Clear, present danger as N Korea's Kim may go ballistic

January 11, 2012 13:38

North Korea could conduct a third nuclear test or long-range missile launch this year as its new leader Kim Jong-Un tries to strengthen his authority, a South
Korean think-tank said today.

There are also "ample possibilities" of limited attacks on the South by military commanders competing to demonstrate loyalty to Jong-Un, the Institute for Foreign Affairs and National Security said in a report.

The untested Jong-Un, aged in his late 20s, was proclaimed supreme leader after his father Kim Jong-Il died of a heart attack on December 17.

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