New Leader Looking for Advice from Megawati - KOMPAS.com: "NEW DELHI, KOMPAS.com — If North Korea's new leader is looking for advice on how to carry on his family's dynasty, he could turn to Rahul Gandhi, who is on a quest to become the fourth generation of his family to rule India. Or to Joseph Kabila, who is celebrating his questionable re-election to the Congolese presidency he inherited from his father. Or to former Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, daughter of the country's first president.
North Korea's preparations to transfer power to a third generation of the Kim family, following the recent death of Kim Jong Il, is by no means an anomaly: In both democracies and dictatorships, political dynasties abound across the world.
While former President George W. Bush — the son of a president and the grandson of a senator — was never dubbed "the Great Successor," and Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto — who followed in her assassinated father's footsteps — was never said to have been"
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