N. Korean leader's youngest son not included in new Assembly list

SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Monday released the names of its newly elected 687 lawmakers, including leader Kim Jong-il, but the list did not include Kim's youngest son, who was rumored to have run in the parliamentary elections.

The Supreme People's Assembly is a rubber stamp parliament, but Sunday's election
drew keen outside attention because of the possibility that it could provide a
clue to who will be the country's next leader.
But Kim Jong-un, 26, was conspicuously absent from the list of newly elected
lawmakers' names that was announced by the Korean Central TV Broadcasting
Station.
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