Kim, who rules the Stalinist nation with absolute authority, has not publicly named any successors, leading to concerns about an uncertain future in the impoverished, nuclear-armed country.

• 金正日，作为朝鲜的绝对统治者，没有公开指定继承人。这使得外界对于这个贫穷，但却拥有核武的国家的未来的不确定表示担忧。